The Holy grail?

[Trailoftears]

Just now, Trailoftears said:

Sorry,no-its .325/1.3mm gauge.

I agree,the 261 is sweet on a 16" bar,but the 18"on a narrowish cut would save me hauling out a ms441 on a 20" bar if you see what I mean.

[Trailoftears]

Just now, Trailoftears said:

I agree,the 261 is sweet on a 16" bar,but the 18"on a narrowish cut would save me hauling out a ms441 on a 20" bar if you see what I mean.

Bizarrely,I gather from mostly American forums,either stihl offer a 20" option/or most Americans upfit them to a 20" bar which strikes me as more than a tad bizarre!Even more insanely,browsing ebay tutha night-an American seller had a ms241 on offer carrying a 20" bar,wtf?

[Stere]

Alot of  large softwood trees, esp in the pacific NW, and in the US -  bigger is always  deemed better.

 

 

Might cut well on a lime tree.

[Trailoftears]

Just now, Stere said:

Alot of  large softwood trees, esp in the pacific NW, and in the US -  bigger is always  deemed better.

 

 

Might cut well on a lime tree.

Ahh,makes it slightly more explicable!from past experience I wouldnt dream of putting a 20" bar on anything sub 60cc,but around my part of the world is dwarfish but gnarly windswept oaks,beech and sadly,increasing numbers of dodgy,fast dying big ash trees.

[pleasant]

11 hours ago, Trailoftears said:

Ahh,makes it slightly more explicable!from past experience I wouldnt dream of putting a 20" bar on anything sub 60cc,but around my part of the world is dwarfish but gnarly windswept oaks,beech and sadly,increasing numbers of dodgy,fast dying big ash trees.

A general rules of thumb is the ideal length bar is 'roughly' a third of an engines cc's

[StihlGreen]

I'm pretty sure i have an 18" .325 from my 261 which I don't use. I can get some pictures later if you are interested. Yours for the price of postage.

[Chipperclown]

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[Trailoftears]

7 hours ago, StihlGreen said:

I'm pretty sure i have an 18" .325 from my 261 which I don't use. I can get some pictures later if you are interested. Yours for the price of postage.

Yep,thats sounds good-is it deffo 1.3mm gauge?piccies would be grand too.On another note-is there no for sale/buy/swap etc listing on these forums?

[StihlGreen]

10 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

Yep,thats sounds good-is it deffo 1.3mm gauge?piccies would be grand too.On another note-is there no for sale/buy/swap etc listing on these forums?

Apologies...just been and checked. It is 1.6mm gauge, and quite a lot more worn than I remembered. 🤦‍♂️ 

[Trailoftears]

No worries mate,as I complained about in my earlier post, I'm deeply suspicious that there's any such thing as a standard rollomatic 18" bar with .325/1.3mm gauge!Could be wrong tho......