Small saw long bar

[Craigb]

I’m 6 foot 4 and much prefer to cut long lengths up on the floor for firewood, instead of humping them into some cutting rack. Providing you were just using the first 8 inch or so of a bar, could a 40 50cc saw cope with a 24 inch bar or is just pulling the bar alone too much stress on a saw of that size. I get the fact I could kneel down but would prefer to stand up. 

[Stubby]

46 minutes ago, Craigb said:

 Providing you were just using the first 8 inch or so of a bar, could a 40 50cc saw cope with a 24 inch bar

I would not want to do it .

[Craigb]

10 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I would not want to do it .

On what grounds? Is it just the inertia of the long chain stressing the saw?

[Paul in the woods]

Will you not just be fighting with the saw, either being pulled to the log or the log to the saw?

[GarethM]

And burning it out due to lack of oil.

[Craigb]

Just wanted the mechanical side of the reason why. Cheers.

[Dan Maynard]

The balance point will shift forward too, ahead of the front handle so I think it would feel weird to use, always trying to nose dive.

[AHPP]

The biggest problem with running a long bar on a small saw is the legions of doomsayers who insist you might as well be running it on meths and used engine oil. Fuxking obviously it’s not optimal but if you’ve got a particular need, just crack on. Your bar oil should be on max already anyway. Treat it sympathetically, keep chain speed up and you’ll be amazed how little happens besides you cutting stuff up at an infinitesimally slower pace than a catalogue configuration. 

[Joe Newton]

Might work fine. If you're buying a new bar and chain I'd strongly suggest changing to a .325 narrow kerf set up, it'll sap less power. Might even be available in semi skip too. Chat to Rob Dyer at chainsawbars.co.uk

[Muddy42]

Personally i’d step up to the 70 cc range. The saw will be slightly heavier, but no problem for a 6ft 4 person standing up. Use a light bar.