Bar Recommendation after totalling my Tsumura

[Stubby]

27 minutes ago, manco said:

whats wrong with just putting a genuine stihl on it?

 

Not fashionable 😀

[openspaceman]

43 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Being a resin filled bar perhaps they made the steel stronger but much more brittle 🤷

Yes I can see that and presumably it is a bit harder so should wear less??

[Muddy42]

1 hour ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

 

I never said the bar was at fault. I was attempting to rescue the trapped saw from an end loaded and barbered oak that had a mind of its own, with the forwarder. Release the compression without damaging the saw head. I wasn't being a vandal and the saw head wasn't deflected at all so the sheer load in the stick did that. I must admit I was a bit surprised. Not exactly the corner-cutter 3000. Being a resin filled bar perhaps they made the steel stronger but much more brittle 🤷

Understood, that's pretty annoying.

[Brushcutter]

11 hours ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

This was a nice bar. Emphasis on was. Bit floppy at 28" but don't want a nose heavy 500i.

 

Looking at a GB solid bar now, great value but possibly a bit of a fatty?

 

Chainsawbars quoted weights are NOT accurate. I bought the Tsumura as they quoted it as being lighter than the Stihl light bar equivalent. It wasn't.

I've had 2 noses on my 15" GB bar and they chip like they are free. The rails chip too. I know most people rave about them but I've found them marginally better than my stock of 00s Husky toffee bars.

 

I've used a 54 odd GB for milling and that seemed ok so it could be just the short ones are crap.

 

Tsumura light weight with all the small inserts are nice. As is a Sugihara I like Sugis as I've got some life out of my 13 and 15s.

 

Ive ordered a 24 inch Cannon Duralite as you can't get the old style Oregon lightweights anymore. Yes it was very very expensive but if Its good and it lasts... Then money well spent. Only used the black cannon bars superbar maybe which are a bit heavy but amazing.

 

On a 500i a 28 powermatch bar would likely be nose heavy but they are great bang for your buck bars.

 

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, Brushcutter said:

I've had 2 noses on my 15" GB bar and they chip like they are free. The rails chip too. I know most people rave about them but I've found them marginally better than my stock of 00s Husky toffee bars

Hmm maybe I won't get one.

[Joe Newton]

I've got a GB bar on my 500 currently. Seems tough enough but heavier than the stihl lightweight so it does affect balance.

 

I'll be going back to the stihl one. No bar is immune to bending if abused. 

[handcutter]

The quality of materials used through different brands is questionable, the STIHL es bars seem to be okay but the rails need dressing more often than the others. I’ve found sugihara, husqvarna, tsumura and GB tend to chip small bits out the rails and nose area. If you can find a Oregon reduced weight bar that’s what I would recommend at 28”

[Husqvarna King]

Sugi hara at very good bars, very hard wearing rails. Only bettered by cannon in my experience 

[Stubby]

22 minutes ago, Husqvarna King said:

Sugi hara at very good bars, very hard wearing rails. Only bettered by cannon in my experience 

I have Sugihara pro light on all my saws and as you say very hard wearing , bar rails don't need dressing as often as the Cadbury bars

[MattyF]

I would not put a solid nose bar on it… even the big GB on my 88 has a sprocket but I think it would very noticeably sap power out the 500i