Snobbery in the smaller bar size range?

[Ben Ballard]

i run a 346xp with a 15 or 13 its great when can bench fell for snedding with a shorter bar but my next saw would be a 357 as got the balls to handle a 18 and less bending my back

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Mixture but prefer 15" on a 036 / 262xp / Echo CS600 but actually have 16, 18 and 16 on those respectively.

 

I run a 13" on a 362xp for blasting through firewood -

 

MS460 on an 18" or 25" when needs must.

 

But having run a 13 on the 362 I hate long bars even more!

[tim Ber]

the ms 250 and ms260 both run .325 x 1.6 chains. the pro saw is mainly all cast body the domestic saw is mainly plastic and slightly lower horse power.

 

just looked it up and the 18"bar for ms260 and ms 250 are the same part number so all wil fit!

[csservices]

Its something I've considered but never done, that is running smaller bars for certain jobs that is i.e hedgelaying, all of my saws run 18" bars and .325 chains thats on a Husky 350, Husky 357 xp and a Stihl 028 AV Super and used to run a 24" on my Husky 372xp when I had it without any bother

[morten]

I think it's maybe a case of supplying domestic saws with big bars to make them look like they are more capable than they actually are

 

+1

 

A survey, some years back, at a DIY store showed that, given a choice, the DIY folks would always buy the saw with the longer bar, and disregard power/CC.

[antipesto]

Big bars on saws for joe public are there because they asume it means a more powerfull saw= more units sold

 

+1

A survey, some years back, at a DIY store showed that, given a choice, the DIY folks would always buy the saw with the longer bar, and disregard power/CC.

 

I agree totally on both these statements. For the diy user the bar size is the only factor when comparing saws.

I am running a 15" on my husky 357xp, an 18" on my stihl 361W and a 28" on my husky 385xp. Small bars are nice and quick to sharpen and are ok until you get a difficult tree that you can only gain access from one side for example:001_rolleyes:

[tractormatt]

Does it make much difference if you cut a 12" log with a 14" or 18" bar in terms of cutting speed as you still have the same number of cutters running through the 12" in both instances it just means the bar is sticking out the other side. I just wondered as i have only used 16" on a stihl 024

 

Matt