Snobbery in the smaller bar size range?

[Brushcutter]

I also run a 13'' bar on 346xp, and its probably (at present) my most productive saw

 

Mine too. Have a 15" & and 18" too but for power to weight/balance the 13" is king.

[Sam Thompson]

I have a 13" & 15" for my 346XP, running the 15" at the moment, though certainly wouldnt go bigger than 16" on that saw.

 

 

Sam

[carlos]

do they not supply domestic saws with a over size bar in order to slow the chain speed down?? or iam i making things up in my head??

do you guys not find the shorter bars harder on the back?

carl.

[Neil Frost]

I use an 18" on my Husqy 357. It's lurverly!

 

Although to be honest, a 15" would do just as well.

[Chris Gagen]

do they not supply domestic saws with a over size bar in order to slow the chain speed down?? or iam i making things up in my head??

do you guys not find the shorter bars harder on the back?

carl.

 

the length of the bar or the chain is surely irrelevant to the mps, that's determined by the sprocket size and rpm no?

 

maybe domestic saws are less "aggressive" because the bar is oversize relative to the engine capacity

[Chris Sheppard]

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

[Big J]

A shorter bar on a saw will result in quicker acceleration and quicker cutting through any given diameter, resulting in what could be construed to be a more aggressive saw. Try a 21 inch bar on an 088 for fun and games!

 

It does always make me laugh when you see the toy saws in B&Q sporting a 14 inch bar and a whopping 1 horsepower! You'd have time to make a cuppa during every cut!

[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.

[Sam Thompson]

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

 

Sounds about right, the 35cc ALDI saw with the 22" bar springs to mind

 

 

Sam

[raker]

The longer the bar, the tighter the chain has to be to stop it sagging.Not only has the motor got to pull more cutters through the wood, it has to overcome more frictional resistance of the chain on the bar.

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