Stihl MS441 bar size!

[TLS Forestry]

Hi all,

 

Has anybody put a 24'' bar on there 441?? And does it perform well? I'm running a 20'' but wanted to go bigger.

 

Cheers

[combined tree services]

personally i would not bother , i have used a 441 with 24" bar and was not impressed with it at al , stick with the 20"

[mendiplogs]

Hi all,

 

Has anybody put a 24'' bar on there 441?? And does it perform well? I'm running a 20'' but wanted to go bigger.

 

Cheers

 

HI T L S yes mate im running a 20 ins bar and my 660 is 25 and one with the heated one is a 3ft bar if you need to run a 25 bar all the time get a 660 all the best jon

[swinny]

the 441 much more suits the 20" bar than the 25", i had one on once and you had to nurse it through the wood, stick to 20" and have the cutting speed

 

like people have mensioned i have a 064 with a 25" bar no messing

[TLS Forestry]

Cheers guys.

 

Was hoping it was gutsy enough to run a 24 for some very big oak I'm going to do! Can't afford a bigger saw at the moment!!!

[Megatron]

It should be fine in terms of power and the oiler should cope also. You can run an even larger bar if you really needed but it if so it would be advisable to upgrade to the high output oiler and use skip sequence chain. Do you have the small factory felling spike or the large dual ones? might be eating up some of your cutting length already.

[Mike Hill]

Cheers guys.

 

Was hoping it was gutsy enough to run a 24 for some very big oak I'm going to do! Can't afford a bigger saw at the moment!!!

 

If you steepen your filing angle and keep the depth gauges high,the 441 would probably alright.

[Matthew Arnold]

We ran a 24 inch on our 440. Only used it a few times for felling bigger trees then swapped to the 20 inch for snedding the logs up.

[TLS Forestry]

Looks like I should be looking for a 064 or husky equivalent!!!

[mendiplogs]

Looks like I should be looking for a 064 or husky equivalent!!!

 

HI mate get a 660 will do the job well whats the one in your pics mate that looks like a large saw jon