ms200 16" bar

[colwoodlandcare]

Does any one run a 16" bar on there top handle. Ive got some redwood tops to be taking out and was thinking of using a 16 on mine rather than taking a 2 saws up.

[geoff]

I would go for a more powerful saw, you never know when you might need the extra grunt to chase the hinge if you need to, a 16 inch bar it pushing the boundries of a 200t in my line of thought

[Matthew Burton]

I used to use a 200T with a 16" bar fairly often, found it really useful at times but wouldn't want it all the time and like geoff says, know its limitations.

[monkeybusiness]

I always run a 16 on a 200t, and a lot of the lads who try mine subsequently do the same. It's well balanced and plenty powerful enough for most jobs imo. 201t might struggle a bit though.

[colwoodlandcare]

Cool. I can't fell the tops out in one as the garden below is on 40ft long by 20ft wide. Both trees need 30 or so feet taking out the height. Not sure if it worth taking a bigger saw or being slightly slower and benefit from the lightness.

 

 

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[markieg31]

in my opinion you should just get another saw sent up. i find that you get slow pick up with anything but a 12" bar.

[spudulike]

in my opinion you should just get another saw sent up. i find that you get slow pick up with anything but a 12" bar.

 

Sounds like you haven't use one of my modified ones, the latest one is out in Sweden, just landed and has a "little extra" tweak I have done on top of the usual.

 

Should make a 16" work just fine:thumbup:

[Rich2484]

I was going to say sounds like its a "standard" topper.

 

I would just use a bigger saw. A tweaked topper would easily run a 16, but depends on the every use of the saw. If you don't want to use a bigger bar all the time is it worth tweaking. A bigger bar is usefull sometimes but not all the time.

 

But saying that a small bar on a faster more powerfull saw will cut quicker and mean a cleaner job.