560xp .325 or 3/8 pitch?

[18 stoner]

I already have a 560 and 20" bar with ripping chain (for an Alaskan mini mill), so running normal 325 chain on this bar should be ok? (for logs, mainly dead elm).

 

Based on previous replies I'm guessing an 8 tooth sprocket would improve performance on the 15" that I use mainly but would it be a bit much for the 20" on a 560? especially in elm?

 

How does it cope on the mini mill?

 

Must be at its limit even for such an epic saw.

[Chris Johnson]

Works hard but seems to cope. That was when the chains were new. Got some nice elm boards drying in the shed. You soon run out of bar with the mini mill if the log has a few branch stubs; or perhaps I was being a little ambitious with the size of log!

[doobin]

I already have a 560 and 20" bar with ripping chain (for an Alaskan mini mill), so running normal 325 chain on this bar should be ok? (for logs, mainly dead elm).

 

Based on previous replies I'm guessing an 8 tooth sprocket would improve performance on the 15" that I use mainly but would it be a bit much for the 20" on a 560? especially in elm?

 

If it's too much then just swap to a smaller sprocket when you put a bigger bar on. Simples.

[SawTroll]

I already have a 560 and 20" bar with ripping chain (for an Alaskan mini mill), so running normal 325 chain on this bar should be ok? (for logs, mainly dead elm).

 

Yes, if your bar is a .325 one, and the gauge is the same. If your bar is a pixel (NK) one, you may have to stay with Pixel/NK chain though - which is not optimum on that saw.

 

Regular .050 .325 chain on NK bars works on many saws, but not on all.....

 

Based on previous replies I'm guessing an 8 tooth sprocket would improve performance on the 15" that I use mainly but would it be a bit much for the 20" on a 560? especially in elm?

 

Just try the different options, but I doubt .325x8 will be too much with the 20" bar (I have no experience with elm though).

Edited December 14, 2013 by SawTroll