Stihl 064 Bar Size

[Olly_]

Was wondering what experiences people had with the Stihl 064, good saw bad saw? What size bar will it run? Is it worth putting the 54mm 066 top end on it? Many thanks in advance.

[agg221]

064 is a good, bulletproof saw. Not much advantage to be gained by uprating to the 066, definitely not worth the price of genuine.

 

It will pull a 36" bar but not quickly. It is at home on a 24 or 25" bar.

 

Alec

[armchairarborist]

064 will run a 30'' bar fine, good solid heavy saw. As long as the chain is sharp it'll chew wood at a satisfactory rate. I just swapped mine for an 066 and there's a definite jump up in power running the same bar.

[Big Beech]

Love my 064. Always fitted with 36" bar and I will happily ring down oak or ash hanging from my harness and full bar too..

Will be a sad day when she goes!

[nepia]

Olly, if you've got one love and cherish it. I have 20", 25" and 30" bars; the 20" makes firewood fast. Great saw.

[GrahamW]

A former boss of mine had a 064 and he used to swear by it. As others have said, it certainly was a bullet-proof machine. From memory, I think he ran a 25inch bar on it most of the time.

[Olly_]

I recently acquired it, it came with a 20" bar but I bought it with the intention of using it as my 'large' saw so a bigger bar is definitely on the cards, am tempted to go 30". Really impressed with the weight, I was expecting a bit of a lump but handles just nicely. May look at putting a 066 top end on it in the future but as it is 'if it aint broke'.

[swinny]

I honestly love mine!

 

Just today bought a 36" bar to go on the 660 and going to put the 30" off that onto the 064 instead of the 25" its on now

Edited November 6, 2014 by swinny

[onyx landscaping/fencing]

got a 30"bar on my one and it dose just fine in most things! looking at getting a 20 or 25" bar in the near future

[Big Beech]

If I have a lot of logging to do, will put my 16" bar on then chips fly quite well!