Good Bar length on a 560XP

[Supernube]

Oh..and I run my 560xp on an 18

[Supernube]

and my 576xp on a 20 Now THATS a saw !!!

[Joe Newton]

I was talking to one of the blokes at the APF show this year ...he was working with Richard Elliot in the Husqvarna team ... and they said the 18 inch is simply too much for the 560 xp ..it will run it..but the cutting speed is reduced so much down a tree compared to running a 15 inch with the 3/8 sprocket that he only ever uses a 15 with 3/8.

 

and Richard Elliot can f##king cut ...and that wasn't the speed cutting competition ..that was a demo down a tree....brilliant.

 

 

Depends what your doing. Thinnings, sure 15" 8t is optimal. In arb (specifically climbing) fast cutting isn't the be all and end all. How many climbers would take a 372 with an 18" bar up a tree?

 

I run my 357 "GTI" with a 15" 8t and it's incredibly quick. It's also bloody heavy for the bar size, hence it is a dedicated ground saw.

[mendiplogs]

I was talking to one of the blokes at the APF show this year ...he was working with Richard Elliot in the Husqvarna team ... and they said the 18 inch is simply too much for the 560 xp ..it will run it..but the cutting speed is reduced so much down a tree compared to running a 15 inch with the 3/8 sprocket that he only ever uses a 15 with 3/8.

and Richard Elliot can f##king cut ...and that wasn't the speed cutting competition ..that was a demo down a tree....brilliant.

 

HI MATE when they come on 1st the 550xp run a 13" bar now im told most people run 15" bar and 560xp 1st come out run a 15" but now most run a 18" i wish now run a 16" thanks jon

[Supernube]

Depends what your doing. Thinnings, sure 15" 8t is optimal. In arb (specifically climbing) fast cutting isn't the be all and end all. How many climbers would take a 372 with an 18" bar up a tree?

 

I run my 357 "GTI" with a 15" 8t and it's incredibly quick. It's also bloody heavy for the bar size, hence it is a dedicated ground saw.

 

Yeah sorry Im not a climber..I was saying more from the forestry side of things...and like I said I run an 18 on mine just cos its good enough for me and I doubt Id notice an amazing difference...I'll stick a 15 with a 3/8 sprocket on at some point when Im bored and see for myself.

[Mr. Squirrel]

Depends what your doing. Thinnings, sure 15" 8t is optimal. In arb (specifically climbing) fast cutting isn't the be all and end all. How many climbers would take a 372 with an 18" bar up a tree?

 

I run my 357 "GTI" with a 15" 8t and it's incredibly quick. It's also bloody heavy for the bar size, hence it is a dedicated ground saw.

 

But then the 560, even with an 18'' bar is, in my opinion, slightly obsolete in climbing. I do everything I can with my 200 & 14'' bar and then go straight to the 372 with 20'' for the big stuff. 560 is just a bit inbetweeny, and mine pretty much never leaves the ground.

[leafcut]

18" max, the warranty from Husky would be void if you used a bar longer than that specified in the owners/users manual..Nick Pearson, Timberline-Roe Ltd.

[Eddy_t]

18" max, the warranty from Husky would be void if you used a bar longer than that specified in the owners/users manual..Nick Pearson, Timberline-Roe Ltd.

 

 

It says 24" in the manual, which is the largest you can get in k095 mounts!

[Stubby]

I was talking to one of the blokes at the APF show this year ...he was working with Richard Elliot in the Husqvarna team ... and they said the 18 inch is simply too much for the 560 xp ..it will run it..but the cutting speed is reduced so much down a tree compared to running a 15 inch with the 3/8 sprocket that he only ever uses a 15 with 3/8.

and Richard Elliot can f##king cut ...and that wasn't the speed cutting competition ..that was a demo down a tree....brilliant.

 

I'm not in the same league as Richard Elliot nor will I ever be ! So 18" .325 8 pin is fast enough for me . Would he have been using a bog standard saw complete with spark screen though ? Some of us have modded saws which will help to pull a longer bar with higher gearing ...

[Stubby]

It says 24" in the manual, which is the largest you can get in k095 mounts!

 

You must have a faulty manual Eddy or have you modded the print ?