What size bar on 50cc saws

[MattyF]

Interested to hear what size bars people are running on what saws for felling and snedding and a comfy productive day in the woods.

Dolmars stihls and huskys as I'm trying to narrow down what I want on one.

Cheers

[TGB]

Partly depends on the saw I would've thought. But 15"-16" for sure and maybe 18"... saw dependant.

[stabjw]

I'm running an 18inch on my husky 550xp runs really well and the longer bar defiantly saves your back on long days of snedding

[Dan Curtis]

15" on my 550, really nice balance and size combo

[Stubby]

The old rule of thumb is divide the cc by 3 and that gives you max bar length in inches . So 16" downwards if you use that formula

[Lumberwolf]

I always use a 16" on my stihl 362. It's a 60cc though...

[SteveA]

15" for every day stuff on my 550xpg and I carry an 18" Sugihara in the rucksack in case I need to cut bigger stuff. cheers

[MattyF]

Found a big difference in comfort using a 560 with a 15" over a borrowed 261 on a 16" so I'm after a new small saw .. I would go with a 13" interesting no ones using one!

Found the 261 handled nice and can use all day but lacking a bit of power.

[Joe Newton]

Found a big difference in comfort using a 560 with a 15" over a borrowed 261 on a 16" so I'm after a new small saw .. I would go with a 13" interesting no ones using one!

Found the 261 handled nice and can use all day but lacking a bit of power.

 

 

Personally I'd go 13" for fast cutting, with an 8 pin rim. Only because I run a 15" on the 357.

[Chris Sheppard]

Ordinarily 13" on either the 550 or a 242/42, but have found the 550 using a 15" more and more, but mainly because it's doing stuff that ordinarily would get he 357 thrown at, but loses a bit of it's flickability.

 

The 550 on a 13" bar is as close as I've found to the handling of a 242 so far, which is what all saws should feel like for snedding