Husqvarna 550XP

[Buddha]

12" Oregon bar, 3/8 7 pin sprocket & Oregon 91VXL 3/8 LP chain. 👍

[RichieR]

12" Oregon bar, 3/8 7 pin sprocket & Oregon 91VXL 3/8 LP chain. 👍

 

Now that's gonna be a snappy chappy me and the Mrs stayed near Studland bay last week is that anywhere near you

[Buddha]

Yes very snappy 🙂 good fun to use. Studlands is a bit further down the coast from me ( Bridport ) Never been there yet !

[TheHungrySquirrel]

How do you find the 3/8 on there??

 

Where did you get the sprocket

[TGB]

... Studlands... Never been there yet !

 

You ought to go. It's a great place.

[RichieR]

You ought to go. It's a great place.

 

Fingers crossed we going again this weekend

[Buddha]

How do you find the 3/8 on there??

 

Where did you get the sprocket

 

Only had a brief play with it at the weekend but very impressed so far,

I got the sprocket from Sawbits on eBay, item number. 271279344987 or direct from Sawbits.co.uk

[spudulike]

Only had a brief play with it at the weekend but very impressed so far,

I got the sprocket from Sawbits on eBay, item number. 271279344987 or direct from Sawbits.co.uk

 

Mike is a decent trader on ebay, had a fair bit off him and always good to deal with and sorts issues out unlike some:thumbup:

[AllyH]

Some great advice here. Thanks guys [emoji106]🏻. I'd probably be wanting to stick with the 15" bar as it is nicely balanced and ideal for what I'm using it for. Really mostly felling and limbing small (ish) stuff and cross cutting fire wood, but with the odd exception of felling and cutting larger hard wood stuff. I've read a lot about the Oregon bars? Any thoughts on these? Like I said I really want to stick with the 15" bar of this.

 

 

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[SawTroll]

How do you find the 3/8 on there??

 

Where did you get the sprocket

 

Regular 3/8" isn't a problem, just get a small spline 3/8"x7 rim.

 

For 3/8 low-pro/Picco you need a standard spline drum (that is listed for the 562xp, but fits the 550 as well), and the only rim option I know is the GB rims that chainsawbars.uk sell (specially made for them by GB).

 

The Stihl Picco rims are mini spline, and the only drums they fit are some Stihl OEM ones, that fit only Stihl saws.

Edited July 28, 2016 by SawTroll