Top handle bar lengths - what do you use?

[Joe Newton]

Anything over 12" topper length gets the 20" 441

 

That said I'd love a topper with guts to pull a 14"

 

Dempseys got me tempted with the upgrade kit.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

12" for me, always has been, if I use a 14" bar it just feels wrong. But I can see the advantage of a 14 for those bigger take downs. Just can't get used to it.

[JLA Arborists]

I have a 12" on my 193t, it's nicely balanced.

If your good with your cuts you can do double plus abit of your bar. Or swap to a big saw, you're gonna have to anyway

[TIMON]

10" on the 150 and 14" or 12"on the 540 depending on the job.

[Mick Dempsey]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/227-why-do-my-ms200s-only-last-18-months.html

 

Stumbled across this thread, gave me a laugh about the legendary 200t.

[Mark Bolam]

There is the option of having both bar and chain combos and swapping them out when you're having a brew when you first rock up to a job.

 

 

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[Mick Dempsey]

There is the option of having both bar and chain combos and swapping them out when you're having a brew when you first rock up to a job.

 

 

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It's an option, but I couldn't be arsed. Easier to buy another saw:001_smile:

[Jammydogg]

Got 12" on 150, 200t, and t540, but when I get my 200t into Mr Spud, il use that more and whack a 14" on the husky. Best of both worlds man

[arbormonkey]

12 inch for me on 540 an 201 did have the upgrade kit fitted to my 201 and tried a 16 on it OK for the odd cut to save having a ground saw sent up but bogs down to match in the cut IMO

[Daythe trees]

I just find 14in is just too big it's just not comfortable..... Oh right sorry top handle bar length, for me it's 12inch as it's easier to handle in tight spaces and once it's stripped and something bigger is needed a rear handle is easier to use. For example stripping eppi of a lime that been left for five plus years, no space and loads of cuts so the silky would not be cost effective.