Lo pro verses other

[Treemover]

What's the difference other than price?

 

I have a husky 395xp; mainly got larch to mill; which will be a pain, but also for standard oak and beech trees?

 

Complete rookie that keeps on putting of the purchase!

[agg221]

The primary factor in good milling is the chain - if it isn't kept sharp and even this will make far more difference than size of powerhead, width of cut, length of bar, lo-pro vs standard etc.

 

However, assuming you keep the chain spot-on, which may mean sharpening lightly every couple of cuts, the above factors will make a difference. With a 395, if you are milling under about 18" wide cuts you won't notice the difference much between lo-pro and standard, but as the cut gets wider you will feel it more. Lo-pro takes out a narrower kerf, so less power goes into making sawdust per inch of cut. This means the saw mills faster without bogging down, ie milling is quicker and puts less stress on the saw.

 

That said, if you just run a 395 with a standard set-up on a 36" bar, 30" mill, it will cut OK at full width in oak or beech, just quite slowly.

 

Alec

[Rob D]

The primary factor in good milling is the chain - if it isn't kept sharp and even this will make far more difference than size of powerhead, width of cut, length of bar, lo-pro vs standard etc.

 

However, assuming you keep the chain spot-on, which may mean sharpening lightly every couple of cuts, the above factors will make a difference. With a 395, if you are milling under about 18" wide cuts you won't notice the difference much between lo-pro and standard, but as the cut gets wider you will feel it more. Lo-pro takes out a narrower kerf, so less power goes into making sawdust per inch of cut. This means the saw mills faster without bogging down, ie milling is quicker and puts less stress on the saw.

 

That said, if you just run a 395 with a standard set-up on a 36" bar, 30" mill, it will cut OK at full width in oak or beech, just quite slowly.

 

Alec

 

 

 

 

 

As Alec has said.

 

I use a 42" on an MS660 with the Stihl PMX chain.

 

It does cut very smoothly and cleanly indeed and is worth making the swap if you are regularly milling with longer bars.

 

Disadvantages are more chain stretch and less stay sharp ability.