How to make your 026/MS260 cut faster

[Les Cork]

Hi all

 

Check this out

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ipPCLOC7M]YouTube - Stihl 'v' Oregon Bar and Chain[/ame]

 

The solution in this instance is a 95VPX chain [narrow kerf .325 050] fitted on a Prolite .325 050 bar.

 

The result less resistance in the wood and a much faster cut

[ukminch]

Very interesting. My 26 is an american import and apparently has less power and is more like the british 240. Mite be worth putting that bar and chain on over the standard stihl one.

 

R

[Charlieh]

i have the microlite bar on my smaller husky (340e) and i think its great, nice and light, definatly make cutting easier, and actually seem to be wearing better than my powermatch plus bars on the bigger saws, despite being nearly 3 years old

[Mesterh]

Hmmm think something wasnt quite right there. Stihl bar flew through it, OK so did the oregon but near the end the stihl slowed right up. Didnt look right to me.

[sanny]

hmm intresting come to think about it when a was using husky bars it tended to run slow then started using oregon bars run faster and less wear.

do you think this is because the bar sprocket runs smoother?

[18 stoner]

Hmmm think something wasnt quite right there. Stihl bar flew through it, OK so did the oregon but near the end the stihl slowed right up. Didnt look right to me.

 

Didnt really want to butt in, but i was thinking the same!

 

There was little between the saws near half way through, then the stihl bar seemed to be bogged all the time.

 

Never a fan of comparisons like this, my 260 cuts like the stihl bar one on the vid.............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After i hit a nail with it:sneaky2:

[18 stoner]

Also is it an optical illusion, or is the log on the right smaller?

[Johny Walker]

i always find a sharp chain helps:laugh1:

[18 stoner]

hmm intresting come to think about it when a was using husky bars it tended to run slow then started using oregon bars run faster and less wear.

do you think this is because the bar sprocket runs smoother?

 

I thought oregon made husky bars anyway:sneaky2:

[Charlieh]

I thought oregon made husky bars anyway:sneaky2:

 

 

just for reference as well what was the bar and chain on the stihl? any idea, as if it was a 3/8 0.063 then the pro lite should have spanked it really due to being so much narrower kerf,