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HI IAN it about the same price as heating oil mate yes thanks jon

Best prices on TFF - Red 54p/litre ,Heating oil 44p/litre

:thumbup1:Ruger 22/10 Deluxe

I have used 325 Microlite chain for a number of years and fully understand the narrow kerf principal.I guess in the U.S small bars and small saws ,are homeowner saws ,and require safer chains.Over here there many pros using 50cc saws with 13" & 15"bars.

I notice your 325 Microlite bars are now available in pro-am for amateur and pro-lite for professional use.Any chance of a pro chain to run these bars - a full chisel chain without guard drive links ? 95vgx maybe.

I currently have a stihl hs86 with a 40inch bar, for rough cutting. I.e. not the fine blade.

stihl in their infinate wisdom no longer do a bar that length unless its for fine trimming.

I need to replace it, and was wondering if the husqvarna equivalent was worth a punt?

Does that say HS 85.

Looks like Porky has the explanation.

I currently have a stihl hs86 with a 40inch bar, for rough cutting. I.e. not the fine blade.

stihl in their infinate wisdom no longer do a bar that length unless its for fine trimming.

I need to replace it, and was wondering if the husqvarna equivalent was worth a punt?

I can't find any evidence that the HS86R(coarse cut) was ever available in 40"

yes, but thats fine cut. I have that model. I need the rough cut one, for laurel, hawthorn etc. Why stihl dropped it is beyond me. Will look at echo

You must have the HS86T(fine cut) - which at 30mm is "stihl"quite coarse.

Husqvarna only do one 40" machine - 226HS99S

Tooth spacing is 28mm

HS86T is 30mm,HS86R was 38mm.

If there was a big demand for a long, single sided ,coarse cut machine Stihl would continue to make it.

Have you tried a 30" HS81R. Cuts on up and down strokes.

3 position handle for working 1) horizontal. 2) L to R. 3) R to L.

Good idea if you want to run full chisel PS chain.

I haven't seen the sun butt.....

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/07/article-0-1CE86C3B00000578-667_640x755.jpg

Cant do links jon, its kim kardashian, very pretty ,lovely top half:thumbup1:, then it all explodes into a massive butt

With a description like that you don't need a picture .

Its a flange yoke to hub yoke (with keyway) U.J

Be aware that there also are regular .325 chain in 1.3mm/.050 though - but you can't run it on NK/Pixel bars on the 550-family saws (you can on some other saws).

Does it rub the chain guide plates ? Seems O.K on my 40

in your picture of the chain it looks like the cutter has been filed too high even although the cutter is sharp if the file is too high the cutter gets the wrong curve underneath the top plate if that makes sense

I agree , more hook and the chain would feed itself and not need forcing.

Also the depth gauges look quite high for the amount of cutter remaining.

Chain looks like 59LG which is 5.5mm or 7/32 file so unlikely to be using too big a file.

If you look at a new bar,the groove looks the same width as the side rails.

On your bar the groove looks to be nearly twice the width of the side rails.

Its either wear or the rails splaying .

Make a new chain catcher , out of aluminium , that's long enough to bolt through the dog and epoxy the broken piece back in place.

9 pin... CJ what happens to the torque?

6" of Damson isn't going to be a problem

15" of Oak might be a bit much for a 550xp

http://www.mopedarmy.com/mediawiki/images/3/32/Compression_Tester.jpg

Check your compression first.Testers cost about £20

laugh wow, that was fast cut through that damson 6" piece...

I was trying to get the cut speed up as well as the weight down, so I bought a bar or two from Rob D and sprockets from Clarks and what do you know, It works!

Gone from std 15"husky bar and .325 1.5mm to 15"Oregon pro lite bar and 95vpx, 1.3mm guage chain. Ho ho:lol:

Put a 8 pin on the 576, see how that cuts tomorrow, if the weathers none to cr*ppy

Now you need a standard 7 clutch drum and a 9 pin rim.

Shame we can't get a full chisel , narrow kerf chain , without bumper drive links to run on it.

Although 50 guage RS works well its not N.K

For that chain, you need a Micro-lite Pro, not a Pro-lite.

 

Pro-lite is a regular .325 bar, regardless of its gauge - meant for chain like 20LPX or 20BPX in .050/1.3mm.

Check your facts - Oregon now do a PRO version of Microlite called the Pro-lite 95vpx - see writing on tip of bar.

Its the LS engineers site that is at fault - for the MS230 it correctly list the OE 3/8 picco chain but the only bar pictured is the 0.325" 1.6mm bar.

At 45cc and 2.0 Kw there is no reason why a MS230 should not run a short 0.325" 1.6mm bar.

I would have kept your first replacement B&C and ordered the rim sprocket kit from spuds link.The rim sprocket kit in my 1st post would have the OE 3/8 picco rim.

Is that where all Discos go to die ?

The chain you have got is 3/8 and the bar you have is .325 The gauge of the chain is also 1.3mm and the gauge of the bar is 1.6mm They wont work together.

Well spotted that man

Closer to Modbury - I've 20 or more 3 foot beech trees by the road.

Shite spreading again yesterday.