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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 6:13:43 GMT -5
That's a nice saw.
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Post by esshup on Aug 17, 2017 7:59:28 GMT -5
What diameter wood are you most commonly cutting? For brush/limbs I use a top handle saw with a 14" bar.
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 17, 2017 10:03:37 GMT -5
If a 20" will do most o your work that what I would go with
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Post by deadeer on Aug 17, 2017 11:39:22 GMT -5
That will be a workhorse. 20" bar will balance better, 25" will give you Popeye forearms. Lol. Good luck with her.
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Aug 17, 2017 12:53:02 GMT -5
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Post by htownhunter on Aug 17, 2017 12:53:02 GMT -5
That will be a workhorse. 20" bar will balance better, 25" will give you Popeye forearms. Lol. Good luck with her. As long as I eat spinach lol. I dropped an ash tree this past winter that took me 45mins to get down with the homelite 20in bar. That particular tree was around 28in diameter. There is only a 10 dollar difference between the ms391 with 20in bar and the 25in bar.
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 17, 2017 13:14:11 GMT -5
That will be a workhorse. 20" bar will balance better, 25" will give you Popeye forearms. Lol. Good luck with her. Yeah - that's too manly for me!
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Post by firstwd on Aug 17, 2017 16:25:54 GMT -5
That will be a workhorse. 20" bar will balance better, 25" will give you Popeye forearms. Lol. Good luck with her. As long as I eat spinach lol. I dropped an ash tree this past winter that took me 45mins to get down with the homelite 20in bar. That particular tree was around 28in diameter. There is only a 10 dollar difference between the ms391 with 20in bar and the 25in bar. What's the price difference of a spare bar and chain? If a 25" inch bar and chain is more than $10 higher than a 20" bar and chain I'd get the 25" with the saw and get a 20" bar chain combo separately. Just stock up on the size chain you would use the most and keep just a couple of the other. I have a 20" and a 14" saw. What saw I use depends on what I'm cutting or if I have a second cutter. I drop and cut up some pretty big trees with that 20 inch. Theoretically, anything 40 inches or under is fair game.
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Aug 18, 2017 4:06:00 GMT -5
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Post by htownhunter on Aug 18, 2017 4:06:00 GMT -5
I'll probably stick with the 20. But I can always change my mind in the event of bent or wore out bar.
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Post by duff on Aug 18, 2017 4:13:59 GMT -5
I have a 25 18 and 16 bar. Love the 25 for limbing and bucking cause I don't have to bend over as much.
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Post by throbak on Aug 18, 2017 7:36:13 GMT -5
Not much you can't do with a 20in bar If I need a bar bigger than a 20 it's too big to mess with any way I think
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Post by esshup on Aug 18, 2017 9:17:47 GMT -5
I have 3 saws. a top handle Echo w/14" & 16" bar, a Dolmar PS-5100 with an 18" bar and a Dolmar 7900 witt a 24" and a reduced weight 32" bar. Both bars have the same balance on the big saw. I start out with the biggest saw in the morning if the wood warrants it, and go to a progressively lighter saw as the day wears on. If I had to use the 7900 and 24" bar all day long I'd be flat wore out by the end of the day. The balance will be much better with the 20" bar. I agree that a longer bar will allow you to limb without bending over, but the extra weight might offset that advantage. Learn how to either sharpen a chain correctly (I use semi chisel chains) or get multiple chains and swap them out when they get dull. I don't buy bars or even chain locally, I use www.baileysonline.com/Look at the Woodland Pro series, they are less expensive than Oregon. Sprocket nose are the ones I use. edit: I looked at the new MS-391 saws and the recommended bar length is 16"-20" I'd stay with the 20" and not go with the 24".
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Post by welder on Aug 18, 2017 19:23:14 GMT -5
Excellent choice! I have a ms390 (same thing only older),I wore out a 20inch bar and destroyed a 25. In 13 years I have ran AT LEAST 80 gallons of gas through it,( that's a lot of gas),keep it sharp,clean the air filter and run it like you are mad at it.
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Post by savagehead on Aug 20, 2017 19:09:07 GMT -5
I'll probably stick with the 20. But I can always change my mind in the event of bent or wore out bar. Stick with the 20 in bar as it is all you will ever need. I believe Sthil recommends a 16 in bar for this saw.I try to never go more than one size above recommended...You can easily over bar a saw...this will slow you down and puts undue wear and tear on your saw.You can cut a 36-38 in log easily with the 20 in bar. If you cut primarily for firewood for yourself you do not need anything else.I run 2 Stihl 260 Pros 16 in bars,039-20 in bar,044- 24 in bar and 660 with a 32 in bar and I run 3/8 full chisel chain on ALL of them...the full chisel chain flat produces. I burn a wood stove as my sole source of heat and I sell a bunch every year and this is what works for me.
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Post by buckone1 on Aug 24, 2017 15:05:55 GMT -5
Just make sure it has a compression relief. As you get older you will find the kick like a mule if you don't have the relief. JMO
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