Wow! I almost fell of my chair when I saw Bigg_Redd liked a Makita (Dolmar)! LOLpen, Bigg_Redd and Scotty Overkill like this
What, two eastern dudes claiming longer bars are better? OMG! What has the world come to!
Here in the PNW, longer bars are far more common. I tend to use the longest bars I can run on any saw for the reasons stated above, less bending and larger diameter cuts. A Dolkita 6401 should manage a 28 inch bar just fine, and that is what I tend to run on my lightly modified Stihl 044. I have a 32 that I can also run on that saw, but that is a lot of bar and I only use it on really large diemeter stuff. I run a 25 on my 361 most of the time as well. You can also swap out to a larger rim drives with smaller bars on these saws and get more chain speed out of them. Otherwise it is a waste of torque in my experience. I pop in an 8 tooth rim on my 361 if I run a 20 inch bar.
Found a Makita bar in the Baileys Clearance on their website -28 inch added the chain it was less than $70 how can you go wrong. I got a chance to use it and it seemed to work well today in a 3 1/2 foot thick hard maple. First time I have ever really got to use everything the 6401 has to offer. View attachment 64908View attachment 64909
Wow! I almost fell of my chair when I saw Bigg_Redd liked a Makita (Dolmar)! LOL
Nice looking setup and even matches. Looks better than that dinky little bar it had. What kind of chain is it? I tried zooming in on the pic but it's too blurry.
IKWYM there BR. J/K
I'm surprised nobody is pushing a skip chain.
You can't have too many teeth on a tiny bar but you can have too many teeth on a long bar.I'm done with that. If guys wanna run tiny bars with too many teeth, well, that's just none of my business.
Best reason for skip chain is less teeth to file. Outside of that it serves no gain.IKWYM there BR. J/K
I'm surprised nobody is pushing a skip chain.
I'm surprised to read that coming from a purported expert woodsman.Best reason for skip chain is less teeth to file. Outside of that it serves no gain.
IKWYM there BR. J/K
I'm surprised nobody is pushing a skip chain.
Best reason for skip chain is less teeth to file. Outside of that it serves no gain.
Many reasons for using skip (semi or full): Higher chain speed, more torque per tooth in the cut, does not clog up side chute with chips as fast, great for noodle cutting with the grain, great for cutting doug fir which is why a huge number of pro fallers in these parts use it. Fewer teeth per loop means faster sharpening, but also faster dulling.
Many reasons for using skip (semi or full): Higher chain speed, more torque per tooth in the cut, does not clog up side chute with chips as fast, great for noodle cutting with the grain, great for cutting doug fir which is why a huge number of pro fallers in these parts use it. Fewer teeth per loop means faster sharpening, but also faster dulling.
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