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[4570Man]

One of my saws is a Husqvarna 357XP, which is similar in power/performance to your MS360. It wears a 16" bar 95% of the time. I'd rather have the better balance, lighter weight and maneuverability of a 16" bar on this saw when working in the woods felling and limbing trees, and I find it a good match power-wise for that bar. (Of course, my 50cc saw also wears a 16" bar all the time.) Unless I know I'm going to spend a significant chunk of my day felling trees larger than 16", it wears the 16" bar, and I fell those occasional trees of larger diameter by cutting from both sides. It's extremely rare in this part of the Northeast that I would be felling a tree larger than I could drop with a 16" bar.

If I know I'm going to be working in bigger trees a lot that day, or if I'll be bucking up a lot of 16-20" firewood, I'll put on the 20" bar. While the specs say it can handle a 24" bar, I would not even consider putting something that size on it. If I needed 24" of bar for a significant amount of cutting, I'd switch to a bigger saw - probably a 70cc.

All of my cutting is in hardwoods (Oak, Maple, Beech, occasionally Ash or Hickory). If I were cutting large softwoods with any frequency, I might step up the bar size I'd put on a given saw a bit.

I’ve got a 28” bar for my 372xp but I hardly ever use it. The 20” is much better. Even when cutting bigger stuff I don’t usually switch them.

 

[herringchoker]

When your son gets ready to service the other three wheels there isn't a need to pull the tires off anyway. Remove the axle and lock nuts, then use a pallet jack to remove the tires, wheels and hub in one piece. Saves a lot of time.

Yup. And if you don't have a pallet jack, a couple of kids "crazy carpet" sliders with a bit of oil between them - anything to slide the complete hub/wheels/tires assembly off the spindle.

 

[John_Mc]

You missed my point, which was this: The 362 has 27% more power than the Husky. The 362 cuts slow with a 24" bar. Therefore the Husky would be really slow.

Yes, you are correct. I misread your point. Sorry about that.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I’ve got a 28” bar for my 372xp but I hardly ever use it. The 20” is much better. Even when cutting bigger stuff I don’t usually switch them.

Did you ever try skip chain on that longer bar ??

gg

 

[John_Mc]

Did you ever try skip chain on that longer bar ??

gg

That would certainly be the way to go if he's burying a good bit of that longer bar in the wood.

 

[goeduck]

On my 70 cc saw with a 25” bar a skip is often the chain I put on. Depends on the wood. With the 32” bar I would not even think of making up anything but a skip.

 

[4570Man]

Did you ever try skip chain on that longer bar ??

gg

It pulls the bar pretty good. I just don’t like carrying it around. I don’t like it sticking way out of a smaller log either.

 

[farmer2009]

Someone suggested I look at another Echo because I already have one. Well all my current power equipment is Echo. Chainsaw, weed eater and backpack blower. I think they build good equipment. So I went looking at them for a big saw. The cs590 Timberwolf comps to the 460 Rancher. But my question is HP, or how do you compare saws when you don’t have the hp rating? Then I found their cs680. It’s $100 higher than the husky, but it’s a 65cc saw. Still no hp rating. But a 20-28” bar range. It’s heavier than the 460. So does anybody have one or have you any opinions about them. If it’s a good saw I’d step up that $100 to the 65cc saw. Would this make a felling saw?

Local dealer I bought my other items from closed a few years ago. I’ve been buying the oil and filters I need from rural king. But I wouldn’t call them a dealer. Just a seller. I’ll have to look for dealers.

 

[davidradio]

It's a hot day to work with wood but somebody has to do it, actually is to hot to do anything outside...........
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That sure is some good looking wood

 

[Jstpssng]

That sure is some good looking wood

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