Rockbadchild
Veteran Member
I have no need for a more finicky chain regardless of its performance benefits. I'm a weekend warrior at best.
And in that regard, for the range of work I'll be doing (felling smaller trees, limbing, bucking, clean up of downed trees and stumps) even the off-the-shelf round ground full chisel is an experiment. My chain will invariably hit the ground from time to time. If it dulls too easily I'll go back to the homeowner semi-chisel chains.....which dull easily enough.
For now I'm using the 025 for limbing and close to the ground work. It has a 16" bar (I think I had said it was 18" before). I'll keep the semi-chisel chain on it. The MS271 will be mostly for bucking and some limbing. For now I like the round ground full chisel. We'll see how long it stays sharp and whether or not I can keep it out of the dirt.
For me, the only question that remains is will I eventually want/need a 60-70cc saw. My son-in-law isn't always going to be there when I want or need to drop a larger tree (for me large is 20+ inches and 80-100 feet). Yes, discretion is the better part of valor sometimes but that could be said about many of the things I'm still capable of doing. I'm not in a hurry and I'm not itching for a new toy at this point.
for you only question remaining, when you have a perfectly sharpen chain with your current saw and chopping a 18 inch diameter log or so are you frustrated with it ? do you think its slow and running out of power ? if yes to both question then yes get a bigger one if not the keep your saw I dont think anyone can answer this question for you... I know you would like a bigger bar and for 20 inch plus threes I can understand and it will slow down your current saw if you put a bigger bar on it .... I know personally I grew up using my dad chainsaw a 75cc saw and its amazing I love it despite being heavy but I love when you squeeze the gas and the bar get up by itself. When I bought my first saw it was a 35cc it was hauling around on the quad and such but I couldn't stand it I've cut one one three with it and I was ready to throw that thing as far as I could that thing is in my garage still brand new... so I went and bout a 50cc one on a 16inch bar I am content with I like the light weight of it but it could be a bit more powerful but for what I do with it its fine for me. If id put a bigger bar on it id probably get frustrated with it tho.