Chainsaw Repair

Willard.

These will Not see much use and if dealer give them of, well..

-20 is not that bad unless it is coast temp, that chill to the bone in minutes. Inland it is not so hard.
I live by coast. Hen it is -20 here it feel like -35 inland.

Thanks guys. My dealer says by Feb. the small mount Tech Lite bars may be available. The T540XP on the Husqvarna Canada website shows it with a Techlite bar.
I'm just trying to be extra cautious with my saw selection. Three festivals ago I had trouble with two of the three 576AutoTunes. Brand new out of the box with the recommended 5 minute run in one wouldn't idle after 2 hours of racing, the other wouldn't run [back firing badly] because the dual throttle linkage was kinked and binding.
I think 550XP -20" with .325 would be the way to go to attract more women competitiors.

Quote from: Magnus on November 17, 2012, 02:55:47 am

I would have 15" on the 550, not a inch more!
If you have 10X10 it is plenty.

Bigger will not be as fun.

I agree Magnus, I would do the same too if it was just me competiting with my own saw. But my dealer [sponsor ] likes the looks of the longer 20" on his saws, I guess to make the saws "look more serious". He wants to supply 4- 550XPs with 20" Techlite bars with .325 chain. Then we would have 2 spare saws at all times.

Even though the 550 is a limbing saw, I think with our -20C average temperatures the saws should not run too hot bucking these 10"X10",
What do you think?

If such bars exist, that is major news!   

Quote from: HolmenTree on November 18, 2012, 11:29:13 am

Thanks guys. My dealer says by Feb. the small mount Tech Lite bars may be available.

TechLite "Arborist" bars in 3/8" lo pro are not news - they have been out for a while, but only up to 16". Also, those are not RSN bars.

Thanks for the info Niko. I guess the reason why I know so little about TechLite bars is because I would never own one on my own personal saws since they are laminated.

Here see my photos below of a "real" lightweight small mount bar. I found a stock pile of these brand new 25 year old Windsor Mini Pro 16" bars, I have them in 1/4", 3/8 LoPro, 3/8" standard and .325 ,........zoom in close and you will see the MS200 and 346XP are setup with 1/4" [just an experiment, I have since setup both saws on .325] 
These beautiful solid body bars I will run on the competition 550XP's in .325 , these small radius nosed, low kick back energy bars will be safe for the novice competitors.
As the last photo shows I have been running Oregon PowerMatch Double Guard bars on the 576XP AT's. Another excellent smooth bore-cutting safety bar that has gone the way of the dinosaur.

but I surely wouldn't want "Super Guard" noses on any (standard width) Power Match bars - must be very annoying when borecutting!

The total opposite Niko, someone has been passing  some bad information on to you. The Oregon Double Guard small radius nose bore cuts way better then the standard 11T nose. You can push the smaller nose at WOT "straight on" into the tree like a sabre , try that with the standard nose and it will be kick backing all over the place.
I see no difference in speed between the two also BTW.

Some day I'll learn to post a video and will put the demonstration of it on here.