My new saw came

David G · Sep 9, 2020

I got the husky 24" today, it is nice, but 24" IS a long bar.

RogerinIowa · Sep 9, 2020

Saves your back from stooping over!

gab · Sep 9, 2020

About three years ago I set my old Mac saw down and it stalled, couldn't get it started again so I overhauled the carb. and I still couldn't start it. Went to town and bought a new one and on the way home decided I gave up too soon. Tore the old one all apart again, didn't see anything wrong but it started right up. The new ones still in the box, hasn't been run yet.

Russ from MN · Sep 9, 2020

When our son bought a new Stihl with a 20 inch bar I told him " that will let you saw farther into the ground"! He's been pretty careful with it and it's worked out well. He had some bigger trees to cut, and it's nice to have a longer bar for that. I just put a new TriLink chain on my 45 year old 621 Jonsered, it was my dad's, it really cuts well.

Russ from MN · Sep 9, 2020

I forgot to ask, how many CC's, your only talking bar length! My 621 is 56 cc's, and most of it's life it only had a 16" bar, there was little need for longer bars in our area.

AzPeapicker · Sep 9, 2020

Good Evening David
Last year I bought a ECHO CS2311T with a 10" bar , I was planning on
going to the to the Farm in Missouri To help get rid of the sprouts that is taking over the edges of the fields , I bought 2 extra chains . Extra spark plug ,extra fuel & oil fill caps , new air filter . I didn t want to go into town only to hear that they would have to order them ,then wait a week . wasted time .
As it turned out I didn t get to go . I was going to take my chain breaker ,spinner & saw grinder , & tools with me so I could fix any problem that came up .

Azpeapicker

David G · Sep 9, 2020

60 cc's

My old Homelite with 24" bar had 52CC.

David G · Sep 9, 2020

Husky 24"
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4240 Turbo · Sep 9, 2020

I bought a 372xp (71cc) with a 28" bar in about 2006 or so. It is a workhorse to this day. The bolts holding the muffler fell off 2 times and I had to cut with my small saw (346xp 20" bar big bore kit base gasket delete) and other than that that 372 has pulled that 28" bar through thousands of cords of wood and hundreds of tons of saw mill logs. never a problem. I do believe those muffler bolts are to be checked periodically per owners manual. I did not do that. My saw has let me down only 1 time and because the husqvarna 2 cycle oil plugged the flame arrestor screen with soot. I switched to belray h1r for dirtbikes or maxima castor 927 oil in a 32:1 mix and never looked back. good luck. If that saw cuts half as much wood as mine have you will be money ahead for buying it. keep the air filter clean and keep the cases blown off and the nose of the bar greased and the pto bearing lubed and the clutch clean and the flywheel/magneto housing blown out and that saw would last an ordinary person 50 years. Keep good gasoline for it and it should cut a hundred thousand trees down for a prideful owner.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 10, 2020

If you really want a saw that saves your back get a bow blade.

showcrop · Sep 10, 2020

I had to cut down a hemlock in my front yard last fall. I don't know how long my bar is, probably 16 inches, but I didn't even notice until I got into it that the tree was a few inches bigger. I get nervous felling in tight quarters when I can't see exactly how my bar is lined up to the tree, but I still got it where i wanted it.

johnlobb · Sep 10, 2020

That Belray oil is excellent stuff! But I use another motocross designed oil from Amsoil, Interceptor, that has additives that help keep the power valve on a 2 stroke motocross bike clean. Also keeps the spark arrester screen clean and is fantastic oil, I use it in all my 2 strokes. Both my son and I used to race motocross...

jd man wis · Sep 10, 2020

About a month ago my boy got me a new still 170. It is a nice little saw but I haven't even ran a tank of fuel in it I only cut a few branchs with it an it is leaking bar oil out the bottom of it. Looks like a oil line leaking or some thing on it. He is taken it back for warany work they give my boy one year on it.

OregonAaron · Sep 10, 2020

I just got me a new husky saw last spring to replace my other old saws that were giving me a bit of grief. I have ran quite a few tanks of fuel through it and like it alot. I have have no doubt you will enjoy you new saw as well.

miangus · Sep 10, 2020

I bought the same saw a few months back. It didn't seem to run just right. I bought a special nut driver for the high speed jet and opened it up just a touch and now it runs great. My old Homlite 707 had a 36" blade. I probably wouldn't last two cuts with it now.

Oliver 500 Wa · Sep 10, 2020

If that model has the chain brake mechanism in the chain cover, be careful that there is no buildup of sawdust, chips, and oil around the coupler that connects the brake lever to the brake mechanism. I've seen a few Huskys where the coupler got clogged up and then you could not release the brake because the coupler teeth would not engage fully. When the brake is on and can not be released with the lever, it's a tough job prying the chain cover off to clean and reset the brake mechanism.

atlarge54 · Sep 10, 2020

24" is a lot of bar for a 60cc saw. Rule of thumb is 3cc displacement per inch of bar. If the saw isn't happy pulling it you might try a skip tooth chain.

Goose · Sep 10, 2020

I have a Stihl MS170 with both 14" and 16" bars.

Great little saw.

Skyhighballoon(MO) · Sep 10, 2020

(quoted from post at 08:37:06 09/10/20) 24" is a lot of bar for a 60cc saw. Rule of thumb is 3cc displacement per inch of bar. If the saw isn't happy pulling it you might try a skip tooth chain.

Husky made a 465 Rancher model for a few years that was better suited for the 24" bar but discontinued it a couple years ago. You might find a dealer that still has one.

guido · Sep 10, 2020

Hello atlarge54,

No not really. A 60cc saw will handle a 24 in chain with no problem. Anything longer would also work with a
skip tooth chain,

Guido.

jaoneill · Sep 10, 2020

We'll have to agree to disagree on that. A 20" thin kerf bar is all a 60cc wants to handle comfortably. My serious saw is a 1973 Pioneer P50 (5 cu in or about 110cc) I bought new; came with a 36" bar with 3/8" chain. I used it for years with a 20" bar; it had torque enough that I kept the rakers filed down and it would fall through a log, even with the tip of the bar buried. Haven't used it for three or four years, too much saw for an old guy although it only weighs a couple of pounds more than my newer 60cc Jonsered.

guido · Sep 10, 2020

"Hello jaoneil,

I have a 1981 Mcculloch 60cc and the manual has 3 options and model numbers. 16' 20" and 24" chain bar
length.

I have a 20" bar on it now with a 7/32 full chisel chain, and it is what I use 90% of the times.
It would handle a 24" bar with no problem. Its weigh is almost 20 lb. empty if I recall correctly. But your 110c is bit of a brute,
making chips fly would be a breeze with that much saw,

Guido.

jaoneill · Sep 10, 2020

Hi Guido
I think it comes down to torque; the newer saws are all speed with very little bottom end. My Jonnys came with 18" bars, 20" was the max recommended. I actually have 2 of the 60cc's, both pro models, not the handy homeowner type. I have an 18" on one, 20" on the other, and as I said above 20" is plenty of bar for a newer saw that size. It no doubt would pull a 24" chain but certainly not near as aggressively as it does a 20.

jaoneill · Sep 10, 2020

Guido, Just reread your post; your 60cc is of a prior generation of technology. My big saw was/is the leading edge of the more modern saws and was considered a loggers saw in its day. It only weighs a whisker over 16 lbs, dry. My 5 and 8 year old 60cc tip the scale at 13 lbs. When I graduated to the P50 I was surprised that it was lighter than the 60cc or so homelite that I had previously.

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