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Started by Hi-Country Orange, November 14, 2009, 10:38:48 PM

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Hi-Country Orange

How big of bar will my 361 handle ?

Rocky_J

For normal daily use I'd stick with a 20". You could put a 24" on it if you needed it for a big tree.

Hi-Country Orange


GASoline71

All depends on your cuttin' style and what wood you cut.  I had a 361... and up here in the PNW softwoods it handled a 25" bar with full skip chain just fine.

Gary
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oldsaw

20" max for repeated use in hardwood country, but you could squeak out a 24 with some skip chain.  Then again, I hate a boggy saw/bar combo and run a 24" on my 066, a 20 on my 372, and run 16" on a 60cc saw.  It's a midwest and NE thing, the PNW guys wouldn't understand.

Mark
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GASoline71

Quote from: oldsaw on November 16, 2009, 09:59:10 PM
  It's a midwest and NE thing, the PNW guys wouldn't understand.

Mark

HAHAHA!   :D :D :D

Gary
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windthrown

A 361 will drive a 25 inch bar no problem. I run them with full comp and full/semi skip. They cut the mythical PNW hardwoods just fine (white oaks, madrone, apple). I just sold a barely used 361 for a logger friend with a 25 inch Oregon bar on it with full chisel skip. That saw and bar combo basically sold itself to a guy that buried it in a nice fat 20 inch oak log I had here. He was grinning half way through the cut, and I knew he was going to buy the saw. I ran my frist 361 with an 18 and 20 inch B&C for a few months, believing what I read back east. Then I bought a 25 inch GB bar for my 361 and never looked back. I run my 361s (I have three of them now) more than not with 25 inch bars on them. Otherwise its a 20 inch. On the rare occasion I drop to a smaller size bar than a 20 inch on a 361 I flip to an 8 pin rim. Otherwise its is a waste of excess torque. In Australia they have 22 inch bars, and I think that would probably be the perfect bar for the 361.
Stihls: 440R, 361, 360, 310, 260, 211, 020T. Husky: 372xt.
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windthrown

I have found that the Stihl recommended bar lengths are accurate and hold up to saws that I have owned. I bought my second 361 used with a 28 inch bar on it. They are commonly sold here with that setup. It was starting to show bar burn on it though, just below the sprocket nose. That is typical of not having enough oil on the bar. The solution for that is to swap out the 361 oil pump parts for the 460 HO (high output) oil pump parts. The 361 and the 460 have the same oil pump body, and it is a simple swap. I do not run a 28 inch bar on the 361, so I put that bar on my 044 R model saw which has a HO oil pump on it.
Stihls: 440R, 361, 360, 310, 260, 211, 020T. Husky: 372xt.
I ship Stihl saws down under: message me for details.

madhatte

My US$0.02:

260 is happiest with 16".  361 is happiest with 20".  440/460 are happiest with 28".  That said, if you have a 361, and you carry B/C for 16", 20" and 25", you have a one-saw plan that will cover pretty much everything. 

Oh, and, muff mod that beast.  You will thank yourself forever. 

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