What's up everyone? Welcome to The Durbin Compound! On today's episode we are weighing chainsaw bars.
So this is going to be a culmination of every single chainsaw bar that I can come up with.
The only two brands that I, well there are a couple other brands, that I don't have, but
two that I did want to test are the Forester Platinum and a GB Titanium, but nonetheless, I
didn't get a hold of these before the test. So we have on the table eight chainsaw manufacturers
here. We're going to test them for their weight. I'm going to tell you guys all the
weight in pounds and ounces. And then we're going to line them up from lightest to heaviest. So this
will give you guys a comprehensive list of just each chainsaw bar, how much it weighs. So if you're
looking for the lightest or you're looking at a specific bar, you know the exact weight in 28
inches. So let's go ahead and get started. So first up on the chopping block, we are going to weigh
the stock chainsaw bars. So we're talking about the Rollomatic ES from Stihl and then the standard
Husqvarna, I think they call it the Super Tough, the standard bar from Husqvarna 28 inch. So let's
go ahead and put the Husqvarna on first. So the standard bar from Husqvarna weighs 3 lbs.
11, or sorry, I'm already messing it up! 3 lbs. 12 oz. and 1/4. So 12 and 1/4 oz.
All right, next up we've got the Stihl Rollomatic ES. These are going to be the heaviest bars. This is a
comparison with the, you know, the standard bar versus the light versions of the same bars or
equivalent. So the Stihl Rollomatic ES standard bar is 3 lbs. 14 and 1/4 oz.
So a very, very heavy bar. So 3 lbs. 14 oz. is almost a 4 lb. bar. So another one that's
not considered a reduced weight in this lineup is the Windsor Speed Tip. So the Windsor Speed Tip
comes in at 3 lbs. 13 and 3/4 oz. So they are
all right at almost the 4 lb. mark. So let's go ahead and get into the five variations of
reduced weight bars that I have here on the table. So the Stihl Rollomatic ES light bar 28 inch weighs...
weighs in at 2 lbs. 11 1/2 oz. 2 lbs 11 1/2 oz.
So let's go ahead and as we measure these up, let's go ahead and put them down here.
All right next up is the Oregon Reduced Weight Power Cut. I just came out with a video on this
bar yesterday. One of my favorite bars. Just looks good! Awesome to have on the saw.
This weighs 2 lbs. 11 oz. 7/8, 11 and 7/8 oz. So almost 12 oz., but
2 lbs. 11 oz. 7/8. So just a little heavier than the Stihl light bar,
arguably, you know, basically the same weight. You're not going to notice that half a pound,
or half an ounce, difference. So next up is the Sugihara. This weighs 3 lbs. 2 oz. exactly.
Next up is the Tsumara bar.
This is 2 lbs. 14 and 1/4 oz.
Okay. I think the Cannon's going to be lighter than 2 lbs. 14 and 1/4.
And the Cannon comes in at...man... comes in at 3 lbs. 3/4 oz.
So I was wrong! So this is our lineup here of the reduced weight bars. If you're new to reduced
weight bars, and you're just now looking into them, a lot of these Japanese bars will have the
cutout here. And then it's filled with epoxy resin, or plastic, as some people like to say.
The white parts are the plastic resin that's put in the bar. Same on the Tsumara bar.
These panels that, you know, look cool and have a symmetrical pattern to them, those
are all cutouts of the actual metal material. So same thing with the Stihl light bar is
this entire panel in here is cut out there. I will roll in a close-up picture here. The entire center
of the bar is cut out and filled with, I assume they just take out the filler metal in between
and then it's a hollow piece in between there. So it's a very rigid bar. It does not compromise
a lot and it is the lightest for a reason. I do love that bar! And then when you talk about the
power cut and things like this, they have an aluminum plate that looks like it's riveted
into the bar. So that light colored panel there is the actual reduced area where they've milled
out all of that metal and that hardened steel is gone and they put in an aluminum cover plate.
Now I assume it's the same for the Cannon. I can't speak for exactly how each of these
are made, but to my best assumption. This is our lineup here. So the Stihl being the lightest.
Oregon at arguably almost the exact same weight, just a tad heavier, and then you have Sugihara,
the Tsumara bar, and then Cannon. So the lineup is very, you know, a huge, like when you talk about
a Stihl Rollomatic, oh my scale turned off, when you talk about the regular bar versus the
light bar, I mean you could do your own math, but we're going to do it right here on camera.
Your regular bar weighs 3 lbs. 14 oz. So we we're talking about just almost 4 lbs. And the
light bar comes in at 2 lbs, 11 oz. So over a pound of weight off of the chainsaw bar.
So you can definitely tell when you're running the chainsaw that it is a lot more balanced and you
have a lot less weight hanging on you out at the end of the bar. If you know anything about physics,
as you add weight and you have it further out from you, it creates more of a leverage effect and you
feel the weight a lot more. So the longer the bar gets, the heavier it gets and, you know, if you were
looking at the Stihl light bar in a 32 or 36 inch, it is absolutely going to be light years ahead
of a regular standard bar. So I hope this helps you guys out. I hope you enjoyed this video.
If you're looking for the latest chainsaw bar, well there you have it. Not a lot of people are going
to argue very many other manufacturers. I really would have loved to get the GB Titanium in here.
It's hard to source them. There are other companies like Archer and cheap companies that I really
didn't want to put in the lineup. So the only other one I don't have is the Forester Platinum.
The Forester Platinum comes in at 3 lbs. 2 oz. So it is right up there with the
Cannon Super bar. So it's arguably going to be one of the heavier chainsaw bars. So
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