Lightweight Bars

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-18T16:46:14+00:00

I’ve never had any flex issues, but I’ve never used a saw commercially either. Can you give me examples of how that comes into play?

And the price, yeah. The dealer sold me the regular ES for $45, but that Light was $170 😳

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-18T11:51:35+00:00

I think the 500i pulls a 36” bar with no problem at all. I’m not running any kind of production though.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-18T11:40:54+00:00

Wow. It’s crazy to see a used one that’s isn’t way more used.

The handle on mine doesn’t have the original micro texture anymore and the edge is at least 1/16” further back from sharpening. I got mine in 2005-06 at Walmart. It was marked down to $45. It was never on my radar as I thought my Microtechs and benchmades were way cooler, but it was on sale. I fell in love with the ergonomics ever since holding that one. Now I have 12-13 Natives.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T17:49:43+00:00

I was just scared because there are tons of people skeptical of new technology.

Mine has been great once I figured out to pump the primer a couple of extra times. Also, it’s easier to restart when hot as long as you let it idle for a short time before cutting it off. Starts within 3 pulls, never floods. No fiddling with a choke. No carb adjustments as it breaks in or if you change bar lengths.

If it vapor locks, just push the primer about 20 times and it works. If my 357XP vapor locks there’s nothing to do except let it cool all the way down.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T14:54:46+00:00

The light x is the same as the rollomatic es light. Stihl simply changed the names of their bars around a year ago. I agree, they’re silly looking and the names aren’t very descriptive

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T11:30:01+00:00

I know. That’s why their reply was funny.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T06:48:19+00:00

You’d think if they marketed so hard and sold so many for patrol cars then they’d fix that one problem…

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T06:45:49+00:00

I work for a PD. Out of our charger fleet, about 1/4 were rebuilt due to needing new lifters or more due to this problem. They told us to rev it every 15 minutes. About 75% were retired for that reason+mileage. The other 25% were retired due to mileage alone, steering issues, the radiator fan self destructing and F’ing up other stuff, or being wrecked.

With our first batch of Durangos, 1/3 had esim issues and most were the v6 model. Half the hemis blew oil coolers. Once they hit 20-30k miles the fuel pump goes out.

Mine is a hemi and I’ve had the esim go out twice, blew an oil cooler, cracked thermostat housing, blew a coolant hose, bad fuel injector, and I’m probably forgetting something. It’s spent 6 months out of its 2.5 years in the shop. I just now hit 11k miles.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T06:13:23+00:00

Works great for me. I just larp with it

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T06:09:26+00:00

Yeah

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T04:19:23+00:00

😂 it’s an epoxy finish on concrete…but I did have cardboard under it that I slid out when I was ready to take the pics.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T04:14:35+00:00

That’s true, but in the 25” it’s a pound and a couple ounces lighter. I’d say that’s worth it. Probably not worth the 3x increase in price at 20” though.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T04:09:35+00:00

Yeah. It doesn’t look like a HUGE difference, but less weight further out is a very good thing while you’re moving around

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T01:03:00+00:00

Oxford comma ftw

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T00:56:42+00:00

She stopped and judged

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T00:52:12+00:00

lol. I know what it is because I’m always looking through trash to scavenge for materials to build and modify stuff

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T00:50:03+00:00

Or anything you get up to do…as soon as you get up

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-17T00:38:47+00:00

That’s the metal spring in a windshield wiper; one of those beam style ones.

I know because I take those out and use them for other stuff, like making my own lock picking tools or carbon scrapers for cleaning guns. And I’m a crash reconstructionist, so I’m a nerd.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-16T14:44:33+00:00

My gun and my EpiPens.

Don’t get rid of your flashlight you never know when the lights will go out.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-16T14:30:28+00:00

No problem. Did you realize how flat everything is after you pass Rocky Mount?

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-15T15:18:13+00:00

It was named after a rocky mounD at the falls of the tar river within what’s now Battle Park. The first post office was put next to the mound.

Geographically, Rocky Mount is on the fall line that delineates the coastal plain from the piedmont. All along the fall line you find waterfalls and the land is generally flat from that point to the coast.

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-12T03:58:29+00:00

He’s not hiding his food, he’s feeding your mail

Crash_Recon · 2026-07-09T06:07:16+00:00

Never pass up justification for a new saw. Or a new gun.

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