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Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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I got this saw from my father-in-law who got it from someone else and so on. Besides a regular bar it came with a very odd bar. My father-in-law thinks he was told it is a bow bar. Does anybody recognize this and can you tell me what it is used for? I don't even know if I have it on upside-down or not.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
[re: jtcweb]
01/17/04 04:37 PM
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Jerry, I've only seen one fellow with a bar like that, and he was in the firewood business full time. I never actually saw it in use, but he said that type bar was much faster than any other for cutting firewood.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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01/17/04 05:14 PM
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I forget the techincal name. For Bucking only (cutting the felled tree into shorter lengths) They are faster I'm told, but not seen much anymore as some tried felling with em and gave them a bad reputation.
**NEVER** use for felling. Chances are very high it will kickback.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
[re: jtcweb]
01/19/04 10:20 AM
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I remember seeing something like that in a brochure when I was a kid. Seems it was called a "brush bar" if that's any indication of it's use. Never actually seen one in about 30 years since 
Rob
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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01/20/04 05:50 PM
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Learned from others on the web that it should only be used fur bucking logs. If you keep the safety guards on (mine is missing one) and just use it for what it is intended for it is easier on your back and about twice as fast.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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01/24/04 07:19 PM
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I think they call it a texas bow bar you can get them at baileys
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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02/14/04 10:31 PM
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This bar used to be popular in small wood bucking. One advantage to them is that they don't get pinched as bad as a regular bar. They are deffinitly kickback prone, the stinger at the bottom of the bar is used to hold the chain against the wood and keep the saw from climbing.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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03/09/04 07:15 PM
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Came a bit late to this. If anyone cares, a bow bar is primarily used to clear brush, some use it to cut Christmas trees on commercial plantations.
I haven't used one since the early 1980s when I was a USFS firefighter. They can be fairly dangerous with a real danger of kickback, especially if you remove the guards that they now come with as a standard (and which everyone I know removes, since the guards really impede speed).
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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06/08/04 04:04 PM
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You aren't supposed to use em' on brush, they are for bucking pulp logs. Using them on brush or felling can be dangerous.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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03/19/05 02:33 AM
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It is a McCollough, and use for only cutting up fire wood. Due to the danger, they were outlawed! Will not let them make anymore, very dangerous saw! Be Careful, when operating the bad Boy. Daddy Rabbit Kennels Ga.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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03/19/05 05:52 AM
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I came late to this thread also, but I still remember the one and only time I ever saw a bar like that, and that was when I bought half a cord of red oak firewood in the Fall of 1972. Of course the guy who had it was in the firewood business about 100 miles east of Dallas. One reason I never forgot that was because I had gone to that area deer hunting, was driving a 3/4 ton pickup with overload springs, saw the woodlot, and decided to stop and ask what they charged for the firewood, and I paid $10 for half a cord, and they loaded it on my truck.  I never got that good of a deal again on firewood. 
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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03/19/05 09:55 PM
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It's a bow bar and you have it on correctly. They are used in the logging industry in the southeast. They are almost impossible to find today. It is much easier to cut a tree into sections with this type bar.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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04/30/06 10:10 AM
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It's called a bow bar.
When I was fighting fires in California with the CDF and CCC's we used them for clearing brush, felling small trees and bucking up wood.
They work great on the California scrub brush and chapperal.
You are able to clear a wider swath with less problems than with a regular straight bar.
If you stick the bow bar into brush the chain grabs the brush and forces it to the spike, then it cuts it with little work.
The bow bars I used did not have the safety guards.
The biggest problem with using the bow bar to fell trees or buck up wood is that they jam and bind a lot faster and easier then a regular straight bar does.
And when a bruch bar throws a chain there's a lot more chain.
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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02/28/07 11:26 AM
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Yep, they are called "bow bar". There should be a "stop" attached at the point you need to stop the brush or other wood from coming back to the engine area.
I watched a firewood worker neatly remove his left kneecap during a kickback with this type of saw bar (30 years ago). Not for me.
Bob
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Re: Anybody recognize this chainsaw bar?
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03/30/07 04:35 PM
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There are 2 types of bars like this one. The one in your picture is a pulpwood bow bar. It is good for cutting trees up to about 14" diameter. They are still used today mostly in the south. Once the tree is on the ground, the logger measures off the 8' stick and uses the bar straight down with the "stinger" keeping the chain cutting wood. The hollow bar allows the logger to push through when the log begins to pinch. The other similar bar is called a "plunge bow" and is more narrow and is only good for trees and brush up to 6-8" in diameter. It isn't so popular now but in the 60's &70's, they were used alot for small thinning operations.
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