sithl 192T with .50 bar?

You'll be cutting a lot more wood with that sized chain with the same horsepower. People often talk down on the 192t compared to the 200t based on HP alone, I think, without accounting for the narrower kerf.

Maybe its your trees, or maybe you're technique. No offense.

Don't recall any bent chains on my 192t, maybe one that I don't recall. I did break one after a storm where my technique was subpar (more binding and yanking than necessary).
 
Bending chain? I've never "bent" a chain, so don't really even know what you mean. All climbing saws run that chain if I'm not mistaken - they wouldn't sell it if it wasn't a good fit for the saw.

Are you bending them by putting tools on them, when they're not on the saw? Or while they are on the saw?

A 192 with larger-kerf cuts than stock? I don't think so.

Something is wrong here - no one "bends" chains that I know of.
 
Never bent a chain, but I do know that the 192 is a good reliable saw and down here in the tropics most of our wood is hardwoods, take the spark arrestor out and a sharp chain and thats all you need. Forget that .050" chain and bar setup, if that's what you want buy a 201T and put the 192 to rest. That's like buying a 4 cubic metre dump truck and building up the sides ( they do it here all the time ) to haul eight cubic metres, it's bound to deteriorate fast ( engine, differentials, king pins etc ). You are just making the saw work at a level it was not designed for....plain simple common sense so don't be offended dude....I bought 200T's for this same reason it's just the right saw for the job....
 
Ahem.. I run .050 low pro chain on a 14" bar on one of my 192s. I would say the difference in chainspeed between that and my other 192 with .043 pico is unnoticeable.

No issues with increased wear or any measurable lost performance. I can't recommend going with anything longer than a 14" bar with either gauge on the 192.

Both of those saws get their asses kicked.
 
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the chain gets bent from pinching in the cut. lets face it guys, it happens. im not the only on here that pinches a bar occasionally.
what happens is the chain will bed slightly and still run on the bar but eventually it widens the rails and makes for a wobbly chain and a bar that allways gets plugged with wood dust.
 
When it stretches oout and flys off the bar..
On hard wood its bound to happen I just tap back in shape with a ball peen hammer.
Off to the races.
 
For such a cheap, thin chain getting kinked, after seeing mine fling off to parts unknown on my 192t, and throwing a chain that slapped me, luckily, high on my inner thigh, not higher, slightly cutting my saw pants, I'd just junk that chain. Doesn't seem worth keeping around, IMO.






Ryan, why the upsize?
 
prolly availability like my situation is. there sems to be more .50 chains then .43 stihl. when you are in a pinch and need a new chain and the only stihl dealer is a an hour round trip drive but the hardware store down the road has a oregon .50 14" it makes things a bit smoother wouldent you say?
 
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the chain gets bent from pinching in the cut. lets face it guys, it happens. im not the only on here that pinches a bar occasionally.
what happens is the chain will bed slightly and still run on the bar but eventually it widens the rails and makes for a wobbly chain and a bar that allways gets plugged with wood dust.

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I don't think that I've ever bent a chain. Not that I'm aware of anyway.

I keep an eye on my bars and clean out the bar channel occasionally. I also grind the rails square when I notice cuts going off to one side. Try doing some bar maintenance once in a while and see if it helps.
 
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