biggest Husky to run a 3/8 .50 guage chain and compression rating?

[rebocardo]

I want to build another chainsaw mill and want to use the low profile 3/8 .50 guage chain that Bailey's sells because it cuts so well.

So ... I want to buy the biggest saw that can run that type of chain, plus, it has to double as a falling saw too and not be too big. I want to run a 42" bar so I can do a 36" wide slab, fwiw.

I was thinking about a MS660, but, it is only rated for a 32" bar and after that they go to a bigger guage.

Going by the catalogs and such it would appear that would be the Husky 385?

What would be a good compression rating on a used Husky 385?  I know a car is 100 psi+.

[Ed]

My neighbor has a 394xp, 36" bar that uses 3/8 pitch chain. I don't know if it's .050 or .058 gage.

[StihlDoc]

There are 36" .050" gauge bars readily available for the MS 660.

[fishhuntcutwood]

There are 36" .050" gauge bars readily available for the MS 660.

...and that saw will readily pull that bar.

As far as copression, you'll get different assessments, but 150 is good, 120 is marginal, and below 100 is suspect.  JMO.  I often use the rope pull method.  Hold the saw up by the starter handle, if it holds, or drops very slowly, it's good.  If it drops with resistance, it's marginal, and if it falls it's no good.

Jeff

[rebocardo]

Thanks for all the answers so far and for the info on the saw compression and that trick. I will try it out.