Size and Brand of Rope

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Do I need more than one size of rope? Is there a better brand? I'd like to buy a quantity, maybe 50-100 feet?

[jerseyhighlander]

Most of the Homelites I've dealt with so far call for a #5 (5/32) cord. But it may vary depending on the age/size of the machine. I know all the newer Stihl equip. is a very thin #3.

Last time I went through this, it was such a pain just to get a damn starter cord that I ordered a 100' spool in four different sizes. Went with this stuff, from this place. Good quality & very reasonable price. www.stens.com/products/true-blue/true-blue-starter-rope


This was another place I had found, www.knotandrope.com/store/pc/showsearchresults.asp?idcategory=0&priceFrom=0&priceUntil=&SKU=&IDBrand=0&keyWord=starter+cord&customfield1=0&SearchValues1=0&customfield=0&SearchValues=0&IDSale=0&resultCnt=20&order=0&Submit= looked pretty good but I went with the stuff made in Germany.

[onlyhomelites]

I've been using Forester or Stens depending on which is the best price. I keep #3.5, #4 & #5 on hand, seems to cover all of my projects well.

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Is there a way to tell from the IPL which size of rope a saw takes?

[undee70ss]

Later IPL's have the rope size, like the 410 takes a 5 size rope.

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So it would seem most of the XL-series of 60's-70's saw took the number 5 rope. Thanks

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I recently bought a spool of stens 9/64ths for my little Bandit. The IPL listed #5 (unless I read it wrong) which would be 5/32. I put new 5/32 on it but it was too short and I couldn’t get more wrapped on it without it binding. The 9/64ths of course is just a shade smaller and worked perfect. I might try it on another XL or something just to see how well it works but it was pretty cheap on amazon