General bar

[Clasec]

Got a 36 inch bar for my 770G and was curious if anyone knows what years these were made. Thanks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         36 in. General bar by Clasec, on Flickr

[onlyhomelites]

I'm directly copying this from a 2003 thread over on AS...full credit goes to the original poster:www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/general-chain-bar-company.10477/

The General Bar and Chain company set up shop in Hubbard, Oregon in 1961. The old man that started it ran it out of his garage initially. He reconditioned bars in the beginning for the big wood Oregon timber fallers running the large Homelites and McCullochs of the day. I think it was in 1964 or around that time that he started producing bars himself, and built a big shop there in town. I don't know the founder's name, but I have a local guy, Earl Bouchard, who worked at General from 1969 until 1974, making large chainsaw bars from scratch. Earl does all of our harvester bar maintenance now, and he's in his late 70's. The General Bar and Chain company closed their doors for a while in the mid 80's and was reborn as The ChainBar company. They can be found at www.chainbar.com .

The site link is still active: www.chainbar.com/

[sweepleader]

Interesting outfit.

Does anyone know what a "Deck Bar" is? They are listed as being repairable at the site.

[Clasec]

Dec 8, 2019 18:42:00 GMT -5 sweepleader said:

Interesting outfit.

Does anyone know what a "Deck Bar" is? They are listed as being repairable at the site.

A bar that fits this.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 deck saw by Clasec, on Flickr