That's a good scene you have there. My husky dealer is awesome. My stihl dealers have shown me to the door more then once. We have one good stihl dealer but they are a hike to get to. I always pop in when I'm out that way though.
I don't listen to my saw dealer. I listen to my saw. They fix and sell stuff. I take trees down. My last stihl dealer used to beat me up over pulling the screens out of my 200t's. He would carry on that my saw was over revving. Id tell him "perfect".
To me, many saw dealers are just repeating...
I've tried a 12" on someone else's saw. It didn't impress me at all. It felt like I was wasting good power by using such a small bar with limited reach. It didn't feel balanced to me at all. It sure was quick for nipping suckers. But so is a silky.
I don't knock someone for running the smaller...
For that matter you could do it with a Silky. 200t has plenty of power to pull 16" without strain and struggle. When most people tell me 12 & 14" is the max, its usually because they convinced themself of that, not because a 16" gave them trouble.
I've run only 16" on 200t's. And some 14's actually. Used 16" in a wide variety of hardwoods including beech, oak, and hickory. Never hurt the saw. Cut just about as well as 14" in the same wood.
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