The Unofficial Chainsaw Weight Thread

NMURPH was kind enough to send me his photos of various chainsaw weights he has done. I thought it would be a nice public service to post them here. Make sure to give nmurph some rep! Feel free to add any ones you also personally have. All weights are dry and cleaned POWER HEAD ONLY - no oil, fuel, or B&C's. The board only allows 8 photos at a time, so this will be multiple posts here:

STIHL 026

STIHL 034 AV

STIHL MS361

STIHL 044

STIHL MS441

STIHL 046 Magnum

STIHL 064

Husqvarna 288XP Lite

Husqvarna 288XP

Husqvarna 262XP

Cub Cadet 5720 AKA Efco 156

Husqvarna 339XP

Husqvarna 346XP NE

Husqvarna 346XP OE

Husqvarna 357XP

Husqvarna 365 Special

Husqvarna 372XP (non X Torque)

Husqvarna 385XP

Husqvarna 394XP

Makita DCS 510

Makita DCS 540

Partner 5000 Plus

Makita 7900 BB

Dolmar 7900

Plunk that SP 125 on them scales and lets see what she weights.

Sprintcar said:

Plunk that SP 125 on them scales and lets see what she weights.

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It will probably bust the scale......I'm guessing about 22lbs....I will try to clean it up and weigh it in the next few days...


Nice job, Wes. The Cub Cadet is a 5720. It is the same as an Efco 156. I need to post the 288FW. I don't think I have it at work.

Are these weights all drained of fuel and oil? They'll all have to be the same or the weights will be meaningless.

OK, that Cub Cadet/Efco is sorted.

I am heading back to Dorset, England tomorrow; so will be out of pocket for a couple of days. As Neal sends me stuff, I'll make sure it gets posted here. Thanks for the info, Neal!

nmurph said:

It will probably bust the scale......I'm guessing about 22lbs....I will try to clean it up and weigh it in the next few days...


Nice job, Wes. The Cub Cadet is a 5720. It is the same as an Efco 156. I need to post the 288FW. I don't think I have it at work.

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blsnelling said:

Are these weights all drained of fuel and oil? They'll all have to be the same or the weights will be meaningless.

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I agree, dry powerhead is misleading.

XL-101 w/16" b&c ready to rock.......................15#

Yes, all saws were emptied (oil tank flushed with mix) and the tanks blown dry. I also cleaned bw the CC and tanks with air. Several of those were completely broken down. I checked a 346 that I cleaned with air and then rechecked it after it was stripped completely and cleaned. The weight was within ounce, so I guess I'm getting most of the excess trash out with air. I have a nozzle with a long, skinny pipe. It lets me get into the crevices pretty well.

Very well done thread, thanks Wes. getting the truth on saw weighs can be tricky, and manufacturers do fudge a bit in their marketing.

Nice info here on the weights!

It still amazes me that POULAN made a 74cc saw 40 years ago which is of course the 245A that was in the 13lb range and to this day I can't think of a 70-75cc saw that has been made since in that weight range. Instead they're getting fatter lol!

One heck of a bench mark if ya ask me! When american saws were at the top of the hill!

ms460woodchuck said:

Nice info here on the weights!

It still amazes me that POULAN made a 74cc saw 40 years ago which is of course the 245A that was in the 13lb range and to this day I can't think of a 70-75cc saw that has been made since in that weight range. Instead they're getting fatter lol!

One heck of a bench mark if ya ask me! When american saws were at the top of the hill!

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Someone needs to grab one and plunk it on a scale and post it here, then!

blsnelling said:

Are these weights all drained of fuel and oil? They'll all have to be the same or the weights will be meaningless.

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Even that isn't really good enough, the saws have to be unused as well, and sans anything like dawgs and such. The scale need to be the same one, and one that is approved for trade.

A digital scale will look like it is very accurate, but that may very well be an illution!

I have used a 10lb dumbbell to verify my scale's (digital) accuracy. At 10lbs, my scales are within 0.10 oz of the digital postal scales at work. I am consistant with the weighing procedure. There might be an ounce or two difference bw the way the saws are weighed and what they would weigh if you picked them up off of the dealer's rack, but I think the weights are good enough for AS arguments. To get to the factory specs, you can usually leave off the clutch cover and spike.

Here's the 460 modified mark weighed on the same scales as his 7900.


Oops I missed the 046 picture earlier.

mdavlee said:

Here's the 460 modified mark weighed on the same scales as his 7900.

Oops I missed the 046 picture earlier.

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Looking a little dirty inside the starter cover is'nt it. Wonder how clean it is under it?

wyk said:

Someone needs to grab one and plunk it on a scale and post it here, then!

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Seems like I remember seeing that Mark already did, just don't ask me where cause I can't remember.

I don't know how much more dirt would be in it. I remember weighing one I had with the pro safety full wrap and the 5 point dawgs full of fuel and oil was 19 lbs on my scale before it died.

mdavlee said:

I don't know how much more dirt would be in it. I remember weighing one I had with the pro safety full wrap and the 5 point dawgs full of fuel and oil was 19 lbs on my scale before it died.

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Did it have a heart attack from being over weight or what lol!