impressed with MS361 in action

[clayman]

Had a large red oak die just beside my drive way. Problem was it was right beside the power line that goes back to my house. Many large limbs were overhanging the lines and the only clear way to fall it was toward the power lines. I called the utility company to come look at it and they agreed it was a hazard to the lines and agreed to cut it down. Said they would bring a big bucket truck that could reach 75 ft and whittle it down. That was around the last of June; today the tree trimmers came.

After they had removed all the top and had it shortened to where it would fall in a direction away from the lines, the foreman pulled another saw out of the tool bin of his truck: it was an MS361 with at least a 30" bar, maybe longer. He had a bigger one in the truck I think I remember it was maybe a Stihl 660?, but he didn't use it.

He cut the tree down about thirty inches above the ground and then asked if I wanted the stump shorter, and I said yes, and so he proceeded to cut off the stump. I bet that stump was 36" at the place he cut it off. What impressed me was that 361 never bogged down one time, even with the weight of the stump on the bar. It's a powerful saw. All the saws they had were Stihls, by the way.

I'm still happy with my 346XP, but if I had to use one for a living I'd have one of those too.

 

[mile9socounty]

Rock on! A 361 with a extreme long bar on it. Now we are talking. Its good they got the oak down for you and didn't touch the power lines. You should have snapped some shots though. Would have been awesome.

 

[Slamm]

The guy who modds my saws had a 36" bar on my 361 in cottonwood (not that cottonwood is the mark of excellence), but he said it pulled it just fine. Of course you couldn't lean on it, but he thought it made a case for not purchasing a larger saw for just the occasional "biggy".

Sam

 

[bowtechmadman]

Hmmmmm 60cc saw pulling a 30" bar in red oak...not w/ much authority I presume. You would have to be very light handed w/ it in cottonwood even.

 

[serial killer]

Dang, I like to think that my customers are impressed with the way my 361 pulls a 16" or a 20". Like an electric knife through butter. I drag out the big saws for anything serious.

 

[Evanrude]

Hmmmmm 60cc saw pulling a 30" bar in red oak...not w/ much authority I presume. You would have to be very light handed w/ it in cottonwood even.

Yep, I just dont see it being very productive. You'd definitely have to feather the bar in. Hell, I can bog my 361 down on accident with the 20" bar.

 

[mile9socounty]

Im guessing its just a PNW thing right? Long bar, full set of dogs, full to 3/4 wrap handles, skip tooth chain? God I love living up here.

 

[bigjake]

Hey watch what you say someone here said a 361 will even cure cancer LOL
or maybe it was a 880 with the wrong decals

 

[2000ssm6]

Dang, I like to think that my customers are impressed with the way my 361 pulls a 16" or a 20". Like an electric knife through butter.

Must be that muffler mod.

 

[clayman]

Well, I confess I didn't put a tape on the 361 bar, and I didn't ask how long it was, but I have an 18" on my 346 and it looked a lot longer than that.

I didn't even think of taking pictures.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Stihl MS 361 Rocks!
'nuff said.

 

[Erick]

There is no way a 361 can pull a 30" bar.......

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Oh..... wait...... I think it just did. :dunno:








(I knew that video would come in handy Brad )

 

[Wood Doctor]

There is no way a 361 can pull a 30" bar.......

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Oh..... wait...... I think it just did. :dunno:




(I knew that video would come in handy Brad )

Race you this spring with mine. Maybe a 20" bar would get through that Beech even faster. :hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[bowtechmadman]

Not saying you can't pull it but as Evanrude put it...not the most productive way to do business. I'm far from a Stihl hater but please an 066 or 660 would handle 30" bar MUCH better especially in oak.

 

[Slamm]

Not saying you can't pull it but as Evanrude put it...not the most productive way to do business. I'm far from a Stihl hater but please an 066 or 660 would handle 30" bar MUCH better especially in oak.

Who said the bigger saws wouldn't handle a bigger bar better???? Nobody.

Sam

 

[windthrown]

Here are my 361s, one has a 25", the other a 28". Note that the 28" has a tad of bar burn on it, and a 361 really needs a larger oiler for that long a bar. The 25" oils just fine. You can get more oil by swapping in a 460 oiler piston and bolt into the 361.

 

[forestryworks]

now windthrown, didn't your mother tell you to get a wrap handle on them saws? learn some PNW manners, boy :greenchainsaw:

 

[2000ssm6]

now windthrown, didn't your mother tell you to get a wrap handle on them saws? learn some PNW manners, boy :greenchainsaw:

LOL, I believe he needs one more chain worse than the wrap handle.:biggrinbounce2:

 

[johnzski]

that green safety chain probably cuts the same as no chain at all

 

[windthrown]

I might put a 3/4 wrap on one of them. Maybe a pair of big doggies too.

As for the green chain on the 28 inch bar, I laughed when I noticed it on the saw when I bought it. A 28 inch ES bar, and a 361 pro saw, with a weenie RM2 chain????

As for the 25 inch bar, I was too lazy to put the RM skip chain on it for the 'crossed chainsaw' photo. Now I wish I had though. Maybe make a civil war style stove pipe hat with a crossed chainsaws sewn in pattern on it.

Then of course I have to modify the older of the two saws now that it is out of warantee. A Lakeside Mod(TM) is in order. Maybe do a port mod on it as well. Leave one stock and quiet for city work.