should I sell/trade my year old 461 for a 660?
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Lowly Firewood Cutter
That option sounds harder to beat than a sore pecker.... Yeah I may just have to start saving my pennies for this....
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Lowly Firewood Cutter
That's the way it always seems to go for me - always a day or two too late. I've been told i'm a little slow....
old-cat
Fir Man
To pull start a professionally ported MS461 is probably similar to starting an 066, use the compression release.
Port that MS461 without much compression increase, and it's still nice and easy to start!
Port that MS461 without much compression increase, and it's still nice and easy to start!
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Deleting a base gasket, moddling a muffler, and smoothing a transition or two, does not a ported saw make in my book.
User Name Here
Lowly Firewood Cutter
I have been trying to do a little research on porting. Liking the idea more and more.
I really like Neal's advice. Sell the 440 & 028, then port the 461 and buy a 261/
zogger
Tree Freak
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Lowly Firewood Cutter
I love that 440 though! its a damn good runner! Selling it is not necessarily out of the question but the 440 was the first saw that I bought so its somewhat my baby
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fuzz1500
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Ive heard that a stock 461's are very nice. Sounds like if you have the 461 ported..it will take the place of a stock 461 a and 660 . I saw to maintain !!
zogger
Tree Freak
Then keep it! Cut 4-5 cords extra, sell that, go buy a used 660. Keep all your saws that way. Plus, more fun cutting. If you sell 4-5, you might wind up selling 20 a winter, who knows. Pays for stuff.
Or just sell two cords, get the 461 ported, keep all the saws.
User Name Here
Lowly Firewood Cutter
I would probably lean more towards porting the 461 instead of a 660 and keeping the 440. Not ruling anything out yet though
VinceGU05
PSA vitim.
What about both 660 and 461 wearing a 32" - 36" bar? He already has the 461 wearing a 28". Sounds like he needs a saw for 32"+.
User Name Here
Lowly Firewood Cutter
That sounds great but I really don't have the need for both the 461 and a 660 unfortunately....
440 and 660 would be a good pair. Small light saw and big saw for a 32-36". Depending on who ports them a 461 will be pretty even up to a 32" bar with a ported 660. The chimp had videos that they were even or the 461 was faster with a 28" bar in the same wood.
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Lowly Firewood Cutter
No I meant in a comparison. It was stated before that using a shorter bar on the ported 461 and 660, the 461 had the edge. But going to a longer bar 32"+ the 660 had the edge. Just wanting to see wanting to see if this is true.
But I have heard that a ported 461 is a monster of a saw.
Philip Wheelock
Finis Origine Pendet
Then I'd port the 461, sell the 028 and get a 261 C-M. 440's too good a saw; light weight with power like a Husky 372. Gotta be cutting really big wood with long bars much of the time or be in the tree service business for a 660 to earn its keep, seems to me.
