mambo
ArboristSite Lurker
would a stihl ms260 be ok running a 15" and 20" chain?
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SawTroll
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15" sure - 20", depends on your expectations, I would want skip chain.....:censored:
Balance will be bad with a 20" anyway, the nimbleness of that light saw disappears.
Balance will be bad with a 20" anyway, the nimbleness of that light saw disappears.
mambo
ArboristSite Lurker
so a 18" would be a better idea then?
No. A 16" would be best on a 260. If you need more, you need a 60cc saw or larger. Of course it would work for seldom use, but not for regular use.
What is your opinion on running a 16" with 3/8 pitch on an 026? I was thinking of switching to 3/8 to have a sturdier ES bar, and maybe increasing cutting speed slightly.
:greenchainsaw:
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
3/8 is all we use/get on the MS260 out here! Works great...
Mine's not stock, but I just picked up another .325 bar for it so that I can make my own comparison. I'll be comparing a 16", 3/8, 7-pin with a 16", .325, 8-pin. Both will be wearing RS or RSC chain.
SawTroll
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2000ssm6
Stihl User
I agree!
No 260 bashing??? You must be sick....
To the OP:
A 260 runs great with 16" 3/8, awesome saw!
stihl025
ArboristSite Guru
No 260 bashing??? You must be sick....
Ut oh... I think you may be right. Someone better call a doctor... then again, why bother? He'll just tell him to take 2 (361's) and call him in the morning...
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Na.. the doc will tell him to take two 029's, one as an emetic, one as a laxative:greenchainsaw:
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+1. 16's work great on both my 260s, and the 024 Super too!
Robertesq1
ArboristSite Operative
What is your opinion on running a 16" with 3/8 pitch on an 026? I was thinking of switching to 3/8 to have a sturdier ES bar, and maybe increasing cutting speed slightly.
I have a 260 pro with a 3/8 and ESS bar and I love that saw. It is light and cuts great. It is my go to saw.
SawTroll
Information Collector
No 260 bashing??? You must be sick....
To the OP:
A 260 runs great with 16" 3/8, awesome saw!
I never really bash the 260, as I actually like it!
....I just point out that there are better alternatives, when it seem appropriate......
SawTroll
Information Collector
I never really bash the 260, as I actually like it!
....I just point out that there are better alternatives, when it seem appropriate......
Doesn't it always..?
My 026 is in pieces right now, if I manage to get it together again (meaning I have no parts left and there seems to be non missing...) and it runs better than before I'll try to do some extra holes in the muffler, and then I re-consider.
Until then I enjoy even my Partner 400 more...
stihl025
ArboristSite Guru
Don't you mean the MS250's? The MS250 is a smaller pill, easier to pass in the end... if you know what I mean...
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Troll's have a particularly large digestive system... and the 290 will have a long lasting theraputic effect... and in any case the meer sight of two such beauties will mess with his mind :greenchainsaw:
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