treeslayer2003
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yep, you guys is spoiled. I didn't know what I was missin, no more straining the wrist to hold a saw flipped over. and that clutch cover keeps the saw chips outta my pockets.
yep, you guys is spoiled. I didn't know what I was missin, no more straining the wrist to hold a saw flipped over. and that clutch cover keeps the saw chips outta my pockets.
It's strange that you can't even get good information directly from Stihl
he did not tell you about the 10 more they had out back i bet ...........
I wouldn't be surprised. It's an old time logger style saw shop and they sell a lot of saws.
Just for fun I asked them for the latest rumors on the 661. They're good guys and I've known them for years and once in awhile I like to stir them up a little. I can't write here what they said. Too nasty.
Must be that east coast/west coast thing. My local saw shop had five R's on the shelf yesterday.
Bob, how would you rate the 461 as opposed to a stock 660?
No they're not. But what can they do? Papa Stihl makes the rules and us troops down here in the trenches are just along for the ride.Not happy with the mother company?
that's my impression as well. mine got a good bit stronger after it was broke in. the thought of having it ported is nagging at me now. a saw that light that would pull a 32 in hardwood well is a east coast loggers dream.
probly took 10 tanks. oiler took a little longer till it put out fully, I need all I can get.
I think it would pull 32 in pine or poplar like it is but oak and hickory just need power in big ones.
skip, do they make any thing else?
by the way, a tank of oil to a tank of gas is as much as it will pump wide open. there is even a little oil left. is yours like that? 32 may be an issue for the oiler in my case.
No problem with the oiler and the 32. The book...and the saw shop... said that the big oiler would run the oil tank dry before the fuel tank so I set the adjuster about half way between the E and full. I checked it a couple of times on the first tank of gas and it was running even with the fuel. At fill up it was still just about even. Seems about right...the tip and the bar are getting a good amount of oil but it's not slinging it all over the inside of the clutch cover and making chip slime.
Now I want to put a 36 on it, crank the oil all the way up, and see how it does.
anyone's 461 besides mine seem louder than a hopped up 660 ?
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