50cc Saw and Chain Shootout

[Erick]

Seeee.... I told you!

 

[ropensaddle]

Uh, lets see, the 5100 is the only saw that truly comes stock to the competition ....The 346 doesn't get ran with 3/8th .....The 346 conveniently forgets to be put on the scale. .....10" wood is all we test with.

Looks like lots of fun, good food & drinks and lots of laughs!

An objective shootout of off the shelf 50cc saws....Not hardly!

They just said it was stock and it likely would not have changed a thing with 3/8 because, as I have always said, Husky's kick. I know my 372 over the years has saved me 2000 hrs cutting <a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/00020403.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

 

[blsnelling]

Seeee.... I told you!

They're starting to sound desperate. I've even gotten PMs that it wasn't anything more than a drunk fest, lol. Even if there is a little inconsistency in the testing, it still proves they're at least very close. Everyone knows that handling and throttle response goes to the Husky. I would like to have seen them with the bars nearly buried in that Ash log though.

 

[PB]

I agree with Carl and Frank, what a CROCK!

The guy cutting with the 346 was cheating!!! LOL.

Everyone else was cutting the diamond (the long road) whereas he was pulling his chainsaw up right after the plunge and cut the square for an easier cut and a few 10ths I'm sure. If he would have cut the diamond too, no way would it have been as fast. Times are closer than they appear.

Muffler mods too....I guess it is true, they have to cheat to beat a 5100:jester:

ps, no one had a 8x8 canyon oak cant

Uh, lets see, the 5100 is the only saw that truly comes stock to the competition ....The 346 doesn't get ran with 3/8th .....The 346 conveniently forgets to be put on the scale. .....10" wood is all we test with.

Looks like lots of fun, good food & drinks and lots of laughs!

An objective shootout of off the shelf 50cc saws....Not hardly!

If you don't like it, then plan your own damn shootout/GTG!

 

[Fastcast]

They just said it was stock and it likely would not have changed a thing with 3/8 because, as I have always said, Husky's kick. I know my 372 over the years has saved me 2000 hrs cutting <a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/00020403.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

Uh, muffler mods, piston changes, not both ran with 3/8th chain, not both weighed, baby wood.....not objective!

Fun though!

 

[Fastcast]

If you don't like it, then plan your own damn shootout/GTG!

Just pointing out the obvious!

 

[FATGUY]

Listen guys, we're not NASA scientist performing world changing R&D here. We weren't looking to find the cure for cancer (although I was happy with how the 361 stacked up, lol) If anything was omited it was not to purposely sque the results. We're a bunch of friends that gathered at my house and ran some saws to see if there was one that truly outgunned the others. I suck as a sawyer, The other guys don't, that's why we all ran the saws and took the average. We ran what we had. We had fun and all came away with the same impressions. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO PREFERENCE Erick, you were right.....

 

[ropensaddle]

Just pointing out the obvious!

That's all I was doing they said it was stock prolly said the mm to make you boy's feel better<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000202BD.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>Ps just gave ya a nova lol

 

[Erick]

Alright guys I gotta confess

I was cheating ....

We all know a stock MS260 can't hang with the big boys... we've all read it hear tooooo many times.

So here’s the truth...... I spit on my bar.

Yep I done it and I aint ashamed of it.... when you guys weren't looking I put a little spit on my bar for a little extra lube, I hate working with a dry bar, just to much friction.

So there ya have it... the secrets out.



:laugh

 

[FATGUY]

If you don't like it, then plan your own damn shootout/GTG!

Amen

 

[blsnelling]

I'll confess as well. I cheated with the anemic old OE 346XP I brought, that's known to only be good for a limbing saw. The original piston was replaced with a heavier Meteor piston. That's the only reason it had the torque to outcut the 5100. You know, that flywheel effect. The muffler was also stock since we all know a little back pressure builds torque

 

[MS460WOODCHUCK]

Alright guys I gotta confess

I was cheating ....

We all know a stock MS260 can't hang with the big boys... we've all read it hear tooooo many times.

So here’s the truth...... I spit on my bar.

Yep I done it and I aint ashamed of it.... when you guys weren't looking I put a little spit on my bar for a little extra lube, I hate working with a dry bar, just to much friction.

So there ya have it... the secrets out.


Girls don't like it when guys spit.opcorn:

 

[Fastcast]

Alright guys I gotta confess

I was cheating ....

We all know a stock MS260 can't hang with the big boys... we've all read it hear tooooo many times.

So here’s the truth...... I spit on my bar.

Yep I done it and I aint ashamed of it.... when you guys weren't looking I put a little spit on my bar for a little extra lube, I hate working with a dry bar, just to much friction.

So there ya have it... the secrets out.



:laugh

For the cut times we used Ericks MS260. It's stock except for a mild muffler mod.

 

[FATGUY]

Alright guys I gotta confess

I was cheating ....

We all know a stock MS260 can't hang with the big boys... we've all read it hear tooooo many times.

So here’s the truth...... I spit on my bar.

Yep I done it and I aint ashamed of it.... when you guys weren't looking I put a little spit on my bar for a little extra lube, I hate working with a dry bar, just to much friction.

So there ya have it... the secrets out.


Girls don't like it when guys spit.opcorn:

I'm not fond of it the other way around either....

 

[MS460WOODCHUCK]

I'm not fond of it the other way around either....

Depends on what they are spitting on!

 

[Fastcast]

That's all I was doing they said it was stock prolly said the mm to make you boy's feel better<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000202BD.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>Ps just gave ya a nova lol

Thanks for the rep Rope and others....Can't get any of ya right now though.

BTW.....LMAO too!

 

[Erick]

What’s the matter fast, your saw didn't win???

Yep Mike brought a knife to the gunfight WE SAID THAT UP FRONT. With the muff mod the 5100 may well have been a whole tenth of a second faster than the 346... then you could have strutted around here like a peacock telling everybody you have the fastest saw known to man..... but here in the real world they are all "close enough".

Ya know what Fast I call foul anyway cause my poor little MS260 was a 40cc saw competing in a 50cc saw race... get over it already.

I think pretty well all of the real testers here (not the armchair quarterbacks) agreed that the MS260 was the lightest and slowest saw in the bunch. The 346 and the 5100 are right on top of each other with the 346 feeling lighter in the hands (if not on the scales) and being a bit more nimble for the user and the 5100 feeling like it's got a touch more grunt to pull with even if the times didn't show it.

The difference is splitting hairs and can't be measured by any other means than a stopwatch and I don't know anybody who takes a stopwatch with them to cut firewood.

Ya know what Fast, when we got done cutting for the day (I believe it was) Nik asked “so what was everybody’s favorite saw of the day to run”, anybody wanna guess what we all picked???:

 

[blsnelling]

Ya know what Fast, when we got done cutting for the day (I believe it was) Nik asked “so what was everybody’s favorite saw of the day to run”, anybody wanna guess what we all picked???:

I don't think it was light, fast, or good handling, lol.

 

[Erick]

I'll give ya a hint it was old slow and loud... vibrated like a SOB.

 

[blsnelling]

I'll give ya a hint it was old slow and loud... vibrated like a SOB.

Did you say LOUD? I can't hear you? I forgot to put my ear plugs in that one run! And that was without a muffler mod, lol!