First impression of the Stihl 241c

[milkman]

Run one for an 8hr day , you'll know then .

Not brand bashing , it just works .
Stihl Crazy has blocked more than 60 cord of hardwood with his .

Did you see that trailer load and that fence row full of wood he cut with just two tanks? my earthquake won't do that. LOL

 

[reddogrunner]

I can buy 2 Dolmar 421s for that. It may be the best saw since sliced bread, buts a damned lot of bread. I'll stick with my 421, thank you very much. There is something at play in the equation and it's called value. Value does not mean the cheapest price but it does mean the best bang for the buck and that is too much bang for this cowboy. I wouldn't even pay 650 for one. No tanks

 

[svk]

No discount for me so I paid the DSRP - $559 + tax with a 16" bar. They didn't stock it so they had to order it. It only stings for a little bit. It was money well spent and I'd do it again.

$569 here. I couldn't even squeeze a promo hat out of them.

 

[CaseyForrest]

How much does a 241 run price point wise?

My dealer treats me well. I paid $499 plus tax. I believe MSRP is $549

ETA: My total bill was $570 with 12" bar, 3 chains, 6 pack of 2 gallon mix (to bump the warranty to 2 years) and tax.

 

[dancan]

US$925 here in NZ.

Ouch .

650 Cnd pesos up here , 30% off for US monies .

 

[reddogrunner]

Well that is definitely better. I just don't see $1000 for ANY saw. LOL

 

[formersawrep]

My 241 has a 16" bar and 6t drum. It has a muffler mod and about 25 tanks through it. I only pick up a larger saw (up to 2100 Husky w/36") when the trunk gets over 15". The 241 makes you smile when you run it (especially limbing).

 

[svk]

Anybody know what maximum unloaded rpm is on these? Doesn't seem to rev out as much as my 550 did when stock when I did a quick piss rev. Then again I'm just getting into tank #2.

 

[CaseyForrest]

Gosh, I seem to remember seeing 10,500 and its limited at 14,000.

But Im probably wrong.

 

[CaseyForrest]

Ok, page 52 of the manual states...

Engine power to iso 7293 is 3.1 bhp at 10,500 and cutoff is 14,000

 

[farmer steve]

youse guys keep talking up this saw and....................................... QUIT tempting me!!!!!!!

 

[CaseyForrest]

Nothing like good ole fashioned peer pressure.

Did I mention it'll make a mean French toast if you feed it 40:1?

sent from a field

 

[svk]

I'm excited to get another ten or so tanks through this.

Right now it's powerful but not angry.

 

[rburg]

I hope to get to run a 241 eventually. They definitely feel good at the dealers. I hope to see one at a gtg soon.

 

[svk]

Another half hour on her tonight with a fresh loop of PS3. Limbed a big aspen that blew down during a wind storm and cleaned up a bunch of smaller snow damaged maple and one oak.

 

[dancan]

I find that when you start cutting with it a few minutes will go by before it runs up to full rpms then you're good to go all day long, next day back to the same , kinda like it has to get it's parameters in order for the day .
I found that it was polly 10 to 15 tanks before it got to where it is now.
I forgot to mention that I thot I had a major issue with the saw, it wouldn't start for me once this winter.
About 6 months of running the saw I ran it all day Saturday ,it worked perfectly , Sunday started out great and then hard to start on the second tank, shut it off to move some brush then no go .
Thot that I'd have to find out how good the warranty was Monday, I brought it to work, thot I'd best have a look for a plugged fuel filter , nothing wrong there, figured I'd best check the plug next, pulled the the top cover ,,,,,,,, blew the dust out of the air filter and I was back in business lol
The saw had worked the same right up till it couldn't get enough air to let it run , I check it more often since that nonevent lol

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[svk]

The Mtronic takes a few more pulls to get going but once it's warm seems to idle smoother than my autotune saws. I think this is the smoothest idling saw I've ever operated.

I put another 3/4 tank through it today. Every day I get closer anyhow.

 

[svk]

I really need to dig into brad's 241 thread and do some reading.

 

[dancan]

I'm not going to mess with this saw, it works just fine as is , I have the ported 026's and then bigger and faster saws if needed , it's a 42 c saw , balanced fine and works for me , it may break down someday but till then I'll leave it be.

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[CaseyForrest]

Nother couple tanks through this little guy yesterday. Stump grinder was here and one of the stumps I needed out still had the tree attached. So I dropped it real quick and then grabbed little buddy to slice it up. I didn't get any pictures because I had to make room for the grinder, but the majority of cuts were using all 12" of the bar.