I looked over every thing over there 036, 360, 361 ,440,460 660, 084, 880 . No good deals going on right now. My dealer has 1- MS460R w/ 32" bar left on the shelf for $910 out the door inc. the 8.25% tax. After he sells that one the replacement will be $ 40.00 more to reflect the price increase as of the first of the year. The only other deal around here was at a different dealer . Up untill 3 weeks ago he had one last 372xp huskey 25" for $699.00 +tax. $ 150.00 more than the stihl but not a 3/4 wrap or the long style clutch cover. Then you have to take into account it will be much cleaner & e-z er getting & installing the dual port factory cover than hacking up the huskey muffler if you ever decide to go that route. $ 860 is a fair price if its the R model. If not see if he will throw in a 16 or 20 ES bar for cash. They typically make 40 % on the sale & will give an extra 10% off if you buy 2 pro saw at the same time.
Well out here on the right coast some of us are kind of impartial to having the 3/4 wrap mainly the ones further up north. In looking over the price #s dated 2/13/07 the MS 460 25" $ 829.95 & MS 46R 20" $ 1099.95 must have been a miss print. At that time the last price for the MS440 20" was 719.95 but no longer available from stihl NE. Arctic MS 440 20" $829.95. The introductry price on the 441 with 20" was $ 759.95. MS660 32" $ 1059.95 & MS 650 28" $ 919.95. I run all my Stihls at 45/1 or .9 of a gallon to 1 small bottle of ultra. Had to special order a case as all the dealers wont stock it because the consumers are to cheap to run it.
He He . Because the guy's in OH & your much further north. Hi. So did you get a price quote on ordering the R version ?
- Never noticed it before but in looking over the stihl catalog happened to notice that on the 441 there is no provision to add an outer dawg. This makes it impossiable to upgrade to a roller style chain catcher using the supplyed clutch cover instead of the chain wrecker they supply it with. Now why they dont give you the outer dawg & a roller catcher on the 460 non R version is beyond me. Then if you would like to add it then it requires purchasing both the inner & outer dawgs in addition to the roller. Same thing with the extended clutch cover why dont they just include it on the non R version as an added safety feature w/ the extended chip deflector .The R version the dealer here has on his shelf does not have the large starter handle or a drd carbide chain so guess there are variations with the way it can be ordered. Untill you mentioned it I allways thought the R stood for the 3/4 wrap version but appairently it applys to rescue. Whatever , I guess knowing what we know the only down side in all of this is these saws will out live us all. Think you know.
