Phecda
ArboristSite Member
Long time reader- first time poster
. After owning 5+ disposable saws I picked up an ms180 to see what all the "quality" saw rage was about. After THREE southeast Texas hurricanes I knew I was on to something... But I had saw envy and couldn't let the neighborhood's husky ranchers, farm bosses and echo's keep laughing at my toy saw.
I passed the 180 as a gift on to a friend in need and picked up a used MS361 locally and started tossing it around. It came with a "stihl timbersports" marked bar (green)with green chain. I stepped up to a stihl ES yellow and stihl 3/8 20" RS .50 chain. What a saw!!!
On a recommendation from the local stihl dealer and saw shop I picked up the .63 bar and chain ES 20" RS chains (.63). I got an extra bar and a few extra chains. Love drunk on cutting power I impulse bought the "biggest saw you have in stock right now" when an oak fell at my grandmothers property after some storms Last month- an MS461 with 25" .63 ES bar and rapid super chain.
I am in no means a professional arborist or commercial lumberjack. just a medium sized property owner with a mix of hardwoods and softwoods. I previously purchased wood to barbecue with. I now have a lifetime supply of oak, pecan and pear just by saving trees that are killed by lightning or rolled over from storms instead of dozing them into a pile and burning them like I used to.
I do a couple non-profit bbq's a year and use up quite a bit of firewood. I have a couple volunteers that help me get everything ready to split and I pay a neighbor with a splitter to split it all for me. Unfortunately the help I get usually has garbage saws or no saw at all. I'm looking to add more saws and am at a crossroad- I am looking at a second 361 locally used in good shape- I love my 361 and it'd be great to have a second bucking saw- but 13lb saws wear almost anyone out after a long day. After giving away the MS180 I have a void for a small saw- something to clean up trash, limb, and see a bit of abuse.
Should I pick up a pair of 241? Pair of 261? Another 361 and some disposable 170/180/250's?
With a pair of hot rodded 261's would I even use the 361 anymore?
The obvious solution is to buy two of the 241, 261, 361 and 461 and send them all to blsnelling, haha, but it's not in the budget... Right now at least.
My local saw shop only carry 170.180.250.271.291.311.391.441 and 461.
But there are about 6-8 stihl shops within an hour of me.
Pic of my two big saws and a friend's 250.
Oak limb that fell on my truck this week.
. After owning 5+ disposable saws I picked up an ms180 to see what all the "quality" saw rage was about. After THREE southeast Texas hurricanes I knew I was on to something... But I had saw envy and couldn't let the neighborhood's husky ranchers, farm bosses and echo's keep laughing at my toy saw.
I passed the 180 as a gift on to a friend in need and picked up a used MS361 locally and started tossing it around. It came with a "stihl timbersports" marked bar (green)with green chain. I stepped up to a stihl ES yellow and stihl 3/8 20" RS .50 chain. What a saw!!!
On a recommendation from the local stihl dealer and saw shop I picked up the .63 bar and chain ES 20" RS chains (.63). I got an extra bar and a few extra chains. Love drunk on cutting power I impulse bought the "biggest saw you have in stock right now" when an oak fell at my grandmothers property after some storms Last month- an MS461 with 25" .63 ES bar and rapid super chain.
I am in no means a professional arborist or commercial lumberjack. just a medium sized property owner with a mix of hardwoods and softwoods. I previously purchased wood to barbecue with. I now have a lifetime supply of oak, pecan and pear just by saving trees that are killed by lightning or rolled over from storms instead of dozing them into a pile and burning them like I used to.
I do a couple non-profit bbq's a year and use up quite a bit of firewood. I have a couple volunteers that help me get everything ready to split and I pay a neighbor with a splitter to split it all for me. Unfortunately the help I get usually has garbage saws or no saw at all. I'm looking to add more saws and am at a crossroad- I am looking at a second 361 locally used in good shape- I love my 361 and it'd be great to have a second bucking saw- but 13lb saws wear almost anyone out after a long day. After giving away the MS180 I have a void for a small saw- something to clean up trash, limb, and see a bit of abuse.
Should I pick up a pair of 241? Pair of 261? Another 361 and some disposable 170/180/250's?
With a pair of hot rodded 261's would I even use the 361 anymore?
The obvious solution is to buy two of the 241, 261, 361 and 461 and send them all to blsnelling, haha, but it's not in the budget... Right now at least.
My local saw shop only carry 170.180.250.271.291.311.391.441 and 461.
But there are about 6-8 stihl shops within an hour of me.
Pic of my two big saws and a friend's 250.
Oak limb that fell on my truck this week.