Maybe This Has Been Done

[clayman]

I maintain you can't know this until a saw has proven itself over a number of years, but I could be wrong.

Pound for pound, regardless of price, and size, what is the best chainsaw ever made? and why do you think so?

 

[Tzed250]

The one in my hands at any given time...

 

[gmax]

The one with the sharpest chain.

 

[chainsawwhisperer]

I'll bet it's yellow.

 

[1Alpha1]

The one that you simply cannot justify buying.

 

[procarbine2k1]

Ha, the Stihl 064! Next question...

 

[procarbine2k1]

Ha, the Stihl 064! Next question...

What about the 372XPW A hole!

 

[barneyrb]

The one in my hands at any given time...

The one with the sharpest chain.

And as long as it runs right I'll be a happy camper.......

 

[procarbine2k1]

What about the 372XPW A hole!

I sees your 372XPW and raise you the legendary 262XP, a saw that even passes the SawTroll inspection!

 

[chadihman]

Stihl MS460 and 461R
I did a weight test on my new 461R and a 372xp the 461 has a good edge over the 372 and weighs only 2 oz more than the 372 and it has a wrap handle. Both have 20" bar on them and are empty. Both saws are awsome but I'll grab a 461 over the 372. Stihl 361 sure is nice also for its weight.

 

[birddogtg]

7900

Dolmar 7900 weighs 19.4 with 20" bar and will out cut them both.

 

[cutforfun]

Ha, the Stihl 064! Next question...

:agree2:

 

[4x4American]

Stihl MS460 and 461R
I did a weight test on my new 461R and a 372xp the 461 has a good edge over the 372 and weighs only 2 oz more than the 372 and it has a wrap handle. Both have 20" bar on them and are empty. Both saws are awsome but I'll grab a 461 over the 372. Stihl 361 sure is nice also for its weight.

I see you've kept your box for the 461r...I got mine still too, for some reason or another I've been hanging onto it, not too sure why

 

[chadihman]

Dolmar 7900 weighs 19.4 with 20" bar and will out cut them both.

Can you prove that? The 461R is the sexy one

 

[RandyMac]

I'll bet it's yellow.

That it is and it ain't plastic. The McCulloch 797 was God's gift for PNW Old Growth, nothing else can match it.

 

[zogger]

That it is and it ain't plastic. The McCulloch 797 was God's gift for PNW Old Growth, nothing else can match it.

Ya, thats the thing, for the .0001% of chainsaw users who ever touched those sort of trees, theres that, but all the other users and trees?

So whats the best chainsaw ever made for other than those big guys?

Its too broad, the eastern deciduous firewood guys might have a completely different criteria, then the tree climbers, then the millers, pulpwood etc.

We need classifications for all of this.


I havent run enough myself to have any sort of credible nomination, so I wont, other than all the saws I own and have run so far, considering the era it was made, the poulan 245a is a heckuva decent all around saw. I dont know what the other guys had at the time, for comparison, but if there was anything better in that size class in that time frame, Id like to know what it was..

 

[clayman]

I was going to say a Poulan S25DA. 25+ years of fire wood cutting and still going strong. The only major repair I have done is to replace the fuel line. Still cuts near as good as my 346XP NE

Pound for pound it would hard to beat. (8.9 lbs) powerhead

 

[Chris-PA]

I see you've kept your box for the 461r...I got mine still too, for some reason or another I've been hanging onto it, not too sure why

So you can send it back of course!:msp_biggrin:

 

[jdlbz]

He hangs onto the box in case that stihl gotta go back to be returned after trying a new auto tune from husky

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[saw dog]

MS 460R, By all means.