MS230C at my local stihl dealer

[Phecda]

Local stihl dealer has a NOS ms230c- uncommon saw, no mention of it on stihl's USA site. Comes with duro bar and carbide chain. Should I pick it up? It's a bit dusty but looks like it needs a good home.
My smallest saw is a 60cc MS361, so there is a gap that needs to be filled.

 

[HarleyT]

Put up a better pic of the white sticker below the trigger/grip, so we can see the mfg. date.

 

[Phecda]

They're closed now. I will be by there in the morning to pick up some stihl pre-mixed fuels and bar oil.. It may follow me home.
info on the date's significance?

 

[Franny K]

I suspect it is just a small bore ms250. They did share the same manual at one point. I do not recall what the c means. So they really have hard nose Stihl bars in 3005 mount?

 

[Phecda]

I suspect it is just a small bore ms250. They did share the same manual at one point. I do not recall what the c means. So they really have hard nose Stihl bars in 3005 mount?

It may just be a regular roller E and not ES.
It comes with duro (carbide) chain.
Would be nice for cutting up garbage, like roots, anything questionable. Trash wood.

Mainly I only noticed it because the dealer stocks only what sells in the area- he has one ms362 collecting dust. Nobody will spend the money for a pro saw that size. He has 4x 440/441 and 3x 461- I just picked up a 461 from him a month ago. Other than that he only carries 180, 251, 271, 291 and 311.
So when I noticed an unfamiliar model I was intrigued.

 

[Jed1124]

I suspect it is just a small bore ms250. They did share the same manual at one point. I do not recall what the c means. So they really have hard nose Stihl bars in 3005 mount?

It is. The OP would be better off picking up a 250.

 

[HarleyT]

They're closed now. I will be by there in the morning to pick up some stihl pre-mixed fuels and bar oil.. It may follow me home.
info on the date's significance?

Just wondering how many years it has been sitting around.....
And why.....
It has the e-z start.
Show a pic of the other side too.

 

[HarleyT]

And a pic of the price tag.....

 

[Phecda]

And a pic of the price tag.....

It has the tool less chain tensioner. Which sucks.
Price is 339 iirc.

 

[Phecda]

dusty

 

[Phecda]

 

[Phecda]

Also, thanks for getting me to go take pictures.

An HT131 followed me home

 

[HarleyT]

Need a pic of the sticker in the first pic.

 

[HarleyT]

Like these....

 

[wombler]

It has the tool less chain tensioner. Which sucks.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's extremely suspicious of the tool less tensioner.

 

[Phecda]

06/2010

 

[Phecda]

06/2010

Updated

 

[HarleyT]

That is a long time to be on a shelf, and you say that it has a carbide chain on it? Is that common down there?
So they put a .325 chain on it?

 

[blsnelling]

There's nothing special about a 230. It's basically the same as the 250 only with a smaller bore and less power. The C likely stands for either easy start or the toolless chain tensioner.

 

[HarleyT]

There's nothing special about a 230. It's basically the same as the 250 only with a smaller bore and less power. The C likely stands for either easy start or the toolless chain tensioner.

Well yeah...

But the question is/are:
Why is it 6 years old?
Why did they put a carbide chain on it?


That is about when they stopped selling the ms230 around here, if memory serves me right.....