i'm surprised the us saws don't have that crap on them so some numb nut don't cut themselves and sue the shop
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i'm surprised the us saws don't have that crap on them so some numb nut don't cut themselves and sue the shop
i'm a bit slow but is that a wire and ifso whats it for
?????
Most likely heated handles
Stihlman441
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Stihlman441
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Ok lets just move on and hope the 661 is bettera.
Hang on less kws and heavyer than the old 460 what a joke.
Ok lets just move on and hope the 661 is bettera.
If they carry on like this the 661 will be one heavy a$$ underpowered son of a...
I hope they can turn things around before modern saws have the same power to weight ratio they had 50 years ago.
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wigglesworth
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Hang on less kws and heavyer than the old 460 what a joke.
Don't know of u noticed, but that's a heated handle saw...
yes wigg's but that don't account for less power but hey that means it will probably respond well to mods
less power = more chocked up EPA
Yeah, I had a look on the German Stihl site and the regular 461 also weighs 6.7kg. Interestingly enough the 460 is also listed as 4.4kw on the same sight, but it used to be listed as 4.5kw AFAIK.
BloodOnTheIce
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That's an "Arctic" model with heated handles, that's what the "WV" means on the hang
tag in the one photo. That's the reason for the less hp and more weight than the 460,
the heating parts suck some power and add some weight.
tag in the one photo. That's the reason for the less hp and more weight than the 460,
the heating parts suck some power and add some weight.
wigglesworth
Booned
If they truly did go with a quad port transfer, I'm pretty sure it will respond well to some tickling.
It'll be really cool if that top end fits the old model!
Time will tell though....
mtrees
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Is there any real data on a release time period?
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ya not wrong
D&B Mack
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I like the raised clutch cover. I would like it to be raised even a little more. It is nice when bucking and getting down the ground, still gives room for chips to clear out. Cosmetically, guess I would agree; but I'll take functionality first.
SawTroll
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I could be wrong, but.......
That sure looks like some QUAD PORT humps to me.
Looks like it has what they call "2-mix quad ports", whatever that makes that different from ordinary quad ports?
bucking out here 460 is only just enough thats what a 660 or a 390XP is for plus i don't make it a habit
to bend over that far
SawTroll
Information Collector
E or ES has nothing to do with Pro or not, really. It's more a question of weight vs. ruggedness.
If the 460 ever was rated at 4.5 in some Stihl document, it has been a misprint (it happens).
6.7 kg is not the weight spec. of the Arctic/VW, so it is up .1 kg from the 460.
Anyway, the 461 has a higher power rating than the 7910, and it looks like the 7910 also has lost the weight advantage the 7900 had over the 460. :msp_wink:
