This past summer cutting with a friend on a stand of Alder trees and he had the 361 and I had my 261
We traded saws for most of the morning I felt my 261 was stronger then his 361; granted I feel my saw was better maintained then his and the the b/c were both 18" 3/8's (but I didn't sharpen his chain) I did question him running a 18" bar on a 361 also but I found out why he does :msp_wink:
I even put a 20" 3/8's b/c on my 261 and it still would cut better than the 361 :msp_wink:
My 261 just has some simple mod's done to it nothing anyone here on AS couldn't do (maybe not thu) :jester:
JMO
We traded saws for most of the morning I felt my 261 was stronger then his 361; granted I feel my saw was better maintained then his and the the b/c were both 18" 3/8's (but I didn't sharpen his chain) I did question him running a 18" bar on a 361 also but I found out why he does :msp_wink:
I even put a 20" 3/8's b/c on my 261 and it still would cut better than the 361 :msp_wink:
My 261 just has some simple mod's done to it nothing anyone here on AS couldn't do (maybe not thu) :jester:
JMO