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That still manual would be sweet to have as well! You are a true gentleman!

Just some thoughts: My dad had a Sachs-Dolmar 133 that cut every stick of firewood we burned for over 4 decades. No complaints, except he would grumble it would gain weight as the day wore on. We cut down a 6' diameter oak tree with it at least once that I remember. It still comes out to...

My dad always said it heats you twice: once when you make it, and once when you burn it. Now that he's 91, I seem to sweat when I cut it, when I buck it, when I split it, when I stack it, when I drag it in, and when he burns it - if I'm visiting him while he has the fire roaring! 🤔😃🤪😀

My upgrade was to a brand new pickup off the lot. Not as much class or geddup, but everything worked and there was no rust. That was the last new vehicle I have ever owned. Now I just side grade to something less junky at the time. :rock::happybanana: I do still miss that caddy, and I don't...

My first was a '69 Caddy Sedan DeVille I bought for $125. I spent a thousand on tires, and alignment, and maintenance items long overdue, before I could drive it. I did not soup it up, but after the initial thousand, it provided trouble-free driving from age 16 to my child's birth after...

I love the carrot equivalent of cordwood! My experience with the real thing is that it is hard to tell if there is any difference between rounds and them split. I never got this scientific, but I do think random stacks hold more per volume unsplit than when you split them. I don't have proof...

261 and 362 and 461 all can run interchangeable bars, assuming sprocket is right. The arguer was probably thinking 250, which is a narrow slot. That was main reason I dumped my 250 and got the pro series saw. I still run the stock smaller chain until I wear out the bars I have, then it will...

I'll start with the disclaimers: I'm 52, fat, and out of shape as a guy can be who makes wood year round for sale and personal use. Relatively big volume. I have never owned a husky, ran a few small ones a few times. I don't have the tools, so have never seriously considered. I own 8 saws...

It seems the best policy would be to keep all the other stihls, and just get a 500i. You can't take the money with you, but the grand kids will still have the 500I, the 026's, the 036's , the 038's, and the 064 to remember YOU by. Plus you would have all the smiles, instead of the dred of...

So just because many of you guys would appreciate it... Speaking of Wild Black Cherries - We have a property we have been thinning in our spare time for fire wood that is largely Wild Cherry trees that, because of the density of the woods, produces straight limbless stems to about 60 feet where...

I'm going to toss this out there after reading nearly zero other posts in a hurry. I think I had dissertated a week ago on this, so here is a completely different thought.. Is it possible that the rails are worn out and not square to the bar?? It would not take much "lean" to the chain for...

My MS261 pulls a 20" hoop like a boss! :surprised3: That is the running joke between my BIL and myself regarding our MS261s. They handle the 20"ers just fine. That being said, I do run mine with the 18" bar I had handy when it last needed a bar, and it is balanced well and cuts great in...

John is right. I could see it right away in your pictures. The teeth in the one picture is rounded, Rakers look untouched. Note the little grooves in the back of the teeth on the chain. They are there as sharpening guides as you sharpen the chain as it wears out. FOLLOW THEM. I suggest the...

Every saw I own at this point was a non-runner when I bought or inherited it. My dad gave me his Sachs-Dolmar 133 he bought new when I was not quite in my teens, yet, and that is what started it all. He had not used it in a decade, and it wouldn't start. I needed it for a big job, and he...

Why would anyone only have one saw???????????? Having said that, I do 85% of my cutting with my MS261. If I had to only have one, that would be the one I would choose. The bigger saws are able to handle some stuff the 261 can't, but it handles an awful lot awfully well. The other six or...

Affordable big cube saws are like hens teeth.

I chucked 5 tanks of fuel through it (MS261 - so they went a long way) smashing boxelder trees in my woods. Still have about 25 more to go, but every dead boxelder puts a smile on my face! Right now I am just getting them on the ground and logging (for firewood bucking later) them into lengths...

My first saw was a homelite bought off the shelf at the local Fleet Farm. We had a storm and my dad called me: we got 13 trees down between the house and the road. I went to town and bought the nicest in-stock saw I could afford and started cutting from the bottom while he started cutting...

Biigg50... THAT... IS...COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you please look up this number: 144330485 I am told it is an o46, but I have an MS461, and it is quite different. It looks more like an o44 I once had.