Stihl ms260
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Slamm
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I'd probably buy it today, if it was around me. I like those tough little saws. I'd get it ported before I used it though.
I'd like to have a nice ported 260 Pro or 261 on every skidder, just for the occasional top, hung-up tree or cutting out of a problem, or limb gets stuck in the tires/axles or something weird.
Just handy little saws.
Sam
I'd like to have a nice ported 260 Pro or 261 on every skidder, just for the occasional top, hung-up tree or cutting out of a problem, or limb gets stuck in the tires/axles or something weird.
Just handy little saws.
Sam
Bubbles Up
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$225 you cant go wrong for that kind of money and a heck of good saw!
2000ssm6
Stihl User
Well said.
SawTroll
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It is a way outdated model, but the price looks OK - if the saw really is good!
DavesMower&Saw
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If it's clean, and good shape you can't go wrong, they're just a good reliable saw. No matter what our Norwegian friend has to say. :biggrinbounce2:
Slamm
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???? They are as reliable as the sun coming up in the morning and its only $225, and they are super light, screw how outdated they are, you cut little 6" crap with them who cares that they might do it .3 seconds slower??
You have a passionate hate for just about any 50cc Stihl don't you, LOL.
Sam
SawTroll
Information Collector
Actually, there has been serious reliability problems, mostly related to the carbs used on them - it is very important to make sure the saw in question has one of the "good" carbs!
THALL10326
The Champ
Actually, there has been serious reliability problems, mostly related to the carbs used on them - it is very important to make sure the saw in question has one of the "good" carbs!
Which carbs are the good ones Sawtroll, better yet which ones are the bad ones, this ought to be good,:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
SawTroll
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Ask Lakeside53, he made a lot of posts about it!
Also, he is a Stihl dealer, like you are!
THALL10326
The Champ
Ask Lakeside53, he made a lot of posts about it!
Also, he is a Stihl dealer, like you are!
Really, what else did he say, don't be chosey, I recall he really liked Stihl, didn't care much for Husky, he said they weren't well made, he right on that too?:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
oldmar
ArboristSite Operative
Clearly, the moment the 346xp went on the market, the 260 became the worst saw ever built.
I amazed that all those fools still pay all that money for them.
I amazed that all those fools still pay all that money for them.
SawTroll
Information Collector
Well, your memory about him obviously is a bit off - of course he generally liked Stihls, as that was what he lived by selling, but he still offered a lot of info on 026/260 carbs - what was good and what wasn't so good!
THALL10326
The Champ
Well, your memory about him obviously is a bit off - of course he generally liked Stihls, as that was what he lived by selling, but he still offered a lot of info on 026/260 carbs - what was good and what wasn't so good!
Awwwwwww listen at you. My memory is right on the money. I talked to Lake on the phone, he was very clear about his dislike for that other brand.
The 260 carbs are just like any other carb on USA saws. Between the EPA and ethenol there is not one model made by any maker today that doesn't come up with a carb issues much more so than before EPA and ethenol. Hell I just read about a brand new 576 on this forumn needing a new carb before it cut its first piece of wood. Does that mean issues, I think not. The older 026 carbs were more adjustable than the newer ones but issues with the new ones, not really. I, like Lakeside, prefer the older more adjustable carbs but the newer ones work fine, just not as adjustable nor as forgiving as the older ones.
Had you been talking about the MS200T carbs yes I would agree, many many carb issues but on the 260, none that I've come across. The 200T, many many carb replacements, yes....
... with a 16" bar and semi-chisel chain, 'cuz you KNOW you're gonna be cuttin' some nasty stuff. Yep, agreed x 1000. Just added 2 more to the fleet at work because I don't want to be caught short when these venerable "outdated" machines become unavailable!
SawTroll
Information Collector
Well, as I remember Lakes posting, it was about the same story with the 026/260, plus the story of the "one-screw" ones...
Anyway, none of this fits with the expression "old reliable", and that is not a coinsidence!
oldmar
ArboristSite Operative
So all the folks with 026s and 260s that feel that their saws are reliable are incorrect? Those people are operating with a different definition of reliable?
It seems maybe that a saw that was in production for many years, in several incarnations, had a few issues for a period of time.
And the saws that didn't have any issues are unreliable, what, by association?
I remember a time when Volvos and Saabs were reliable. Well, Volvos, anyway.
I don't know very many saw mechanics who think the 026s and 260s are bad saws.
It seems maybe that a saw that was in production for many years, in several incarnations, had a few issues for a period of time.
And the saws that didn't have any issues are unreliable, what, by association?
I remember a time when Volvos and Saabs were reliable. Well, Volvos, anyway.
I don't know very many saw mechanics who think the 026s and 260s are bad saws.
SawTroll
Information Collector
The 026/260 never was a really reliable saw, it had a lot of troubles during its close to 30 year "carrear"!
Slamm
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Huh, well I guess, myself and several others that I know musta just got lucky. We have had zero troubles with them and since they are little and handy, they are typically used in the roughest of situations cutting pure crap when they are used.
I will let everyone know that we just got lucky with our super reliable 260's. To this day, I don't think mine has ever not started .......... well that is a lie, it did spend some time about 4 feet deep in a creek and it didn't start up right after that, LOL.
Sam
