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Hype from a man that has "STIHL BLOWS!" in his Signature :hmm3grin2orange:
TT
so why exactly are ms200t's so expensive?
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Hype from a man that has "STIHL BLOWS!" in his Signature :hmm3grin2orange:
TT
ropensaddle
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That's no hype the br 600 blows:rant:
Course it stihl has defective cap:hmm3grin2orange:
Trigger-Time
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Hmmmmm, funny I don't see BR 600 in your sig any where
Am from Missouri...........Show Me
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THALL10326
The Champ
Rope how many Stihl's ya got man, a BR600, a 192T, a MS200T, we appreciate your patronage. Sorry if the 200T gave you problems, well not really, someone had to get the bad apple, may as well be a Husky man. Trust me I know how you feel, I got a bad apple 372. Anyway thanks to your patronage we at Stihl kicked Husky in the balls again this year in sales, really hard this year, man their ole sack is when from blue to purple this year,:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
I modified quite a few small saws looking for the most power for the weight. The ONLY reason I have a MS200 is because it's only about 7.5 lbs. There are a lot of 9-9.5 lbs saws in the 40cc range that will blow the 200 away in power in modded form. Porting didn't do much for the 200, but it did a whole lot for most of the others. I've been asked about porting 200s and won't do it. It's not worth your money. I've not ported any other top handle saws. It would be interesting to see how some of the others would respond. So what am I trying to say? In modded form, the 200 is not impressive in the power department. The only thing it has the others don't is the super light weight. Even a cheapie Ryobi/Redmax 400 will blow it away.
I keep a few 200Ts running for a local tree service. I'm always replacing AV mounts on them. That sometimes takes the intake elbow with it. That and the constant carb issues. Those seem to be their only two real issues. They pull the muffler screen and I won't do anything else to them. It's just not worth their money for any other mods.
I keep a few 200Ts running for a local tree service. I'm always replacing AV mounts on them. That sometimes takes the intake elbow with it. That and the constant carb issues. Those seem to be their only two real issues. They pull the muffler screen and I won't do anything else to them. It's just not worth their money for any other mods.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Well Thall I have tried to like them Combi and 101 both need small issues the combi is the handle and the 101 the dern drive I think puked too many defects not limited to caps!:rant:
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Btw Tom I am through with stihl for good bro.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Stihl blows
THALL10326
The Champ
Well thats a helluva howdy dooty. When I got rid of that 372 oil Valdez leaker with the defective crankcase I turned around and bought another Husky, a 346. I didn't hold it againist them.
Anyway Rope I wish I could feel bad about it but I can't. I offered to repair that 200T yours for free but you rather be stubborn about it, oh well the ole saying is ya can't help those that won't help theirselves. That being the case its all good.
Reminds me Rope since you aren't going to get that 200T repaired and your just gonna let sit and collect dust you should give it to someone who could get some use out of it, not me mind ya, mine runs fine, but someone on the board. Is Christmas time ya know. I gave one away the other day a arboritst finally wore out after 8 years on the truck. The guy was tickled silly to get a project saw and the arborist was tickled to pay full list for a new one. Spread the joy Rope, Merry Christmas ole buddy..
Did someone mention that ugly word "free" again....I'll be dayuuuuum. Rope, I am your huckleberry
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Lol it will get put back into shape and sold when I ever get time.
banshee67
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I think your just lazy like me, if we have enough time to be on AS.
Then you have the time to work on the best little (MS200T) saw ever made!
TT
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Gotta pick on you Brad, you did step in it this time!
Now what saw is somewhat comparable? The Husky 335/338, right? Now you are a man that mods saws, so what would it cost to mod one of these to run with a 200t? Even a Dolmar or Echo? With the price of the saw and the price to mod it, what's more expensive now?
Also, have you ever modded a 200t?
I know several that have, but at a GREAT cost and little gain, unless they went plumb stupid and made a saw for nothing but show and short runs of go! As in a two piece head and a pipe. Play with one some time if you have the guts! I sure know I don't! I don't even like cleaning the carb on the finicky damn thing!
Now I own both, a 200t and 192t, yes, the 200 is easily twice the saw! I even did a muffler mod on the 192 and it still won't even compare! The 192 died on me one day in a tree, would only run at full throttle. Really pissed me off having to come down, jack with the saw then finally grab another and climb back up the tree to finish the job! I've rebuilt the carb, now it has now fire! It's sat on a shelf in the garage for the last three years and can rot there for all I care!
I had a lot of overtime a bonus and won the monthly drawing for perfect attendance, so my work paid for my 200 before they laid me off. But I did two jobs one Saturday, either one paid for that saw, and that was before I got laid off!
Now if someone would make a saw with 3/4 the hp, without that stupid damn carb that cracks and plugs up, I'd probably pay the same price for it! Yes, they are that good!
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Girls, girls. enough panty pulling.
Now the 009L............................
Now the 009L............................
THALL10326
The Champ
Did someone mention that ugly word "free" again....I'll be dayuuuuum. Rope, I am your huckleberry
Only because it gets him right where I want him, see Belgian he's afraid to send me that saw, I might find out it wasn't the saw or maybe whatever is wrong with it is minor, one thing for certain, he's not gonna let me get my hands on it, he won't have anything to groan about,LOLOL
I worked for a man one time, he's long gone now. He walked up to me one day while I was cutting some metal and looked at me all mean. I glanced up at him. He goes let me tell you something, if I'm not b-tching I'm not happy. I go okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. I miss that old guy, he was the nicest guy ya ever want to meet, once you got to know him that is. If he was groweling we had fun days, if he was real quiet we all knew in the shop not to mess with him. Poor ole guy took a shower one evening, went to his bedroom for a change of clothes and fell over on the bed dead, massive heart attack. I bet it really ticked him off so he went away happy, good for him,
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Thats how you tore up the MS200T wasn't it.
You just couldn't stand how much better it was than Huskys little saw.
I know it does run better than 335XP as I bought one new
and have dad's 335XP here now..........of course it won't start!!
Maybe we could trade! and shes not cleaned up yet, she is
still wearing org bar and sprocket.
TT
Just In case you missed it Rope 335XP, this is your color, is it not?
The 2, 335XP's we had/have are the hardest starting saws
I have ever had the misfortune of ever not just owing but using also.
Got tired of taking them back to dealer
and him saying "it's their nature Husky needs to fix that"
I fixed mine and so did Dad, we both have MS200T's now.
Kidding.....it's going to ebay if I can get it running!
TT
200T's and 020T's are still the two best top-handle saws you can buy, that's all there is to it. The two or three people here who claim otherwise are dreamers talking nonsense. Also the 192T is only half the saw, no bloody comparison. The 192T's are just weak and soggy and anemic with cheapo engine components when it comes to serious stuff. Though they're great for casual non-pro stuff, best feature being their feather-like weight. The Husky's - that's the XPT models, they're a step below the 200/020T's on quality, lot's of little things in their build you'll notice if you've stripped both types to bare-bones enough times. The XPT's still have a damn good engine and good power, but you need to be mechanically-minded to mod them to get rid of their flaws. I wouldn't recommend the XPT's to the average Joe Blow over the 200T. For lighter pruning work on smaller stuff I prefer mildly modded XPT's to 200T's because of their balance weight agility and way more comfortable handle, they'll match the 200T performance with a bit of dremelling on the outlet and a bit of widening at the carb boot and intake, but you can't really get at their intake port in the cylinder to widen it though. Straight from the shop floor the 200T is a superior saw all-round.. Think ya got it tough over there? Try $1700 new for the 200T like they are down here then come crying "rip-off" hehehe
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Stepped in what? Me thinks you've done had a few to drink. I guess you should go back and read my posts. Yes, I've ported a 200T, and I also told you I haven't ported any other tophandle saws. I was less than impressed with the porting results on the 200T, and will not port them for anyone else. BTW, they're a piece of cake to work on, not hard at all. The only other top handle I've had was a Redmax 3500. I modded the muffler, sold it to a tree guy, and the loved it. And they used 200Ts too. They were quite impressed with it.
I have never understood the price for the MS200 and MS200T. I thought I'd like to have one, but found the price a road block. You could buy larger pro model Stihls for less $$$'s or mulitple lesser saws for the price of the MS200's.
I'd rather plunk less money down on an Echo top handle saw anyday than the overpriced MS200 type saws. The price on the MS200's are out of wack! It is the only reason the one on my dealer's shelf gathers the most dust.
Bill
I'd rather plunk less money down on an Echo top handle saw anyday than the overpriced MS200 type saws. The price on the MS200's are out of wack! It is the only reason the one on my dealer's shelf gathers the most dust.
Bill
