When many of the stihl guys say it handles better...
Just saw this ad, so all the power on paper(and even after Scott got in there) and it being lighter on a scale must not be all there is to it
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https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/stihl-ms261c-tree-monkey.334234/#post-6956975
Those cannons really are like a cannon, heavy, but they last forever.
Did you do a muffler mod on it, lots of gains right there, but they get loud if you get crazy with it.
As for my 550 NE(I'm not doing the mark II thing much longer, it's as bad as the vs II for the 261c ne lol) it's still n the box it came to me in, I "saw" it last night. From all the reports I've heard guys like them, but we all know how that goes. When I bought my first 261c ne I thought I'd be selling all my husky 50cc saws, I think I probably have more now than before
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Now this two saw plan you're talking about, I never promoted such a thing
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