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All the bugs work out or wait ??? Need a light saw
Or you could just do like I did and buy a new lighter weight, low-tech Echo CS-361P for less than half the price at the Echo once a year sale.
Don't get me wrong, I'd take a chance on the 201C if I didn't mind paying the high price. But the little 361P is no slouch. Zippy little saw with some guts. And so far very dependable.
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This site shows 2.03hp on the CS-361WES.no hp specs that i could find, any info and is it all plastic? i have about three acres around house with 1 inch to 4 inch trees growing 4 - 8trees per square foot its like a hedge row of soild trees started with snipers then small large saw all wore me out i have then tried driving over them/ through with 50 hp jd tractor 2 feet in stops me dead
If your concerned about the MT Stihl offers the MS201 with standard carb. Mine is a 2015 and has been used a bit without any problems. Get a light bar for it, I have a 12" & 14" light bars and they work great. 14" is ideal.
I think it was late 2013 when they changed the ignition/flywheel giving them a few more degrees of advance.
This site shows 2.03hp on the CS-361WES.
https://www.echotools.com/en_us/products/chain-saws/cs-361wes_37
From experience with similar power saws, I'm guessing this is accurate for the CS-361P also.
Based off the very popular top handle CS-355T. Plastic, yes. Used by pros, absolutely. Maybe a better description would be commercial grade, than "pro saw" in the conventional sense.
It's a quick revving saw. And I'd imagine some easy gains in power could be had from a muffler mod/cat delete. But I've been running mine as is.
Four to eight inch hardwood is in it's wheelhouse, and I've buried the 14" bar a couple of times.
A fun vid of the 361WES and 201C.
My new-old 7 pound reed valve Echo CS-346 with cat delete and 16" skinny bar is ideal for brush and stuff up to four inches. Plastic case again, but I aint broke it yet. I'd guess the most fragile parts of these saws are also plastic on the Stihl 201C.
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I'd still love an MS201CEM. But I wanted a pole saw too. And a tiny top handle saw. So I was beginning to give myself a guilt trip and chose the much less expensive saw.
If price is not a factor, by all means,,get the Stihl.
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