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Will the 261 out cut your 029/039 you keep talking about
still wondering :msp_sneaky:
My 261 feels stronger than my 361
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still wondering :msp_sneaky:
I haven't tired that yet; but I will with the same b/c :msp_smile:
indiansprings
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Wow! What a thread, lol. As most know I have two 261's with 18" .325 set ups, and a 361 with a 8 pin 18" set up. Here is my humble opinion, remember we will sell 350/400 cord of oak firewood this year. For OUR use the 261 is the 50cc saw that fits our specific need the best, there are other awesome 50cc saws made by Husky and Dolmar and they may fit others needs better and I fully respect that, different uses, dealers that sercive better etc.
With a 20" bar and 7 pin set up in wood up to 18" I really don't feel that much of a difference over a dead stock well broke in 261. With the 18" set up on the 361 and the 8 pin the advantage clearly goes to the 361.
I have never run a Euro 361 so I can't make a comparision. My 361 used to be the most used saw in our firewood business, we cut mainly tops and cull logs, oak and hickory running 6" to 30". The two most used saws are the 261's, it clearly used to be the 361, in four full seasons it has cut many a tractor trailer load of wood. It just depends on what size and species you are cutting. For us 18" and down we just like the 261's. 18" to 24 we like the 361, over 24" you see the 044, 441 or 460 come out.
I will say I have cut side by side with a 290,310,280 and the 261 out performed them, we are selling more and more to our professional firewood cutters, they have been a great performer and none have come back in. Again I fully respect and agree Husky and Dolmar make great 50cc saws and take nothing away from them, it's just different strokes for different folks, I do suspect Stihl has underated the 261's hp, with the CM version coming out it should make it a little monster. I've become more of a 50cc/70cc user. As father time is catching up along with health I expect I will be a MS 241CM man, asked out distrobutor if I could purchase the first one they get,
With a 20" bar and 7 pin set up in wood up to 18" I really don't feel that much of a difference over a dead stock well broke in 261. With the 18" set up on the 361 and the 8 pin the advantage clearly goes to the 361.
I have never run a Euro 361 so I can't make a comparision. My 361 used to be the most used saw in our firewood business, we cut mainly tops and cull logs, oak and hickory running 6" to 30". The two most used saws are the 261's, it clearly used to be the 361, in four full seasons it has cut many a tractor trailer load of wood. It just depends on what size and species you are cutting. For us 18" and down we just like the 261's. 18" to 24 we like the 361, over 24" you see the 044, 441 or 460 come out.
I will say I have cut side by side with a 290,310,280 and the 261 out performed them, we are selling more and more to our professional firewood cutters, they have been a great performer and none have come back in. Again I fully respect and agree Husky and Dolmar make great 50cc saws and take nothing away from them, it's just different strokes for different folks, I do suspect Stihl has underated the 261's hp, with the CM version coming out it should make it a little monster. I've become more of a 50cc/70cc user. As father time is catching up along with health I expect I will be a MS 241CM man, asked out distrobutor if I could purchase the first one they get,
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What is interesting that the 361 is better
"With a 20" bar and 7 pin set up in wood up to 18" I really don't feel that much of a difference over a dead stock well broke in 261. With the 18" set up on the 361 and the 8 pin the advantage clearly goes to the 361."
The 361 I ran had a 7 pin on it running a 18" b/c :msp_wink:
cutforfun
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The 361 has the power to pull a 8 tooth rim why is that hard to believe, the max rpm is going to be close for both saws there for the cuts will be close. The one that lugs down first will be slower in the cut. It only makes since the 361 will win it has 9cc on the 261.
Try running your 261 with a 3/8 and 8 tooth rim sprocket with a 18 in bar andsee how well it works out for youopcorn:
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Try running your 261 with a 3/8 and 8 tooth rim sprocket with a 18 in bar andsee how well it works out for you
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Ok, thats why i ask how your 290/390 stacks up against your 261 , see if your 261 will hang with your 390 becouse i know the 361 will
Ok, thats why i ask how your 290/390 stacks up against your 261 , see if your 261 will hang with your 390 becouse i know the 361 will
I can't do that till atleast Monday or Tuesday family things this weekend :msp_wink:
I own saws that range from 020 to 090, though i had never owned a new saw until i decided to buy a MS 361.........i reckon it has the best power to weight of any saw i'v used, if the MS 261 can out perform the 361 i'd like to see that !!
Does anyone know difference's in the MS 361's sold in the USA, UK & Australia ?
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VTWoodchuck
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I don't think anyone believes a 261 will outperform a 361. I personly feel that in wood under 18" or so they are about as fast. As in all saws, the power difference really shows up in larger wood and longer bars.
