Stihl MS 211 bar and chain ?'s for replacements

[trophyhunter]

So I got my hands on a new never in the wood MS 211 from my dealer that someone had brought back for whatever reason and he made me a great deal on it, just wanted a small lighter back up saw to keep in the truck and the price was really right.

I've always cut everything with a 60cc saw and still will for the most part I run a 362 CM these days but this 211 came with an 18" bar and some sort of safety chain 3/8 / .050 "P" with 61 drive links. Obviously this is not the typical 3/8 .050 I've cut with pretty much forever is this what Stihl calls Picco chain and Oregon peddles as low profile?

Looking for some input here, what the heck do I buy for a replacement chain for this 18" bar that's not green labeled safety chain, and should I even bother with one that long and just try and trade it off for a 16" before I get it dirty? If so, what bar and chain to buy for it?

I know exactly nothing about these homeowner saws, never run one.

Obligatory pic of new saw, seems put together well enough for what I'll use it for.

 

[HarleyT]

Put up a closeup pic of the label on the bar, like this one.
Just to make sure what you have.

 

[Ozhoo]

63PS61 is you want Stihl chisel chain
63PM61 for semi-chisel
91VXL061G for Oregon semi-chisel

 

[trophyhunter]

63PS61 is you want Stihl chisel chain
63PM61 for semi-chisel
91VXL061G for Oregon semi-chisel

Thanks Gary! That's really what I needed to know for sourcing new chain. These all sharpen with any 5/32" file?

Any opinions on this being to much bar for the power head? Seems like a lot of bite for 35cc's.

 

[berrnard]

Any opinions on this being to much bar for the power head? Seems like a lot of bite for 35cc's.

I personally use a 14 on my 211. 16 is pushing it imo.



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[trophyhunter]

Yea was kinda my thoughts on the 18" bar and chair, seems like way to much for that saw and even a 16" could really slow it down. All the dealers around here have them set up that way though with 18's, I guess they try to cover all the bases for one saw owners with that long a bar.

 

[HarleyT]

Is the sprocket 6 teeth or seven?

 

[trophyhunter]

Is the sprocket 6 teeth or seven?

I just pulled the cover to have a look it's a 6 tooth drive sprocket.

 

[HarleyT]

Well, they have a 7 tooth sprocket.
Just sayin'.

 

[trophyhunter]

Well, they have a 7 tooth sprocket.
Just sayin'.

Wouldn't that be going in the wrong direction with the 18" bar that's on it now changing a 6 to a 7 tooth sprocket?

 

[HarleyT]

yeah, that is/was my point.
Either way, they list both sprockets for that model.
Have you tried it yet?

 

[trophyhunter]

I haven't tried it yet, guess I'll put it in some wood this weekend and see how it does with the 18 that's on it.

 

[HarleyT]

It will likely do just fine.

 

[trophyhunter]

It will likely do just fine.

I'm hoping so, one thing I like about it that little saw dumps oil out of the bar port like the Exxon Valdez making the history books it really moves it out of the hole I pulled the bar and started it earlier even at idle there's a nice steady flow so it should lube the bar just fine.

 

[HarleyT]

I'm hoping so, one thing I like about it that little saw dumps oil out of the bar port like the Exxon Valdez making the history books it really moves it out of the hole I pulled the bar and started it earlier even at idle there's a nice steady flow so it should lube the bar just fine.

We were all teenagers once!!

 

[Nwpa]

I would sell the 18" combo and go with a 14" with Oregon 3/8LP 91vxl.
Like mentioned above 16" would be pushing it.
If your just going to use it to limb with you could switch over to .325.

 

[HarleyT]

.325?

 

[Ozhoo]

MS211 comes with 18" 3/8P in my neck of the hood. While I wouldn't want to bury the bar, it works well for limbing.

 

[HarleyT]

They don't even carry it around here.

 

[trophyhunter]

MS211 comes with 18" 3/8P in my neck of the hood. While I wouldn't want to bury the bar, it works well for limbing.

Every dealer I checked with it only offered it with the 18" bar. Guess it's got more grunt than what I was expecting if they are setting them up that way.