Stihl MS 250 value?

[lylechief]

What is this saw worth used and in very good condition. It has a 20 inch bar and chain on it now both in very good condition also.

 

[Joel D'Angelo]

$150

 

[Brushwacker]

Their back up to around $370 new here. Cosmetically nice in good working condition I saw them asking well over $200 a while back last time i looked when i had 1 for sale. Mine wasn't pretty and I think it was at least $175 I got for it about 1 year ago.
I didn't think they made any bigger then 18in bars for the ms 250?

 

[Wood Doctor]

Their back up to around $370 new here. Cosmetically nice in good working condition I saw them asking well over $200 a while back last time i looked when i had 1 for sale. Mine wasn't pretty and I think it was at least $175 I got for it about 1 year ago.
I didn't think they made any bigger then 18in bars for the ms 250?

Correct. That 20" bar is complete overkill for an MS 250. I would hesitate to buy it because of that alone.

 

[Brushwacker]

Correct. That 20" bar is complete overkill for an MS 250. I would hesitate to buy it because of that alone.

I think it would handle it with the picco chain fine. Could even go to a 6 tooth sprocket if it needed more power. They may not pull indescrimenantly in bigger stuff but if it is used primarily as a limber, the reach could be a benifit. Neighbor has 2 with .325 18in, he seems to do fine with. I cut a little with 1 or 2 18 .325 before and they did what i wanted. Of course i don't expect them to go through bigger stuff without slowing down.

 

[cranman1951]

$200 in SE Mass at the moment.....$250 if new looking.

 

[lylechief]

My plan was to put the 20 inch bar on my 028 super and the 16 on the 250

 

[Brushwacker]

My plan was to put the 20 inch bar on my 028 super and the 16 on the 250

They don't interchange. What brand bar and chain pitch is on the ms250?

 

[Wood Doctor]

Correct. The 025, 250, and 251 bars do not fit the 028 super. They won't even bolt on. Stihl does not even make a 20" bar for an MS 250:

 

[lylechief]

I passed up on it. The price is now225 for it. No way was I spending that.

 

[dando127]

This Canadian listing on Kijiji this morning......

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-outdoor-tools-storage/ottawa/stihl-025-chainsaw/1563381766
$320 Cdn......I bought one 15 months ago for $50......

 

[cranman1951]

I picked one up a couple of months ago that was straight gassed the first day bought. A Chinese piston and cylinder and she was good to go. she sold for $250 pretty quickly.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I picked one up a couple of months ago that was straight gassed the first day bought. A Chinese piston and cylinder and she was good to go. she sold for $250 pretty quickly.

You make it sound so easy to do that. The clamshell design forces almost a complete take down. I have done it several times and after each occasion I say to myself, "Why on earth did I do that?" Ans. It's just a hobby.

 

[cranman1951]

You make it sound so easy to do that. The clamshell design forces almost a complete take down. I have done it several times and after each occasion I say to myself, "Why on earth did I do that?" Ans. It's just a hobby.

LOL...the first clamshell Stihl I did drove me nuts. Husky's I can do in my sleep, but the Stihls are so alien to me I've got to slow down and pay attention......I've only done two 250's a 251 and a 271.....I've got another 250 given to me that supposedly just needed a fuel line.....wrong......no compression. ( still needed the fuel line though). I'm working up to that one in the fall I think.