Stihl MS 462?? I think not..

[StihlNick]

Got to love these I heard it from a reliable source threads.[emoji41]

Reliable meaning somebody who has been falling Timber in the PNW for 35 years and works closely with the most reputable saw shop in the Nation..

 

[blsnelling]

 

[StihlNick]

Guess we will see. I have seen these pics as well, but I don't get the one piece top cover, those are annoying.

 

[Andyshine77]

Reliable meaning somebody who has been falling Timber in the PNW for 35 years and works closely with the most reputable saw shop in the Nation..

That may very well be the case, but it means diddly squat. Stihl keeps this stuff very quiet, and when it does get out, Stihl has been known to take real action.

 

[Big_Wood]

Guess we will see. I have seen these pics as well, but I don't get the one piece top cover, those are annoying.

an intake supported by the case is great. i'm not sure how those new stihls are but the one piece cover leads me to believe stihl has copied husky again and are now adding case support for the intake. i just wish husky would copy stihl and add a similar master control lever and split mufflers. with those 2 things there would be not one thing better about stihl to me.

 

[alexcagle]

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Is this bottom picture a 462 hidden in the trunk of a car?
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Don't they design and build all saws over a certain size in Germany still?
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@StihlNick , Why would they ship it over here to field test it. They have trees over there too don't they? lol

 

[Andyshine77]

The bottom pic is from a Stihl calender.

Chainsaws, much like automobiles, have to be tested in every environment possible to ensure reliability.

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[Rockjock]

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Is this bottom picture a 462 hidden in the trunk of a car?
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Don't they design and build all saws over a certain size in Germany still?
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@StihlNick , Why would they ship it over here to field test it. They have trees over there too don't they? lol

Actually they do a great deal of testing in house. I will try and find a link to a video that shws the testing, from very hot and humid to extremely cold they do it in house. I often get a chuckle when its a source that seems to know all and I hear things like dealers are told to pull them off the shelves when the protocol is to replace the defective part and sell them. I think many forget that each dealer owns the business and IF there was to be a recall they would know about it. That is policy.

 

[alexcagle]

Does the "c" mean M-tronic?

Yes it does

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I thought "C" stood for "comfort".
and "M" stood for "M-Tronic"
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Also, the first number of the serial number on a Stihl piece of equipment tells you where it was made.
1 = Germany
2 = USA

 

[ferris076]

The 462 is coming at the end of 2017 ( Hans Peter Stihl said that)
Here is a german link if u can read this

http://www.zvw.de/inhalt.waiblingen...ihl.de9daf26-cd3d-4bf4-b523-94fd1a397935.html

 

[alexcagle]

The 462 is coming at the end of 2017 ( Hans Peter Stihl said that)
Here is a german link if u can read this

http://www.zvw.de/inhalt.waiblingen...ihl.de9daf26-cd3d-4bf4-b523-94fd1a397935.html

Cool! Es sagt, dass, und auf Deutsch. Vielen Dank!
Like you said.....

 

[Gologit]

That may very well be the case, but it means diddly squat. Stihl keeps this stuff very quiet, and when it does get out, Stihl has been known to take real action.

True. When you demo saws for Stihl you're not supposed to talk to anybody except Stihl about it. They're very clear on that.

 

[maulhead]

461 is the last non M-Tronic pro saw and there has just been a massive recall on those

Non M-Tronic261 & 362 are available, both are pro saws.

 

[blsnelling]

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I thought "C" stood for "comfort".
and "M" stood for "M-Tronic"

At least on all the pro saws, the C stands for MTronic.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Sounds like a bunch of crap. Stihl is a long ways away from having saws that all start with a "5" designation, that's an oopsvarna thing.

 

[Trx250r180]

Reliable meaning somebody who has been falling Timber in the PNW for 35 years and works closely with the most reputable saw shop in the Nation..

You are going to have a hard time convincing most of these guys ,they have never stepped foot in a saw shop like we have out here .Madson's and Wood's Logging would know about any new models long before this site would . They do not advertise here so not much info about them on the site .

 

[1Alpha1]

461 is the last non M-Tronic pro saw and there has just been a massive recall on those

First I've heard of, of a massive recall on the 461 line.

Local dealers don't know anything about it.

Care to elaborate a bit?

 

[Khntr85]

 

[big hank]

They should just call it the 562

 

[big t double]

First I've heard of, of a massive recall on the 461 line.

Local dealers don't know anything about it.

Care to elaborate a bit?

it isn't technically a recall...yet....they issued whats called a stop sale to dealers on a block of serial numbers. I assume they will have to send out a letter to anyone that has a saw registered within that serial number range to have them bring the saws back for rework...but until then it isn't a recall...that's why nobody knows about it. I don't know why your local dealer doesn't know about it....letters were sent out, as well as emails.