serussell
ArboristSite Lurker
Just for fun and because I am an engineer (and to stir the pot up a little for the new year), I took all (most) of the available data for Still saws and calculated $/lb, $/HP and HP/lb. Not sure $/lb really means anything, but $/HP is what a homeowner would be attracted to and HP/lb is what, according to the people on this site, a pro user would look at. Well guess what, the MS290 has the best $/HP, so for all of you pros out there that just can not understand why someone would by a 290 or 310 for occasional use, just look at the stats below. Also, I attached the charts, not sure how those will show up on the post though and I don't think the HTML text will keep the columns lined up - oh well.
Model Weight Price HP $/lb $/HP HP/lb
MS 170 8.6 170 1.7 19.8 100.0 0.20
MS 180 C-B 8.8 200 1.9 22.7 105.3 0.22
MS 180 C-BE 9.3 230 2.0 24.7 115.0 0.22
MS 210 9.7 230 2.0 23.7 115.0 0.21
MS 210 C-BE 10.6 280 2.0 26.4 140.0 0.19
MS 250 10.1 300 3.0 29.7 100.0 0.30
MS 250 C-BE 10.8 340 3.0 31.5 113.3 0.28
MS 270 11.7 390 3.4 33.3 114.7 0.29
MS 270 C-B 12.1 430 3.4 35.5 126.5 0.28
MS 280 11.7 420 3.6 35.9 116.7 0.31
MS 280 C-BQ 12.1 470 3.6 38.8 130.6 0.30
MS 290 13.0 350 3.8 26.9 92.1 0.29
MS 310 13.0 410 4.0 31.5 102.5 0.31
MS 390 13.0 490 4.3 37.7 114.0 0.33
MS 260 10.6 460 3.2 43.4 143.8 0.30
MS260 Pro 10.6 500 3.2 47.2 156.3 0.30
MS 361 12.3 610 4.4 49.6 138.6 0.36
MS 361 C-Q 12.6 650 4.4 51.6 147.7 0.35
MS 440 13.9 730 5.4 52.5 135.2 0.39
MS 460 14.6 810 6.0 55.5 135.0 0.41
MS 460 R 15.9 1050 6.0 66.0 175.0 0.38
MS 650 16.5 910 6.4 55.2 142.2 0.39
MS 660 16.5 1060 7.0 64.2 151.4 0.42
MS 880 22.3 1630 8.6 73.1 189.5 0.39
MS 192 T 6.6 300 1.7 45.5 176.5 0.26
MS 200 8.4 510 2.1 60.7 242.9 0.25
MS 200 T 7.7 510 2.1 66.2 242.9 0.27
For the record, I got the price data from the Stihl 2005 price list using the longest bar for each saw listed, the rest of the data comes from Stihl.usa.com
Model Weight Price HP $/lb $/HP HP/lb
MS 170 8.6 170 1.7 19.8 100.0 0.20
MS 180 C-B 8.8 200 1.9 22.7 105.3 0.22
MS 180 C-BE 9.3 230 2.0 24.7 115.0 0.22
MS 210 9.7 230 2.0 23.7 115.0 0.21
MS 210 C-BE 10.6 280 2.0 26.4 140.0 0.19
MS 250 10.1 300 3.0 29.7 100.0 0.30
MS 250 C-BE 10.8 340 3.0 31.5 113.3 0.28
MS 270 11.7 390 3.4 33.3 114.7 0.29
MS 270 C-B 12.1 430 3.4 35.5 126.5 0.28
MS 280 11.7 420 3.6 35.9 116.7 0.31
MS 280 C-BQ 12.1 470 3.6 38.8 130.6 0.30
MS 290 13.0 350 3.8 26.9 92.1 0.29
MS 310 13.0 410 4.0 31.5 102.5 0.31
MS 390 13.0 490 4.3 37.7 114.0 0.33
MS 260 10.6 460 3.2 43.4 143.8 0.30
MS260 Pro 10.6 500 3.2 47.2 156.3 0.30
MS 361 12.3 610 4.4 49.6 138.6 0.36
MS 361 C-Q 12.6 650 4.4 51.6 147.7 0.35
MS 440 13.9 730 5.4 52.5 135.2 0.39
MS 460 14.6 810 6.0 55.5 135.0 0.41
MS 460 R 15.9 1050 6.0 66.0 175.0 0.38
MS 650 16.5 910 6.4 55.2 142.2 0.39
MS 660 16.5 1060 7.0 64.2 151.4 0.42
MS 880 22.3 1630 8.6 73.1 189.5 0.39
MS 192 T 6.6 300 1.7 45.5 176.5 0.26
MS 200 8.4 510 2.1 60.7 242.9 0.25
MS 200 T 7.7 510 2.1 66.2 242.9 0.27
For the record, I got the price data from the Stihl 2005 price list using the longest bar for each saw listed, the rest of the data comes from Stihl.usa.com
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