Which saw, MS361-MS440

[meangreen92lx]

If you sadly only owned one saw, which of these two would you choose? Mostly 12-20" diameter various trees but can get up to 36" or so at times. Need to handle it all, limbing, bucking, felling. Is the 440 too much for limbing and cutting up small trees? 361 too small for felling the bigger stuff? What do you guys think?

 

[COLD_IRON]

If I had to choose, 440 all the way.

 

[Ironbark]

yep 440, but don't delay..... they won't be around for ever.

 

[BloodOnTheIce]

I own both and 361 all the way. Most of my cutting is 20" or smaller and I just like the 361 more in this application. If I'm cutting primarily bigger stuff 20"+ I'll bring the 440.

 

[davefr]

If you sadly only owned one saw, which of these two would you choose? Mostly 12-20" diameter various trees but can get up to 36" or so at times. Need to handle it all, limbing, bucking, felling. Is the 440 too much for limbing and cutting up small trees? 361 too small for felling the bigger stuff? What do you guys think?

"Mostly" 12-20" is MS361 territory. 36" is MS440+ territory.

Pick your poison. Slower occasional cutting of the big stuff with a MS361 or less fatigue using a MS440 for most tasks thet could have been accomplished with a lighter saw.

MS361 is a good saw for the one saw plan. The MS440 is a good saw for the two saw plan with the smaller one being something like a MS260.

I agree it would "be sad to own just one saw".

 

[Wicked500R]

I think the 440 is the better one saw plan if your "occasionally seeing the larger wood!

 

[Nailsbeats]

440 no question.

 

[2000ssm6]

A three sixty what? 440 all the way, good for small and big jobs.

 

[Elim]

+1 on the 440. Get it while you can... Unless you have cancer. Haha! :greenchainsaw:

 

[Tzed250]

If "There can be only one..."?



MS440

 

[gink595]

If "There can be only one..."?



MS440

That's the beauty, IF. Even in this unperfect world you have the option to get both.

 

[Peacock]

No matter what the question, it's 440 over 361.

 

[davefr]

No matter what the question, it's 440 over 361.

You guys are forgetting the question. It's not "what's the most capable saw", it's what's best for "mostly 12"-20" cutting". I stand by my answer that it's the 361.

The 440 is extra dead weight for something a 361 could easily handle.

 

[COLD_IRON]

You guys are forgetting the question. It's not "what's the most capable saw", it's what's best for "mostly 12"-20" cutting". I stand by my answer that it's the 361.

The 440 is extra dead weight for something a 361 could easily handle.

OP lives in Wisconsin, so odds are theres lots of HARDWOODS. 440 still stands.

 

[2000ssm6]

I agree Dave but the weight isn't much of a difference to me, I grab the 026 for small stuff and the 440 or 460 for the big ones.

 

[gink595]

The 440 is extra dead weight for something a 361 could easily handle.

That argument is only good for when you are comparing buying the 290-390 saws or the 361. Then the weight card gets thrown around and everyone has tennis elbow (I still love that one!) Otherwise weight doesn't matter

 

[skid row]

Yep, 440 all the way. Better hurry.

 

[davefr]

OK, I will respectfully disagree but yield to the superior experience of this forum.

Maybe I should prune roses with my 7900 -

 

[COLD_IRON]

Maybe I should prune roses with my 7900 -

I trim hedges and lilacs with the 361 - so why not?

 

[2000ssm6]

That argument is only good for when you are comparing buying the 290-390 saws or the 361. Then the weight card gets thrown around and everyone has tennis elbow (I still love that one!) Otherwise weight doesn't matter

+1, that is what made me go from the 029 to a 440. I have a 361 also but find it to be the same way, unless I need a good back-up saw, it sits.

Oh, and I like the phrase "puss hands" better but tennis elbow sounds right.