SuperDuty04
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But the Husky 550xp most definitely gives the 261cm a run for it’s money. I may actually prefer the 550.
No fanboy here!
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Runt8401
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Dyno Joe Mods on YouTube puts several 50cc class saws on the dyno. The 550 puts out about .6hp more than the 261.
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That's significant.
So I take it we are talking about the 550 mk2?
I'd rather run a late model 550 mk1, great handling machine for limbing.
Too bad there aren't more of them around, but it's a good thing I'm stocked up
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I'd rather run a late model 550 mk1, great handling machine for limbing.
Too bad there aren't more of them around, but it's a good thing I'm stocked up
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So I take it we are talking about the 550 mk2?
I'd rather run a late model 550 mk1, great handling machine for limbing.
Too bad there aren't more of them around, but it's a good thing I'm stocked up
Somewhat regret not having grabbed a MK1 xpg when I could.
With the limited time I have on the 261, I can only say I was pleased. Definitely not impressed. It is a nice saw, but I was hoping for it to be something significantly more than a 346 for all the years between their respective release dates.
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There are video that runs these 2 against each other. The 550 is surprisingly a much faster cutting saw. Hats off to Husqvarna. They have tuned their saw to run at the raped ape speed. Time will tell if the Husky is "the saw that runs twice as strong, lives half as long".
That's how I felt. With all the hype about the latest 261cm at the time I really expected more, I sold my first one 2 weeks after getting it.
I snagged another late model mk1 about a month ago, they handle better than any other 50cc saw I've ran, and its only slightly less power than an mk2, but without the weight.
Husky has pretty much always smoked Stihl in the 50 and 60CC size saws.
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I was hoping Stihl was gonna discontinue the turd 362 when the 400cm came out. Then took the 261 and give it an upgrade with a magnesium piston in the 55ish cc range.
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Once upon a time I had a ms290 and a husky 460. The MS had a high hp via factory rating yet the 460 was a hell of a lot stronger.
The 455 rancher is the comparable model to the 290, the 460 and the 310 are similar.
I've never seen a high hp factory rating on a 290
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The 455 rancher is the comparable model to the 290, the 460 and the 310 are similar.
I've never seen a high hp factory rating on a 290
Husqvarna 460 -- 3.62Hp
Stihl ms290 -- 3.8Hp
Again the 460 felt like it had more then the Stihl. I ran 20" bar on the Stihl, and a 24" bar on the Husky. I alway meant to put a 24 on the Stihl and see how it felt, but never got around to it. I do believe it would have been to much for the Stihl. 20 was the sweet spot.
Those are the numbers, but the 460 has more grunt for sure. As I said, the comparable stihl to the 460 is the ms310 as they are 59/60cc.
The 24 is a bit much on the 290, but it would do okay on the 310 and even better on the 390.
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Anyone run a 24" on a 455 rancher? I'm running the 20" right now and feel like a 24" would bog it down too much. At the same time running a redmax gz5000 which is essentially a red 550xp just not sure if its a mk1 or mk2 (but maxes out at a 18"??). Love the redmax, but the 455 has its place too.
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I'm thinking Stihl and Husky have different ways of measuring their saws outputs.
Tried a 24/25" set-up on both the MS290 Farm Boss, and the Husqvarna 455 Rancher. Great for soft wood.
Once the firewood cutting starts, an 18/20 will bury you in chips.
