Stihl chain prices

[Phecda]

Don’t know if it’s regional or what but the prices seem to have gone up a ton and vary wildly from one dealer to another.

 

[Mad Professor]

All I can say is most chain loops , except milling chain, 63pmx, I'm glad I bought a crap load a long time ago.

Most back then were $15 usd delivered. 33rs/rm 26rs/rm 16" 20" 25". If I live long enough to use them all God has blessed me.

I'd hit those 25" loops while you can

 

[Squareground3691]

Unfortunately nothing cheap anymore,

 

[Phecda]

But a 20$ difference in the same chain between two dealers in the same zip code?
I don’t think 24$ a loop for 24” chain is too bad so I grabbed a few loops. Only because the last few dealers I saw asking 38-44.. these are some kind of Crazy times. No luck finding lightweight bars

 

[Squareground3691]

But a 20$ difference in the same chain between two dealers in the same zip code?
I don’t think 24$ a loop for 24” chain is too bad so I grabbed a few loops. Only because the last few dealers I saw asking 38-44.. these are some kind of Crazy times. No luck finding lightweight bars

Yea that’s quite a difference in price , and not bad either for the cheaper one .

 

[ValleyForge]

But a 20$ difference in the same chain between two dealers in the same zip code?
I don’t think 24$ a loop for 24” chain is too bad so I grabbed a few loops. Only because the last few dealers I saw asking 38-44.. these are some kind of Crazy times. No luck finding lightweight bars

Light bars simply no longer exist….with German industry collapsing, I see no hope of them coming back any time soon.

 

[OM617YOTA]

I just paid $140 for three 91DL loops of RS3.

 

[OM617YOTA]

Light bars simply no longer exist….with German industry collapsing, I see no hope of them coming back any time soon.

I called multiple local dealers for a 28" light bar. I was told good luck, grab whatever brand of whatever I could find what I needed available in.

 

[ValleyForge]

I called multiple local dealers for a 28" light bar. I was told good luck, grab whatever brand of whatever I could find what I needed available in.

It’s this bad…

 

[Mad Professor]

Unfortunately nothing cheap anymore,

except the FJB!!

He's cheap SOB

 

[sundance]

except the FJB!!

He's cheap SOB

He doesn't need to buy much of anything....we're paying the bill.

 

[Dennisthemenace]

Buy a roll and make your own. Works out cheaper, you can do it at your leisure and no travel or going back to pick up the chain.

 

[ValleyForge]

Buy a roll and make your own. Works out cheaper, you can do it at your leisure and no travel or going back to pick up the chain.

roll Chain vanished a long time ago…

 

[Franny K]

The top picture shows a locking inventory device. There may be a cost of shoplifting at work in this comparison.

 

[user 122190]

$20 Oregon 84dl via Amazon. Chisel, full skip, Square Ground.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MHEDBA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2USNRRU3IZJB9&psc=1

 

[JC Stihl]

Don’t know if it’s regional or what but the prices seem to have gone up a ton and vary wildly from one dealer to another.

I work at dealership in Central Oklahoma. Chain prices have gone up about 20 percent across the board. Our loops are still a lot cheaper than other dealerships. “Technically,” dealerships are supposed to sell everything at msrp (most do). However, there is unwritten flexibility for dealers to set their own prices. Unfortunately, the new freight policies have put many dealerships in a bind and have forced us to raise prices even more.

 

[Mad Professor]

I work at dealership in Central Oklahoma. Chain prices have gone up about 20 percent across the board. Our loops are still a lot cheaper than other dealerships. “Technically,” dealerships are supposed to sell everything at msrp (most do). However, there is unwritten flexibility for dealers to set their own prices. Unfortunately, the new freight policies have put many dealerships in a bind and have forced us to raise prices even more.

FJB!!!

 

[Phecda]

$20 Oregon 84dl via Amazon. Chisel, full skip, Square Ground.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MHEDBA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2USNRRU3IZJB9&psc=1

Why would someone get full skip in a tiny 84dl chain

 

[sawfarmer]

We stocked up on rolls of chain and invested in the tools to make them .I saw the writing on the wall a year ago .We all have to do what we can to keep our overhead down /as low as you can now.I sure hope things get better some day!

 

[user 122190]

Why would someone get full skip in a tiny 84dl chain

I thought this thread was about price. Is $20 still to high? What can you show us that is better?

Or are you picking at those not being Stihl chains? I get good performance and just as much use out of Oregon as I did when I ran Stihl chains.