stihl small saws gone to the dogs!!!

[kevlar]

If you seen the home owners that are using them you would praise them for that. Anyway I think the 346xp is a great pro home owner saw and modded will compete with a stock 361.

I did not include the 346 in the above statement.

 

[ropensaddle]

I did not include the 346 in the above statement.

Oh I know ya did not or<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/0002045C.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a><a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FA.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

 

[SkippyKtm]

Oh I know ya did not or<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/0002045C.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a><a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FA.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

Hey Rope, Where did you find all those silly Emoticons!? I want to annoy Fellow AS members too, LOL!

 

[ropensaddle]

Hey Rope, Where did you find all those silly Emoticons!? I want to annoy Fellow AS members too, LOL!

Lol PM sent lol<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203D1.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

 

[ms290]

here now. this thread is pointless but ill still put a hand in.

I did a small muff. mod on my 290 and lo and behold i kept pace with a 660. Laugh if you must but he wasnt running hard like i was but im still shocked. :greenchainsaw:

 

[a_lopa]

The 346 is a "small"saw im talking a saw that can spend a day foot blocking dry eucalypt,a 365 husky gets it done easier than a 361 stihl and there cheaper.

 

[a_lopa]

You're correct here. The MS200T is for professional use, if your guys don't have the proper skills and you can't teach them then you made the right choice. My dealer also gave the crew a MS250 to try out. We had been running all MS260s and he thought the price of the 250 would be attractive to us. No way! The 250 is a POS in dirty conditions like we were in. I run a strong MS260 but I really don't care for it a whole lot. The vibration bothers me more than any other saw I own. Still it has been a rugged saw and very reliable. BTW I own both a 361 and a 357 and prefer the 357 by a wide margin.

Still it is up to the owner/user, aka the guy laying out the cash, to buy which ever saw he prefers.

Same situation i was in do you pay the $$$ for a 026 you dont really want or buy the half price 025 you REALLY dont want,or drive up the road and buy a 365 for s less $$$

Dont get me wrong a 026 is a fine saw but not really a 20"bar saw IMO.

020s it doesn't matter if there trained they will one hand that saw!!

 

[a_lopa]

here now. This thread is pointless but ill still put a hand in.

I did a small muff. Mod on my 290 and lo and behold i kept pace with a 660. Laugh if you must but he wasnt running hard like i was but im still shocked. :greenchainsaw:

i don't believe you somehow!!!lol

 

[a_lopa]

here's the breakdown as I see it of best in class saws
50cc 346xp, maybe 5100 in the right hands
60cc 361/362 (either) (with an honorable mention of the 262 and 359)
70cc 441 (most would say 372, I just don't get it I guess)
80cc 7900 (by a landslide)

I take it you have never run a 365??

 

[a_lopa]

oh yeah I have ran a 361 Why buy that overpriced plastic poc when you can spend less on a 359 and mod better performance out of it. In fact a modded 455 rancher will stay with a 361 for far less money.

455 rancher c'mon there a waste of space!

 

[TRI955]

Sounds like somebody needs to look at a Shindaiwa 577.....opcorn:

 

[StihlyinEly]

Well, at least I now know how a fella gets to 3,000 posts REALLY fast. opcorn:

 

[SawTroll]

DISPLACEMENT


59.0 cc (3.6 cu. in.)

ENGINE POWER


3.3 kW (4.4 bhp)


4 cu.inch / 65.1 cm³, 4.6 hp(I) / 3.4 kW, 15"-28" / 38-70 cm, 13 lbs / 6 kg

Who's who??

exactly, it takes a bigger heavier motor to only make a little more power, that's who's who. .....

Yes, and the 361 only is a tad weaker if it is the US version, with a different cylinder and muffler than the German made ones.

The German made 361 scores the same max hp and the same max torque as the 365 on the dyno, when tested by DLG/KWF, and it is over a pound lighter.

@ a_lupa, the 361 and 200 are the only less than 70cc Stihls that I find really interesting, so I at least partly agree with you!

 

[a_lopa]

Well, at least I now know how a fella gets to 3,000 posts REALLY fast. opcorn:

Check my join date 2004

 

[ropensaddle]

Sounds like somebody needs to look at a Shindaiwa 577.....opcorn:

I would if you came to the gtg lol

 

[a_lopa]

Sounds like somebody needs to look at a Shindaiwa 577.....opcorn:

No thanks i want some hearing and nerves left in my fingers in latter years!

 

[fishercat]

i had a 361,paid $565.

i sold it after a month

i bought a 357xp for $639.much better saw in my opinion.much better power.

like Mrs. Stihl-O-Matic says,

"You could put a Stihl sticker on a dog turd and he'd buy it."

 

[ropensaddle]

I take it you have never run a 365??

not bad I ran them but liked the 272 better and 372 fits perfect in the mid range./

 

[a_lopa]

372 is virtualy the same saw,365 is cheaper.

 

[kevlar]

I'm not a huge fan of the 361 but I would not get a 365 either. 372 is the same saw with more punch.hell i'd take a ms390 before the 365.