The MS461.........A Peek Inside

[tramp bushler]

I'd like to see the 460 and 461 compared with a 36" bar buried in Sitka Spruce. But that's OK. It seems it is a lot more torquey saw.

How r they holding up?

 

[young]

how are they holding up???

they are basically the same saw as a 460 with a new design top end, plastics and few other minor changes. ill go out on a limb as say they are as solid as a 460.

 

[thomas1]

Here's Bradley using one the way he normally does. :msp_confused:

Only wood he had available.

 

[russhd1997]

Here's Bradley using one the way he normally does. :msp_confused:

Only wood he had available.

Guess he was out of rotten pine! :msp_wink:

 

[tramp bushler]

For Professional use, the whole saw needs to work right all the time. When new saws come out they often will have some problem that stops them from working. Just wondering if any problems are showing up with the 461 . ?

 

[Trx250r180]

For Professional use, the whole saw needs to work right all the time. When new saws come out they often will have some problem that stops them from working. Just wondering if any problems are showing up with the 461 . ?

my saw is the one at beginning of this thread ,only failure ive had was the decomp valve lost its spring tention ,that could happen with any saw though ,only complaint i have was the new style filter packs with sawdust ,i got a sock cover for the filter ,problem fixed ,i recomend this as a good felling saw reminds me of a lighter 660

 

[xxl]

Is stihl getting cheap? I didn't see mahle on that cylinder.

 

[Jacob J.]

Is stihl getting cheap? I didn't see mahle on that cylinder.

Their new piston and cylinder contractor for the 461 is JxiangDxiang.

 

[Mastermind]

Their new piston and cylinder contractor for the 461 is JxiangDxiang.

I like Asian stuff.

 

[young]

fyi, my cousin made that jug.

 

[young]

I like Asian stuff.

what he meant was, he likes happy ending.

 

[gsg]

what he meant was, he likes happy ending.

I like asian stuff too but this one could use some big bore jugs!

 

[Rudolf73]

I like asian stuff too but this one could use some big bore jugs!

Nothing wrong with a pair of aftermarket jugs :msp_rolleyes:

Don't get the cheap no-name brands though...

 

[Mastermind]

Ain't nothing wrong with those jugs. I'd test and tune on em anytime.......anytime at all.

 

[gsg]

Ain't nothing wrong with those jugs. I'd test and tune on em anytime.......anytime at all.

Looks like they should be tuned in the wood

 

[northmanlogging]

to answer the tramp, had my stock 461 in some 30"+ doug fir recenctly side by side with the old 046, boths saws running 32" skip tooths... 461 beat the snot out of it all day long and used about half the fuel, 461 still not quite broke in yet but to me pulls harder than some of the older 066-660s I've ran in the past...

I'm currently trying to con the war department into letting my have the 461 modded... (she keeps saying something about getting the crummy's tranny fixed or whatever...)

 

[Trx250r180]

to answer the tramp, had my stock 461 in some 30"+ doug fir recenctly side by side with the old 046, boths saws running 32" skip tooths... 461 beat the snot out of it all day long and used about half the fuel, 461 still not quite broke in yet but to me pulls harder than some of the older 066-660s I've ran in the past...

I'm currently trying to con the war department into letting my have the 461 modded... (she keeps saying something about getting the crummy's tranny fixed or whatever...)

Once modded you will lose fuel economy,i have 32 inch bar oiler wide open,a tank of fuel to little over half a tank of oil , they are much louder than modded 460 also

 

[whitedogone]

My wife picked this up for me while I was gone.....

I like Asian stuff.

Mastermind's wife walks in room.....sees screen.....grabs saw....leaves. :angry2:

 

[thomas1]

Mastermind's wife walks in room.....sees screen.....thanks God it's a full size, human female this time....leaves.

Fixed.

 

[tramp bushler]

Alright ; sounds good. I don't know about using less oil. I wish the made the oil tank twice as big on saws and the oil pumps twice as powerful.