What saw to add?

[R Walter]

I've got the 3 Stihls listed below that I used and carried with me this past season for firewood cutting. Mostly I cut with the 361. I want to add another saw for next season. I can get a 440 new that's stihl on my dealer's shelf. It seems a good bit lighter than the full wrap 460 I use for bigger wood. Or, I could add another 361 which is really nice as far as weight and it has the power for most of what I cut.

The wood I cut is Pinon and Cedar, usually averaging 16 to 18 inches and diameter and sometimes smaller.

What do you recommend?

 

[Scooterbum]

You need to mix it up a little more.Get a Dolmar 5100S.
A little Cam2 and synthetic oil and it's a blast to run.
Of course that's after a muffler mod and break-in.

 

[Hired Gun]

If you are going to stay in the Stihl family a new 441 or, 440 before they are gone. You could also get another 361 and set it up different than the one you currently have. Different bar length, different pin sprocket etc. It is always fun to have 2 like saws set up to handle different tasks.

 

[SawTroll]

Another 361, and let EHP make his magic om it........:biggrinbounce2:


.... but it doesn't really look like you need another saw, so maybe a MS200, just4fun......

 

[Tzed250]

Time for a 660!:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Lakeside53]

Yep, 660, AND a MS200 (rear handle), but you might want to find bigger wood for the 660.

Seriously.. the MS200 is a great ground saw for limbing.

 

[Just Mow]

441 and the 200 for limbing on the ground. It is scary fast and the 441 is silky smooth.

 

[XJWoody]

441 and the 200 for limbing on the ground. It is scary fast and the 441 is silky smooth.

Yep, 660, AND a MS200 (rear handle), but you might want to find bigger wood for the 660.

Seriously.. the MS200 is a great ground saw for limbing.

It would be hard to argue against these suggestions...

 

[saxman]

I vote for the 441, I have basically the same saws as you and added a 441. It is true they are super smooth, like a hot rod 361. I took the 20" inch bar off my 361 and put it on the 441 yesterday for the first time, WOW, scary fast.

 

[Pablo26]

Wouild there be much need for a 441 since he owns a 460 already?
How about MS170?

 

[saxman]

He might not think there is a need since he has a 460 until he runs a 441. Chances are he will be down to his dealer and trading the 460 on a 660 or wait until a 661 comes along.

 

[grandpatractor]

You need to mix it up a little more.Get a Dolmar 5100S.
A little Cam2 and synthetic oil and it's a blast to run.
Of course that's after a muffler mod and break-in.

+1

 

[IchWarriorMkII]

I'd probably opt for the 440... then get the 460 Modded and break it out on the big wood.

Not that juniper ever gets that big... but you never know

 

[minkota1]

Sounds like the 440 would be the one, before it goes the way of the 372.

 

[clearance]

Time for a 660!:hmm3grin2orange:

No laugh, I cut down a bunch of dead pines today and limbed and bucked it into 16" rounds. I used my 394Xp, I figured its heavy but so what, it screams and blows away my 371. Like how long do you want to be there? I am a little sore now though, but if I did it everyday it wouldn't bother me.

 

[clearance]

I mean I bucked it with my 394, I limbed it with the 371, I'm not that dumb.

 

[begleytree]

Sounds like the 440 would be the one, before it goes the way of the 372.

lol, you mean the old " no more of these; wait, heres some; thats it, no more; wait, more now; gonna quit making them,..."

pretty bad husky has to play childish games just to generate interest in their saws.
I know, I know. epa credits and all. too bad they can't make a good running saw that meets epa to begin with....
-Ralph

 

[Andyshine77]

I'm going to say the MS440, a 70cc saw can do just about anything you want it to.

 

[24d]

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440 small light powerful pro saw -with a dual port muffler cover its even better-part #11281400801-great saw fun to use!

 

[SinglerM]

A 660.

Add a 660, I think you'd be happy, considering the saws you have at the moment.

Mitch