441 like or hate?

[Maui Palm & Tree Care]

i just bought a 441 im gonna rebuild(needs new piston and cylinder). how do you arbos out there like it? i was planning on running a 20" 375 pitch .58 chisel chain.

 

[Frax]

We have a 441. It's reliable and cuts well. It's the equivalent of our Husky 372XP in my mind, although maybe I like the Husky a bit more.

 

[TimberJack]

I would use that 441 as a boat anchor or wheel choke before I put a new piston and cylinder into it.

 

[WillySieg]

I"ll trade out boat anchors and wheel chalks for them all day long if thats all they need! They have decent power and next to no vibration. I don't like them as well as a 440 or 460 but once you get a feel for the loose handle bar mounts I don't mind them.

 

[BARPINCHER]

Luv mine. I run a 8 tooth full comp on a 20 and a 7 tooth full skip on a 34. It ain't a 660 but it don't weigh what a 660 does either.

 

[nmurph]

I HAD one. It is very smooth and the floppy AV can be fixed with the stiffer springs that are optional. Powerwise, it might be a smidge stronger than a 372 (really, very close), but is a pound heavier and not nearly as nimble in the hands.

 

[Treetrim]

Looks like it depends on the saw and maybe tuning. The 441 I ran was smooth in the cut but was such a dog stock in the cut even in pine. Not even close to a stock 372xp.

 

[theXman]

love our 441's.

 

[williamd]

Like it so far. 460 was $130 more so I decided to give the 441 a try. Cuts strong and steady ripping logs and flushing stumps with a 28" bar.

 

[SawGod]

Like it. If I woulda taken a close look at the complexity of the carburetor, I would have bought another 460 just to be old school a few more years. The M-Tronic took awhile to agree with me. I fired it up to do some emergency clearing at the lake, and was done so fast, the chip stored some inadvertant info. The next time I ran the saw it was fussy. We are coming to an understanding, now. I don't know if this is the type of thing for fire departments and that, based on my experience. I think she is a long winded saw by default. It needs fired up and run hard to, "Learn" what you expect.