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361 for groundies- if they wish
 
Weird, I thought there would be some Husky people in here raging about their saws, maybe even the odd Echo guy?? Well, I'm too new at this to have favorites but I've got 020t w/16", MS260 w/16", MS440 w/24" (purchased for hurricane clean up this summer) and Husky 338XPT w/14". Can't really gripe about any of them yet, we'll see. /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
what's a 361? Is that Stihl? New version of the 036?

In my post I meant to say 440 and 460 instead of the old numbers 044 and 046, still have a hard time saying them the new way.

Mangoes: 880??? You cutting big timber on the West Coast?

I have a 660 with 48" bar (i think that's the length anyway) but very rarely use it here. 30-36" bar on the 460 can do it all here really.
 
I have an uncle w/a part time business. he's got a mess of saws (including a 090 w/a 5' 2 man bar) My opinion comes dowm to this. The 046 is an awesome saw and I don't really think the power gap betwixt 046 and 066 is worth the expense. I've used my uncle and I like transitioning from 046 to 084 (880)
How does your 046 handle that monster bar?
 
Btw, do any of you know, just for interests sake, how the 020 compares to the MS200 T?? I always loved my 020 and it had a classic look to it..It got stolen and replaced with the MS 200... never got to use the two side by side....
 
That's a great question, and I like your reply too.

I always go from:
MS 200 T (14")
MS 460 (20")
MS 460 (24")
MS 660 (32")

Then to the big guy if I need it.

I also have other saws, but the 200-460 get the brunt of my abuse.

I have 2 361's. One is a regular and the newer one is a MS 361c which has the quik stop option. It has an extra chain brake in the throttle lock. If you let go with your throttle hand, the brake is activated. It's new, but I think I like the option.
 
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what's a 361? Is that Stihl? New version of the 036?

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Yes, the MS361(/C) bumped the MS360(/C) from the lineup. It weighs the same but is a smaller, higher-revving (and torquier as I understand it) engine with quad transfers as opposed to the old model's twin transfers. Also uses mostly steel spring suspension and is very smooth in hand out of the cut.

Glen
 
The 361c is very innovative. I like the thought of having that feature aloft, just as an added measure of safety. I think it would also be good for training really fresh rookies. Thats not to say that some of you guys that are long in the tooth couldn't benefit from that feature either.

My uncle noted above is Really old school, I can't even work for him on the side 'cause he'll harp me about my techniques. Anyway the chainbrake bugs him as it is, he'd probably go bonkers with the 361c!!
 
One company I did an internship for ran a 36" bar on a 036. /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif Tough saw, it would always push through soft wood but bogged down a lot in maples and ash.

Once we cleaned up a big cottonwood that came down in a storm on a golf course. The course wouldn't let us drive our trucks down there because the ground was so soft (wettest May on record). Laying on the ground, the log was probably 7 or 8 feet high. The tree had been dead for almost 20 years but there was a great-horned owl living in it. All of the branches had fallen years ago, so all that was left was about 30 feet of rotting stub. The wood was like balsa, it was so dry. We used the 036 to cut off a 24" cake then quartered it with the 029 and 025. It was a lot of fun, a big mess too. We didn't have to clean up, they threw everything into their loader and dumped it in the woods somewhere.


Zac
 
I think that the Quik Stop feature will reduce a lot of those "chain cut my leg when it was spinning to a stop when I went to move the brush with my right hand" types of injuries. The regular brake still needs to be on before you start the saw since the throttle lock opens the QS when starting it.

One thing that I need to get used to is squeezing the handle when sharpening the chain. Hmmm, now that I think about my last statement, I guess I could lock the throttle to de-activate the QS while sharpening? See, I just learned something new talking to myself on Tree Buzz! What a great site! /forum/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
mark- quick stop?
Is that the new brake mechanism in the rear handle?

does it take much pressure to hold it in? I would think that it would cause more hand and wrist fatigue. Ive never used one, but have seen them at the dealer...
Im skeptical /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif

i would guess that these features will soon become standard on all models, yes?
 
I just ordered 2 modified favorites from Ed Heard, 1 husky 359 EHP, and 1 Sachs Dolmar 7900 EHP...............my 3rd and 4th favorite right now have to be my husky 335 EHP, and my stihl 020 Greffard........talk about screamers. Why run a stock saw when you can have it modified! /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Why? Maybe a few good ones, depending on where you use the saw (Federal lands, for example). While the idea of letting the pent-up heat out of the muffler makes sense to me in terms of increasing longevity, I have some reservation about the bottom-ends lasting less long when more than just opening the muffler is done. I've got some mechanical engineering blood in me, which is why I harbor that reservation.

At any rate, Mark, that feature has been available on the 036 for several years and in the 2000 catalog I'm viewing just now, they're showing 1995 as the introductory year for the "Dual Braking System".

Glen
 
I only carry three main saws so this is an easy one.

Echo 3400 with an Oregon Pro 12inch bar - 3 on the truck
Stihl 046 Magnum with a stock 32inch bar and a full wrap handle - 2 on the truck
Stihl 066 Magnum with a stock 36inch bar and a half wrap handle - 1 on the truck

Haven't found the tree yet I couldn't or didn't want to do with this setup, but I also don't get a lot of big stuff, because guys around here will do them for dirt cheap. I guess they all want to be the man.

Brian
 
There`s no T-handle for me when trimming, I have to reach it all with the
MS 180 C. with 16" bar. It`s got reach and leverage and very low vibration, easy doesit on the wrists and pocketbook at $200. It also has the no-tool quick adjust chain like the MS 270 CQS with 20" bar, which I like.

As for the big saw, Husky`s best for me right now it`s a 385 XP with 24" bar. actually the side tensioner broke already after boring, etc. with heavy kickback. It wasn`t working smoothly before that though. `Still has both caps.
 
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