Stihl MS241 (I’m in love)

[chipper1]

It’s great but I only use it for big stuff which doesn’t come around as often. I thought I would sell my 660 but it’s more convenient to not have to swap the bars out.

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Good to hear.
I ended up snagging another 661, not sure why, but why not lol.

I used my 241C four five straight days on our disaster relief deployment in southeast Texas. The hour meter showed 7.2 hours more when I left. We had to leave early because hurricane delta was coming in. Those poor folks got a double whammy. Anyway the saw was more than I expected. It is a cutting devil for its weight.

Sounds like a great saw .

 

[NashvilleTN]

Went in to pick up a couple 261s and saw this sitting on the shelf and thought of this thread

 

[MooneyPilot]

You bought it I hope!

 

[MooneyPilot]

I was at the John Deere dealer getting a fuel filter for my tractor and stopped by the Stihl display. There sat a brand new MS 241C. If I didn’t already have one I would have bought it on the spot.

 

[Birdyman88]

There sat a brand new MS 241C.

In all its magnificent glory. You did kneel I hope.

 

[chipper1]

In all its magnificent glory. You did kneel I hope.

I've been looking for a 346 like that , no kneeling though .

 

[familytree]

Is this saw a clam shell crankcase design? @RyanCafferky

 

[chipper1]

Mag case saw.

 

[MooneyPilot]

In all its magnificent glory. You did kneel I hope.

No, I came short of that, I only offered a simple bow.

 

[MooneyPilot]

I guess I’m sounding like a broken record about my 241, but I’m half way through another disaster relief deployment and have been using it a whole bunch. It is indeed a Tasmanian devil. The ciputting saw I’ve ever seen for its weight. Lovin’ it. I’ve used in the bucket for almost everything a have used it 90% of the time while on the ground. I paid a premium price, but it’s a premium saw. Cant say enough about it.

 

[Vendetta]

Bought it today. I did my first cut test. I was quite impressed.

 

[treegongfu]

I bought one for $650.00 Canadian yesterday ($70 cheaper than msrp) . Bought it as a ground saw but think ill try it in tree following the ms150t.

 

[MooneyPilot]

I dont think I would climb with it, but it’s great in a bucket. If it’s in the bucket with my 200T, I find myself using it more and more instead of the 200T.

Our disaster relief crew went on a quick job this past Tuesday. It was much different than the tornado/hurricane deployments we typically do, so we were in a large crew doing a lot of ground work, felling, limbing and hauling off rather than hangars, downed trees and trees on houses. I ended up working around guys that haven’t seen me with the 241 and haven’t used it. They were noticing that I was outcutting them and were making comments. Before the job was finished almost all of them had a go with it. They were impressed.

We have a trailer full of saws and they have been skeptical about why I bother to bring my own. They now know why I do. The 241 on anything it’s big enough to handle will outcut any other saw in the trailer and they all now know that.

 

[treegongfu]

Why wouldn't you use it climbing?

I go from the ms150 straight to ms261 currently and was thinking of trying 150 to 241 to 441.

 

[chipper1]

I dont think I would climb with it, but it’s great in a bucket. If it’s in the bucket with my 200T, I find myself using it more and more instead of the 200T.

Our disaster relief crew went on a quick job this past Tuesday. It was much different than the tornado/hurricane deployments we typically do, so we were in a large crew doing a lot of ground work, felling, limbing and hauling off rather than hangars, downed trees and trees on houses. I ended up working around guys that haven’t seen me with the 241 and haven’t used it. They were noticing that I was outcutting them and were making comments. Before the job was finished almost all of them had a go with it. They were impressed.

We have a trailer full of saws and they have been skeptical about why I bother to bring my own. They now know why I do. The 241 on anything it’s big enough to handle will outcut any other saw in the trailer and they all now know that.

I kinda miss it, good thing is I snagged up another nice 346 last week to ease the pain lol.

 

[Lupin_IV]

Sorry to bring up such an old thread. Anyone been able to sniff one of these out lately?

local arb supply shop didn’t even know it too well.

 

[Birdyman88]

My local shop is empty of all saws, except for some MS170's and a used farm saw.

 

[Frankie 1]

241c was discontinued awhile back unfortunately ... intake mods, porting, and exhaust mods make em into little rippers. Here’s one I modded (originally a hotsaws101) a bit further thru hard maple : enjoy ....

 

[Jonny]

Mine came from eBay, I had to wait a little while for a clean one to come along from a reputable seller. I bid the most I was willing to spend when there was like 3 seconds left in the auction.
I think I got it for around 310$ and was willing to spend 390$.

I love this saw, but if one had come along on eBay before this, I would’ve bid on a rear handle MS200 or MS201. (The 200 would probably go for a stupid high price though) Reckon the rear handle MS201 with M-tronic carb would be pretty similar.

 

[MooneyPilot]

Well i do disaster relief so my posts here usually only happen when I’m doing my volunteer work after a storm.

I’m on Hurricane Ida working mostly in the bucket. Used the 241 and the 200T yesterday a lot and fell in love with both all over again. They’re both incredible.

I get lots of observation while up there. I needed to drop a pretty darn big branch and I heard someone yell my name. He had gotten a big saw out of the trailer and was holding it up telling me I would need it for that cut. I said “well let’s try this first.” The 241 went through it like a hot knife through butter and he just walked back to the trailer with the big saw.

That’s how the Tasmanian Devil introduces itself sometimes. It’s a little stick of dynamite.