Step up above Stihl MS250?

And that’s why I’m glad to be able to ask a bunch of you guys before I drop a grand or so on something!

Huskihl, that was a great deal on the Makita and now the Echo.
I’m still looking at everything.

Lenny


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I saw a decent 440/441 on FBM in NJ the other day. Homeowner used and price was a "you suck" type of deal. Just checked and dont see it.

For the price of that saw you could be into a nice new MS362.

 

Yep, that 441 is a couple hundy long of a decent deal.

 

Looking at a new MS362 for 809 at the dealer today.
Decisions decisions....

 

Spend a little more and get the 400 or 462.
809 is too much for a 60cc saw. A 362 should be $730-750.

 

That seems a bit high. I was just at a local OPE dealer and they had a couple 362's. Cant see the price tag. MS400 is $909.
What is the typical size of log you cut Lennyzx11?

 

Just ramped up this year to about 8 cords a year.
The logs run from 8-18” average.


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I paid $749 for my 362C a little over a year ago with the 18" bar for it. I've done a MM on it and it runs pretty good. I rarely cut much over 20" stuff, but I have a 32" bar for it and it pulls it ok for occasional use with a full skip chain. I did modify the oiler so it wasn't so stingy. When adjusted to max now it uses 1 tank of oil to every tank of fuel. Before modding it, max was maybe 1/2 a tank of oil per tank of gas. I'm pretty satisfied with it as is, but will probably do a few more tweeks on it after talking with huskihl at the GTG last weekend. Nothing crazy but some easy mods I can do myself. I will be converting all my chains over to square filing soon also. I'm just a weekend firewood hack so I don't need a supersaw, but sure do appreciate a nice running tool that makes 7 cord a year jump into the woodshed way quicker than a 250. The 362C has been a nice step up for me.

I also have a 25" bar with full skip that I run on it a lot. Pretty happy with that combo now that I have a light bar instead of the S bar I had on the 391 previously.

 

What did you do with your 391? Dont see it on your sig line anymore.

 

I ended up selling it to fund the 25" Stihl light and the Tsumara 32" light bars and some chains for them. The 391 ran good after the bearing fiasco I had with it. The guy that bought it had never had anything more than a Walmart Poulan. When I met him to sell it to him I pulled a 20" diameter round out of the truck, let it warm up a bit and his eyes about bugged out when I revved the opened up muffler and started throwing chips with a razor sharp chain. He never even dickered on the price and about tore his pants pocket off getting his wallet out. I sold the 25" S bar and a 20" bar with it. I asked him if he wanted to cut a round with it and he was afraid to touch it... He put it in his BMW SUV and I thought his wife was gonna jump out and kiss me.

I called him a couple days later to see if he had used it yet and he said he had felled and CSS'ed 4 trees with it and his buddies were all impressed. It was a good sounding saw but the 362C kicks it's booty...

 

This group should be restricted...




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Is that your new saw???

 

Yep. Straight off the shelf.

So much for getting a used 290...


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Nice saw Lenny should serve you for many years. Now for some action shots.

 

Congrats to you sir! Wanna see lots of pics of it in action! Enjoy and cut safe my friend!

 

The perfect choice! You will have no regrets with this one.