Have you had a chance to try out a "proper" 201? I hear they are much better but it shouldn't have to be that way. A $600+ Stihl should not be the ugly ducking of the bunch requiring minor mods to even run acceptably well.
I have not and that's exactly why. For the money that saw should have been every bit as good as the 200 was before it!
That is a legendary top handle saw. Predecessor to the modern climbing saws. Lots of balls in that package. Wanna sell it??
I ran Stihl 015's in the trees for many years. They're a little heavier but they've got lots of good power. Still have around 10 of them!!
I knew you had this family of saws, wasent sure what model you had. I have an 011 a few of them. More modern than this saw and heavy but it's a heck of a saw in a small package.
That's how the logo is on my grandpa's old 015. That I need to get running. Gotta love grandpa's old top handles, huh, tskar ?
Your who I was thinking of Horken. I knew someone on here was given one also in recent past but I couldn't think of who it was.
It's a pretty sweet saw. It hasn't ran in a few years. I'm going on vacation for a week now so it'll be a bit before I can work on it. Looking forward to running it next week.
The 020 and 015 being heavy is kinda cracking me up. Try climbing to the top of a giant fir or larch with an 044. Makes the 020 seem downright light as air.
044! Why not just get a piltz hot saw for that. A nice 025 designed to run a 25" bar!! Be way lighter!
No such thing back then. Not that a guy like me would have known anyway. I was young , dumb and full of........Rum? We were all on one saw plans back then so the 044 it was. I suppose we could have gone the other direction:
