Another - Pick me out a saw - Thread

I love my Stihl 260. If I didn't already have it, I would strongly at a 241 for a light saw.

 

I bought that mmws saw

 

You will not regret it!
Let us know how ya like it when arrives. I'm guessing it'll be your new fav.

 

glad ya did cause cnice_37 is coming to VerMont in august ... make sure you give a review!

 

In my opinion 20" bar on my 271 isn't the hot setup. So a 20" bar on a 290 probably isn't much different. Now a 20" bar on a 361 or 362 is a pretty good all around saw.


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20" on my 290 has worked very well.
Ive cut so much wood with that combo.

 

The 290 will pull a 20" bar, but when I sell one I recommend an 18" for the 290. Will a 290 pull a 20"? Sure it will, but for a saw that is gonna live with a 20" on it, I'd recommend nothing less powerful than an 036. A lot of people run 20" bars on 290s, I find that most of the time it's because they haven't had the experience of a 20" on anything else. My preference has always been overkill on the powerhead. Chain speed will put a lot more wood in the truck than a longer bar in the same amount of time. I think you made a great choice on the Jonny, I also stand by my statement that you will likely sell your 290 and be looking for a 60+ cc pro series saw to compliment it. I believe you will naturally migrate to running the Jonny all the time for the power to weight ratio, and your 290 won't get used much.

 

yup my guess is red will be used 5 times to every 1 of 290.. LinkedXJ its my guess your a good hard work in guy ya bought 290 ya put chains on it and cut wood.. what others are talking about is chain speed.. most people sell a saw with biggest bar on a saw they can because it's a bigger better saw.. what others are saying is while 290 will run a 20 inch.. it runs an 18 inch twice as well... most normal guys don't have 20 bars and chains to try this stuff out

 

This is my experience also. The power to weight on my 029 is less than desirable at 13+ pounds.
The 362 with 20" bar works great, but I've been into some 18-22" red oak lately and that is starting to push its limits.

 

I'll tell you my favorite is a 16" on a 026/261/346/550, an 18" on a 357/562/036/361, 20" on an 372/044/440, and a 25" or 28" on an 394/395/066/661 anything bigger, I'm pulling out a 3120/084/088. That's my preference, I like torque and chain speed...

 

I'm only a semi professional home heater , so I'll probably never have a true "need" for anything bigger than the 362. I guess if I ever needed anything bigger I'd step up to a 461 maybe.
Of coarse, I could port the 362 and get a little extra power to pull through the bigger stuff...

 

This is so true.. friends think I'm nutz! drop tree with 461 with 25 inch bar and limb it with same ... no bending over.. blocking it is done with 50 cc saw unless a 16 inch bar won't go thru it...

 

I might agree with your friends. If the tree is large enough to warrant the 461 to take it down, I would certainly block it up with that same saw....... not a 50cc.

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seems odd but I use 461 to fell it feels better.. I limb all trees with 461... 25 inch bar for me it's easier... 260 runs 16 inch bar that's harder for me to limb with.... most of my trees are edge of fields... big base but 6 feet up 20 inch leaders (branches that go straight up..) I got bad legs.. very rarely cut alone.. but once on ground maybe a dozen feet need big bar.... rest FEL loads onto saw bucks cut at leisure ... brush to burn pile ..

buddy got small 35 cc husky he tried to limb .. back was Killin him.. tried long bar less bending were both over 6 foot.

 

Shorter bars are the best for buckin hardwoods. Im like you i dont like limbing with less then 24 inch bar. 24 is really a versitile bar size for a 60 to 90 cc saw. It will get through some decent sized trees, yet chains are still reasonable price and dont take all day to sharpen.

 

That's great! I don't know if you've heard this already, but you should only run 40:1 fuelil or more oil, like 32:1 in a ported saw. If you use 50:1 you will run the risk of burning it up. Just a friendly reminder. Now strap on a sharp chain and go out and enjoy.

 

I agree.
The 241 is my go to. I love the small size and great power to weight ratio.
When the wood gets bigger, jump to 362.

 

That will be a great saw, LXJ !