Is there a noticeable difference between 50cc and 60cc saws?

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Cutting wood that size is where 50cc saws shine,especially good ones like 550XP.imho

 

Love my 550!!!!

 

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Here's my two cents worth at fifty per cent mark down.
There are a lot of variables as you probably are well aware of.Saw displacement isn't always the only factor.I'd almost say for certain that in most cases,a 50cc pro saw like your 550 would cut right beside a 60cc of the "mid grade" saws. 555 and Stihl 311 for example.
I ran an 026 Stihl for years at approx. 3.2 hp originally with a 16"bar then a 20" and .325 chain.Cut great.
Always wanting a 3.6 cu in saw,I bought a Husqvarna 359 which today would be a 555.
When it prematurely was lost,I bought a 362 but,after reading on the forums,I wondered if I shouldn't have bought a 441.
In truth,though,I haven't found very much the 362 couldn't handle well.If 15" is the biggest you are going to cut,there's really no reason to go bigger. My MS 250 with a sharp chain does a nice job on 12" rounds.Even saw on up to 16" at times. without overtaxing it

 

Nice OWB. I've been lookin close at one. Will pull the trigger next fall. I have 7 full bush cords split, just waiting for the OWB. ll will be seasoned by install. I like my 362 as well. It's not near as ligth as my 241 CM and it dont cut near as well as my 462 but it' a good saw to pick up and run in a hurry. I mainly run it in dirty stuff with a 16" duro hard nose bar and carbide chain. What it does do is start easily every time and it dont bog in the cut so long as Im not asking too much of it. It aint my favorite saw but it's a keeper. I've even popped a 25" bar on it in softwood. It's nose heavy as hell but it will cut 22" pine and do it well

 

for me it a big difference in power not apple to apple o i got a cs-520 echo and a 562xp husky . the husky only 2 years old and the echo about 15 years old . echo i can not complain about it it started every time i needed it to . i did switch it over to 3/8 full chiesel chain pull it just fine but not the power the husky has with 20 inch bar . i didn’t have husky long enough yet to see if it holds up like the echo . but hr on saw the husky catching up fast about 20 gallon threw husky . not clue on echo but between them 2 saw power wise not much comparison husky does impress me every time i use it with sharp chain was able to bearey 24 in bar in oak and not kill the power i know the echo could not do that

 

As far a having saws at certain CC classes, instead 0f 50, 60, etc., I have 40, 60,70,90. The 60 is unnecessary to me but I like having a dedicated saw with a hard nose/carbide set-up for dirty wood. Not having to switch bars makes me more likely to grab the dirt wood saw

 

What do you use to sharpen your carbide chain.

 

53 cc is like perfect and 77cc then 105cc incase other too get pitched ..

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There's a noticeable difference between my Echo CS-501 (50cc) and the CS-620 (60cc). The 620 screams like a raped ape and will flat tear through some wood. The 501 is lighter, but noticeably slower.

However, when it would do the job, the little 4218 (42cc) Poulan is the one I reached for first...now that it's dead, I'm looking at getting a CS-400 w/ 14" bar to replace it. I liked using the small Poulan to limb and trim.