Homeowner Slightly Larger Saw - Stihl 260 or ???

[Stubby]

Some more orange ones ?

[Ratman]

Some more orange ones [emoji16]

You fibber you.... i spot a stihl on the far left! [emoji6]

[htb]

1 minute ago, Ratman said:

You fibber you.... i spot a stihl on the far left!

Orangish

[spudulike]

Yes, it is a bloody MS200T, the only top handle of this size worth having!

[Ratman]

Yes, it is a bloody MS200T, the only top handle of this size worth having!

Chuffing 2nd hand prices prove your point spud, i’ve had my eyes peeled for quite a while but they just go for crazy amounts [emoji15]

[Rough Hewn]

From experience buying quite a few second hand saws, it's a false economy.
Buy a new one. At least you'll know it's going to work reliably.

[gary112]

9 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

From experience buying quite a few second hand saws, it's a false economy.
Buy a new one. At least you'll know it's going to work reliably.

I agree buy new cos you can pay a lot of money for a pile of crap

[spudulike]

I get through around 3-8 of these a week and is rare not to have an MS200T in. I get rare failures when back with the customer and these tend to be where the customer has fitted "the more reliable 020 carb" which tend to be extremely sensitive to adjustment on the L screw and new diaphragms have absorbed fuel and softened!

Sure, buying second hand is rife with issues, one of the biggest being that the saw has an aftermarket top end, seen a few of those and strangely, once from a local well known repair shop!

[Guest]

I use an MS260 as my jump up from the MS200T. I was very lucky to find mine as new old stock in the back of a tool storage room (I was looking for some spare Makita drill batteries) in its box ! But I’d buy another one or recommend them as awesome saws. I run an 18” bar on it and it’s perfect. I find them very light compared to the other brands.

[difflock]

As a renowned sports car designer, Colin Chapman, was reputed to say "for performance, add lightness".

Somewhat pedantically I looked at the simple  power to weight ratio.

The 026 scored high on this criteria.

mth

Edited October 21, 2018 by difflock