Stihl ms261 cm

[dig-dug-dan]

One of my relatives on a farm over in Essex wants to purchase the above,  doesnt want to deal with George browns as they have had poor customer service.

They seem to be out of stock till end of Feb near them, so I did a quick search of fr jones and honey bros, same issue!

Anyone know why this would be?

[Dan Maynard]

I think you can blame the pandemic, Brexit, Ukraine war, or whatever but supply has been patchy for a good while now. Last saw I bought was in our local dealer, online people were saying nothing around but they had about 30 saw boxes lined up so obviously just had a delivery.

 

Which bit of Essex? If west then wouldn't be that far to come across to Arthur Ibbet, or Stuart Brown in Maulden.

 

If you're happy to look online try these

Stihl MS 261 C-M Petrol Chainsaw | George Carr Power Products | Bristol

GEORGECARRPOWERPRODUCTS.CO.UK

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Very light, handy and powerful professional chainsaw. The electronic self-tuning engine...

 

 

[pleasant]

May not be a problem with the power unit, but Stihl have had supply issues regarding bars all this year......a lot of my customers been waiting for bars, for several months.

 

Here you go:

 

Issues affecting the availability of STIHL products

WWW.STIHL.CO.UK

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Issues affecting the availability of STIHL products

 

[Stere]

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including part shortages due to the war in Ukraine

 

What chainsaw parts comes from ukraine?

 

Or how does it have an impact?

 

EDIT might be this?

 

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wire harness for the m tronic carb made in Ukraine.

 

 

 

Sounds like thet do have a factory that makes /made something there?

 

STIHL bears responsibility for workforce in Ukraine

WWW.STIHL.COM

 

[GarethM]

Don't hold me to this but I'm sure most of the pro chainsaws say made in the USA from foreign and domestic parts.

Edited December 19, 2022 by GarethM

[pleasant]

2 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Don't hold me to this but I'm sure most of the pro chainsaws say made in the USA from foreign and domestic parts.

No thats incorrect.

[GarethM]

I'd have to check the labels, sure my strimmer and backpack blowers are definitely USA tho.

[waterbuoy]

I bought a 261 over the counter last week whilst working in Bala and can confirm the labels definitely say 'Made in Germany'

[GarethM]

Yeah, just raided my cabinet to check.

Everything says Germany, not checked the blower tho as that's a bit too secured away.

[pleasant]

3 hours ago, GarethM said:

I'd have to check the labels, sure my strimmer and backpack blowers are definitely USA tho.

.....but we are talking about pro saws. Not blowers and grass trimmers. 'Strimmers' is a brand name of black and decker btw