New saw choices...

[Muddy42]

Personally I'd stick to Stihl, that way the bars will be interchangeable with your MS460 and MS461. What is your "small saw"? I've always liked having 50-ish cc and then up to 70-ish cc, missing out 60-ish cc as too similar, but up to you.

[Ledburyjosh]

1 hour ago, Muddy42 said:

Personally I'd stick to Stihl, that way the bars will be interchangeable with your MS460 and MS461. What is your "small saw"? I've always liked having 50-ish cc and then up to 70-ish cc, missing out 60-ish cc as too similar, but up to you.

Small saw is currently a 540ixp. Love it for snedding.

 

[Ledburyjosh]

Well I have just been given a 461 on need of some love so that answers that- no new saw just some TLC on a 461

 

 

[Ledburyjosh]

On 22/08/2023 at 09:49, Dan Maynard said:

 

Maybe if you have a lot of big felling to do you'd be better just putting a 20" on your 460, that will obviously slog through anything no matter how hard you push.

My 460 is set up for arb work, so has a full wrap handle which is staying on. This makes it wank for getting low felling cuts though ...

[Mike Hill]

7 minutes ago, Ledburyjosh said:

My 460 is set up for arb work, so has a full wrap handle which is staying on. This makes it wank for getting low felling cuts though ...

Put a longer bar on it.

[AHPP]

7 hours ago, doobin said:

 

What is it about saws, guns and motorbikes that leads us men to collect models with only a slight difference to the ones we already have?

 

Watches are the worst. People will have six dive watches, all basically the same, none meeting ISO 6425 and usually none that will ever be taken diving.

[Muddy42]

2 hours ago, Ledburyjosh said:

Well I have just been given a 461 on need of some love so that answers that- no new saw just some TLC on a 461

 

 

Lucky you and good idea.  I really like a 20 inch bar on 460/461.