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Do saws get better with age?


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I have an ms260 about a year old and it suddenly seems to have become really good! It was always good but it seems to be improving.

 

I also bought an ms460 a while ago to replace an old 044, but I hated it and continued to use the 044. My groundie uses the 460 and about 2 years later I know think its got a lot better and might even be as good as my 044 now.

 

Have I been missing the obvoius for all these years? Do they just get better once they are well and truely worn in?

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Funny you should say that, especially with reference to the MS260. I bought one last year as my fleet of old 50cc ers weren't reliable enough for a rapid clearfell I was on but stupidly put a 15 bar on and hated it - one lifeless saw or what. Mate of mine has an old old 026 (10 y.o or so) and it is awesome - much more competitive with a 346xp; it really rips so perhaps they do take an age to run in. That said, my 036 has not noticeably got better than when it was new - but it's always been superb...

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Funny you should say that, especially with reference to the MS260. I bought one last year as my fleet of old 50cc ers weren't reliable enough for a rapid clearfell I was on but stupidly put a 15 bar on and hated it - one lifeless saw or what. Mate of mine has an old old 026 (10 y.o or so) and it is awesome - much more competitive with a 346xp; it really rips so perhaps they do take an age to run in. That said, my 036 has not noticeably got better than when it was new - but it's always been superb...

 

mine has a 15 inch bar, no point in any bigger than that, but it seems awesome now, really quite like using it for logging, mostly its the chipper saw!

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