MS 260 fuel consumption

[goodoldboy]

Just bought a MS 261 and i`m off work with a bad back so can't try it out now this saw is supposed to use 20 % less fuel than the old MS 260 so dose anyone know how many litres per tonne dose the 260 use ?

[Rupe]

Per tonne of what??!!

[Big J]

Completely depends on the stand you are working in.

 

I find in 8-12 inch hardwoods I get roughly 12-15 trees to a tank. In similarly sized softwoods I get 2-3 trees. So around 3 tonne a tank in hardwoods and maybe 0.8 tonne in soft? Tanks half a litre, so 6/1.6 tonnes a litre, at my estimate.

 

You will never get a standard figure though as all trees are different. Working in a stand of 4 inch dbh, 30-40ft ash the other day, I got about 70 trees down before needing to refuel.

 

Jonathan

[slasherscot]

keep air filter clean, ur chain sharp, and ur bar free of burrs, carburetor set correctly and price ur jobs correctly and u wont have to worry about the fuel consumption

[goodoldboy]

thanks for that J , - cutting 20-25 cm scotts pines for beams

[Mark James]

keep air filter clean, ur chain sharp, and ur bar free of burrs, carburetor set correctly and price ur jobs correctly and u wont have to worry about the fuel consumption

 

 

Can't see fuel consumption affecting your bottom line, things would be bad if fueling a chainsaw was a worry.