346xp or ms260?

[Ben Ballard]

I find the 260 feels cheep compaired to the 346 ,for forestry work small or midrange saws i find husky better. bigger saws i go with stihl

[born2trot]

Could be husky as in ' musher ', its the best way to get about up there in winter.

[huskyboy26]

Well when I spoke to my dealer who does both he said go for the husky because apparently the stihls replacement for the 260 (the 261) are prone for the crankshafts knacking up? The only reason it's husky boy is that when your looking for jobs "stihlboy" sounds a bit lazy (a) but cheers for the help guys, really appreciate hearing the views of guys with a bit of experience

Edited December 2, 2011 by huskyboy26

[muldonach]

I took a seized 346 into a dealer who works with both brands- his opinion is that the 346 is crap!

 

He's got one customer with a 346 who is now on 4th piston and our one has had a flywheel let go after 50hrs.

 

never used the 260

 

Cheers

mac

[WorcsWuss]

In the interests of balance, I have an MS260 which I bought new and must be coming up for 10 years old now.

It has never let me down, never needed a re-tune, has felled 3' diameter Oak with a 16" bar, has been used for all the firewood for our central heating system up until this year [smokeless for the Rayburn now] and all the maintenance round home.

It hasn't been used day in day out but I've always found it to be a dream to start, totally reliable and with plenty of power.

It's been a great saw and the reviews I have heard of the 261 are very favourable... http://www.forestryjournal.co.uk/pdf/StihlSep11.pdf

 

 

I can't really comment on the Husky. I used one for some of my CS tickets years ago and couldn't really get on with it, can't remember which one but it was a pro model, I found it less consistent at starting and the slimmer bar & chain didn't leave a lot of room for movement in the kerf before the bar would bind.. [although I was still quite new to it then so it could just have been inexperience]

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

346 XPG Heated handles are worth the extra funds.

[MattyF]

Just got off the phone to my old man and he's gone and brought himself the 261!! To be honest I've used one for a few hours and it's a good saw or I thought a massive improvement !! But again after another day on the silver 346 I gotta say I wish I gas brought one years ago.

[Martyn Amos]

Seconded.

 

3rd it.............

[huskyboy26]

Well the dealer provides the hydro for our area with saws so I guess they'd be used and abused but he does seem to favour husky, it just sounds as if it's down to personal preference and what your used to

[Mozza]

Just got off the phone to my old man and he's gone and brought himself the 261!! To be honest I've used one for a few hours and it's a good saw or I thought a massive improvement !! But again after another day on the silver 346 I gotta say I wish I gas brought one years ago.

 

Agree again mate, 261 is a massive improvement, still down on power slightly for me but far better than the 26.