346xp or ms260?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I cut a few hundred ton of larch earlier this year with a new 346xp and have bashed a few hundred more of various crap like laurel since. The saw has been reliable until now where chain creep has set in. Fine, drop the tickover but then it won't do just that - tickover. In other words, the user manual is right - the saw should be retuned after the run-in period.

 

I would say it is a fine saw.

 

Funny thing is though, was cutting some sycamores today, bit of oak and picked up mates 1998 026...

 

Wait for it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It felt so light and nice in the hands and runs so sweetly on a 15". It must be an odd saw because I had a 2008 MS260 which I hated and sold.

 

I would actually rather have that 13 year old 026 than the 6 month old 346xp now!

[swinny]

they dont sell it anymore.... so the 346 is better....

 

just because they don't make the stihl 361 anymore doesn't make the 346 better lol two different cc saws

 

i'll stop now before it gets into a stihl husky debate....

[Big Bolt]

Buy me you know you wont 2 i'm the best stuff the rest buy meeeeeeeee

[born2trot]

Buy me you know you wont 2 i'm the best stuff the rest buy meeeeeeeee

 

AAAAARRGH, cant believe you did that !

[DrewB]

well , just bought a 346xp. happy days