16 inch bar on a stihl ms461

[landroverfanatic]

I have just ordered a 461. It will mainly be on a 25 inch bar for larger timber but my 261 is so unreliable the 461 will occasionally be used as my day to day ground saw. Can I use the 16 inch bar and chain off my 261 on the 461 or will I have to get a different combination? I know the 461 is listed in the catalogue for an 18 inch but chainsawbars offers a 15 and 16 inch bar for it.

[mendiplogs]

I have just ordered a 461. It will mainly be on a 25 inch bar for larger timber but my 261 is so unreliable the 461 will occasionally be used as my day to day ground saw. Can I use the 16 inch bar and chain off my 261 on the 461 or will I have to get a different combination? I know the 461 is listed in the catalogue for an 18 inch but chainsawbars offers a 15 and 16 inch bar for it.

 

HI LRF to run a 15/16 on a 461 ok if worker for STIHL TIMBER SPORT BUT WHY SALE IT ON THAT SIZE OF BAR 15/16" MAD :lol:BETTER OFF WITH A 20" BAR THANKS JON

[landroverfanatic]

I would much rather use a 261 on the ground. However my 261 is knackered, in three years it's spent three times more time at the dealers not being fixed than it does in the wood ( but that's been covered in enough other treads). I do most of my work with a 171 at the mo because I know I can pick it up and it will do a days work and it's nice and light up a tree until I can justify a top handle. I am working with much larger timber at the moment so need the 25 inch bar. I just can't afford to replace the 261 aswell so was hoping to use the 461 for now and seeing as I already had a 16 inch bar from the 261 I thought that would be much less cumbersome.

[mendiplogs]

I would much rather use a 261 on the ground. However my 261 is knackered, in three years it's spent three times more time at the dealers not being fixed than it does in the wood ( but that's been covered in enough other treads). I do most of my work with a 171 at the mo because I know I can pick it up and it will do a days work and it's nice and light up a tree until I can justify a top handle. I am working with much larger timber at the moment so need the 25 inch bar. I just can't afford to replace the 261 aswell so was hoping to use the 461 for now and seeing as I already had a 16 inch bar from the 261 I thought that would be much less cumbersome.

 

HI LRF very good saw mate well done there mate jon

[Rune]

hope your 461 experience is better than mine so far got mine with a 25 and I'm gunna go with a 20" for it too when/if it's all sorted.

 

nice landy

[landroverfanatic]

Thanks rune, I had seen your post and will be looking carefully at mine when I pick it up.

 

I'm not on here very much, that's an original pic of the Landy it's changed quite a bit since then.

[Hotrod81]

Run mine on 18"/25". It is a beast on 18" but it threatens to be a little engine heavy so I guess would be pretty unbalanced on 16". Try it and see at the end of the day it will be you using it.

[Rune]

Thanks rune, I had seen your post and will be looking carefully at mine when I pick it up.

 

I'm not on here very much, that's an original pic of the Landy it's changed quite a bit since then.

 

yeah do check it over, wish i'd had a closer look at mine would never have paid for it if i had..

 

yeah that's how it goes with landys isn't it!

[samarb]

Different sizes .325 on 261 and 3/8 on 441. Why not just go for 660?

 

 

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[Mike Hill]

A 25" Bar on a 461 will put it into an early Grave if used too often.

Is there really much you cut over 40" in diameter?If the answer is no,then put a 20" on the 461.