moving from Stihl to Husky

[monkey]

Hi,

 

i'm moving away from sthil to husky and would like to change my ms 261 's for the husky equivalent. does anyone run both and what advice can you give? i run 15" bars on the 261's.

 

cheers.

[johnnyboy158]

done the same got two 550xp saws there very good and responsive and don't bog down like the 260 once you run them in a bit

[wyk]

I don't think Husky makes anything like the MS261. I suppose you could get a 550 and then add 8 ounces of lead and run it pig rich.

[spudulike]

I don't think Husky makes anything like the MS261. I suppose you could get a 550 and then add 8 ounces of lead and run it pig rich.

 

:lol:

[GTS]

I "ran" both, well to be honest, bought a 261vw, very proud of it and it did a fab job but for the problems all been written about in previous threads. So then I bought a 550xpg, off the back of using the 550xp. 550 xp is lighter, easier to move when on the power but by an enth of a margin. The xpg is fab for warming tire wet cold hands... now the 261 is a back up saw which rarely gets used. I use a 576 with small and large bars too.

Hope this kinda helps

[rbtree]

I don't think Husky makes anything like the MS261. I suppose you could get a 550 and then add 8 ounces of lead and run it pig rich.

 

 

Hah!

 

My fully woods ported 346 NE had its crank break....( a first in 39 years as a sawyer...) mweba (Arb Site and sawhogz.com) is fixing it for $150 (he had a spare crank lying around). He's also wood porting a brand new 550 that my dealer bud sold me and sent directly to mweba. Can't wait to get them both back. I don't expect the 550 to be any faster than the 346, as the gains that the 346 had are exceptional (54% faster than stock) but it will be my first strato saw!

I'm pleased with the 338 NE's as well. With just a muffler mod, they are faster than a 200T, so it will be a while before I get a 540...that said, as I have a woods ported 357 that is wicked fast, I'm still lusting after a ported 560 or 562...and would get the Jonsy equivalent 2260, sa it's prettier in red and black!

[wyk]

Mitch is a good man. I learned a lot about Echo and Shindaiwa from him.

[peatff]

I don't think Husky makes anything like the MS261. I suppose you could get a 550 and then add 8 ounces of lead and run it pig rich.

 

Autotune won't let you will it ?

[wyk]

Autotune won't let you will it ?

 

I hope not.

[eldon]

Monkey what's the actual reason for changing from the 261 as I am currently looking at getting one?

Cheers.