50-60cc Chainsaw Comparison

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I got a Stihl MS261c last year...bloody awful saw. Its great when it actually gets going...but its a pig to start, whatever we do with it. I got so fed up with it, I gave it to my mate and went out and bought a Husky 550XP...even worse!. I'm going to try a premix fuel, and if thats no good, it'll be the end of Stihl/Husky general worksaws for me - after using them for 20 years! ...thinking of getting an Echo....as long as it doesn't have an electronic carb, I'll be happy!

 

Your sentiment about the 261 followed by the 550 is mine also exactly! (550 even worse!) Get a Dolmar PS-5105 if you want a real wasp of a 50cc saw; a few on here have seen the light. Expect imminent counter attack from Sawtroll and Eddy_t.

 

Echo CS-620sx is the Jap saw to have; CS-550 same bulk less power, CS-450 very reliable but firepower remains to be proven. Dolly 5105 - not as lithe a figure as the main 2 but makes up for it with 357 grunt in a 50cc'er; it is an absolute nutter of a saw.

Edited October 18, 2014 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Remember what Petemate390 said

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/30099-dolmars-uk-inc-5105-shame-its-more-than-346xp.html

[Eddy_t]

Are you talking about the 560 here? If so whats this £20 Part?

 

 

A bigger clutch drum. I was after a jungle muffler, but the Southern Hemisphere is too busy retaining the 2 and 3 series huskies so no luck on that. Having had a damn good look at the APF at a 560 cylinder, there's a hell of a lot of room for an improvement!

TCD I agree that the 550 is poor, it's not a patch on the 346xp but, as I said, the 560 is a better saw IMO, it's not that I dismiss the dolmar, it beats the Stihl hands down, but it's a big bar felling saw, where torque is more import than speed, the husky is not, it's built for shorter bars and high speed. It's like comparing a tractor with a Ferrari. I prefer the Ferrari, it's faster, but can't pull a big trailer.

[Brushcutter]

Had a go with the Echo 620sx today with a 20" bar. Only did a few cuts with it but it was a nicely balanced saw with some old grunt to it. Not the rapid acceleration of a 560 much closer to the chugging of a 372.

 

Not the best anti vibe system in the world but it was a very nice saw. Personally i'd like to try it on an shorter bar. Seemed very well made its no 560 but i did prefer it to the 362.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Had a go with the Echo 620sx today with a 20" bar. Only did a few cuts with it but it was a nicely balanced saw with some old grunt to it. Not the rapid acceleration of a 560 much closer to the chugging of a 372.

 

Not the best anti vibe system in the world but it was a very nice saw. Personally i'd like to try it on an shorter bar. Seemed very well made its no 560 but i did prefer it to the 362.

 

It can't be shakier than a 560! You know what Mark Bolam says about the effects of the 560 lol. Reckon it will be good fun on an 18" and nuts on a 16". My 600 is crackers on a 16. Nicely balanced - definately.

[Mark Bolam]

Haha! 600 must be 40 better John!

Imagine it would be a nutter on a 16.

'Experienced users only!'

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

Put my 357 on 15" 8t the other day. Big lump of a power head on a small bar but insane.

 

The torque of an older saw, the the 8t sprocket gives it the chain speed of a newer saw!

 

Shame, I've got a almost new Sugi 18" bar that I'll never be able to put back on it. I can't go back to less power!

[Mark Bolam]

A 357 is more than 200 less than a 560 Joe.

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

A 357 is more than 200 less than a 560 Joe.

 

 

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Yeah but I'm tight.

 

And mines louder.

 

Probably a bit too heavy for you though

[Mark Bolam]

True dat bro.

Cortisoned up tonight.

 

 

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