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50-60ft Scott's is what I've been on last few weeks, thinning and converting in to 3m lengths. Average dbh is around 15" and the husky 560xp with a 15" is noticeably quicker felling than the Ms 261's I'm working along side with the only problem is by 3 pm you start to wish it was a 261 whilst snedding.

I did nearly buy a 550 xp because of this but decided to man up and keep on with the 560.

441 or any 70cc saw is absolute overkill imo on these size soft woods... Would not touch one until the dbh is at least 20" and then I would still have the 560 for snedding.

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50-60ft Scott's is what I've been on last few weeks, thinning and converting in to 3m lengths. Average dbh is around 15" and the husky 560xp with a 15" is noticeably quicker felling than the Ms 261's I'm working along side with the only problem is by 3 pm you start to wish it was a 261 whilst snedding.

I did nearly buy a 550 xp because of this but decided to man up and keep on with the 560.

441 or any 70cc saw is absolute overkill imo on these size soft woods... Would not touch one until the dbh is at least 20" and then I would still have the 560 for snedding.

 

I run a ported 50 or 40cc saw in such wood.

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You've obviously never picked up a MS361 then!?

 

Picked up a lot of saws over the years, put a lot of them straight back down too:lol:

 

The mid-sized stihls will be better than they were thirty years back, but my thoughts are if you're using a saw all day, it needs to be light, or have the best weight/power ratio possible.

 

I'm not particularly partisan to one manufacturer, they're all better than they were and a lot of it, is what you are used to.:thumbup1:

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