Best felling saw

[Dog Tag]

260 16" bar does most.

[mendiplogs]

Husky 560 and 18" b&c will take care of those pines! And you'll have finished, cleared up and had a brew in the same time as it would take to fell them with a Stihl

 

Hi eddy nice one mate Jon

[MattyF]

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.

[wyk]

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.

[Kenty]

My best for felling has to be MS660 with a 42" bar, not many trees you can't fell with a bar that long.

[Joe Newton]

I'd pick up my ported 357 on 15" 8t cutting gear personally.

 

560xp on 18" sounds like the popular current choice though.

[Chris Sheppard]

Felling 50-60ft pine trees, loads of space to fell in to.

 

560 or 372 with 15" or 18" (at a push) bar and a one tooth bigger sprocket. 372's a big of a barge for snedding but you'll get used to it.

Edited December 24, 2014 by Chris Sheppard

[Gary Prentice]

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.

[mendiplogs]

My best for felling has to be MS660 with a 42" bar, not many trees you can't fell with a bar that long.

 

Hi KENTY only any good in soft wood KENTY yes thanks Jon

[castanea]

Another one for the 560 here. Either that or a ported 357.