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Could just be the throttle linkage sticking. Make sure it's all clean and moving freely.

 

On a side note, my 550 is now over 2 years old and all I have had to do is replace 1 brake band. Just recently it has taken two or three more pulls than normal to start. Had it plugged in and master reset this morning and it now starts and runs like new again. Well worth considering if your auto-tune is a couple of years old.

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When I was making a shortlist, I had among others, both the 550XP and MS241 C-M. The 550 got axed because of all the problems it had at that time. The 2013/2014 onwards ones seem to be sorted. I don't cut every day so I don't need a pro saw. But came real close to getting the 241. In the end, I decided that if I was going to have to carry the weight and didn't want a saw on a timed self-destruct. I could be happy with more than the 241's 2.2kW but less then the 550's 2.8kW; and ended up with the 545 at 2.5kW.

 

Ok, it's not a pro saw but has handled everything I've asked of it with ease. Without problem or anything breaking. Mainly coppice, with I bit of hedging, felling Grandis and the occasional windblown beech, ash oak, etc. So, if you want more than the one and want to save a few bob on the other, get a 545. If you've got the £s and can't face having a 2.2kW saw. Get the 550 with a couple of different bars, say a 13" & 18".

 

 

18"!?!? No thank you, I don't even run that on my 357, and even that's been fiddled with! 13" all the way. I picked one up in the shop today with a 15" bar on. Seemed nose heavy and cumbersome.

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18"!?!? No thank you, I don't even run that on my 357, and even that's been fiddled with! 13" all the way. I picked one up in the shop today with a 15" bar on. Seemed nose heavy and cumbersome.

 

I run a 17" bar on my 241 in oak.

 

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