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yes I agree, aparantly the brake bands have been upgraded now

how is that dolly mate, got any vids up yet?

that was done when bar & chain were put on for first time

I agree, in a stihl fan as I said but that husk is unreal in comparison !! My 201t was a bag of **** untill I driled exhaust out and tweaked carb

yes I must admit it may sound sad but it made me smile, such grunnt from a little light saw well chuffed:thumbup: bet the 560 is when gruntier

yh hope so must be better than 261

if its minor things in not too worried but crank/ clutch probs were major with 261 so needed a change. And yh its awsome when running

Cycle time was 7 seconds

Hi all, As you know and from pic I had/have a 261. I wanted a fresh saw so i bit the bullet and read the reviews on 550/560xp and decided to purchase one on a 15" bar. I swallowed my stihl pride,, Anyway saw arrived yesterday, put bar and chain on ( a little more fiddly than on stihl's). I read manual about autotune and ran it up and through some fat leylandii last night. Put approx half a tank through it, Today it got its first proper trial, I insisted I was on ground so could give the new saw some beans:001_cool: Fuelled it up, started no probs, choke lever takes a bit of getting used to, out and up de comp in pull it pops then lever down pull and half revs is on then blip throttle and away it goes, I found that when warm will start easier without pushing in the de comp button? Anyway, it was mainly birch today and sweet chestnut, The saw is so light its unreal, when snedding its like its laser guided:lol: it just goes and goes like a scaulded cat. it wouldn't bog down. The saw feels so well balanced and sound pretty beefy:001_tongue: On tickover it sound like my 660 and on small stuff it cuts like my 660!!! It seems a bit thirstier than 261 but I could be wrong. All in all I think its a fantastic new saw with a lot of nice features, the most important it cuts like F##K!!!! Just hope it turns out to be more reliable than my 261 well chuffed Well done husky:thumbup:

got it and sorts it awsome

I drive a pug nort special but does the job so this new 550 how do U set the autotune

Would love to see a bid tcd:thumbup1:

All never mind that banter like the look of the 550xp so ordered one, tbh mate wouldn't try a dollar, sorry but its like green Bosch for woodworking drills they do the job but a bit crude, will be interested to see your thread though TCD:biggrin:

good good mate because i ordered one last night

so you like the 550 then mate ?

are you pleased with the 560 mate ?

sweet mate, you went for 560 over 550 then ? And do you use the heated grip much ?

I think a 550xp would do me have 660 as big saw thanks for your help mate

cheers mate maybe the 550xp would do maybe the 560xp will be too zippy

cheers why did you go for 550 over 560xp mate and yes saw for hedging, ground work, chipper saw etc etc must do all jobs

So as title and recent threads have said im now p""""d off with my ms261. Its just come back for 3rd time for crank/clutch probs, its now got brake probs. I've had enough of it, its now costing me money when it should be earning me money, , So either going to get a refund from stihl or sell saw, had 262 a while ago was good. I want to know what the responce and reviews on each saw before I order one, will run 15" bar. thanks for your help.

:confused1:hNot good I was thinking of getting one

Mines gone wrong for the 4th time so told stihl I want a refund or a saw that lasts longer than 13 months

hi mate couldnt do a vid as the lighting in shed is a bit dull, but its quick:biggrin:

yes of course you can ask £2750.00 all in, as for cyle time will find out sunday