Huskyboy meets the ms462c

[huskyboy]

I let my boss give her a rip.

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice!
I like the tactics used. Hooskie vs. Stihl....
To get a 572 delivered for trial. Lol. [emoji106]

 

[MustangMike]

I like the way your Boss thinks … it would be real nice with a 20" light! (and a muff mod)

 

[dall]

Do you have a stock 064/066/660/661 to race it against? That would be a very interesting outcome.

A saw isn’t any good to me unless it’s ported

He probably has 10 of each of them Mason.
He's got 461s in boxes, etc.

lol multiples are good

 

[shadco]

I let my boss give her a rip.

Looks like you put a smile on his face.
Nicely done.

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[tree monkey]

husky guy says 70cc stihl cuts with his 90cc husky

 

[shadco]

husky guy says 70cc stihl cuts with his 90cc husky

Makes one wonder what kind of contact hallucinogen he painted on the handle doesn't it?

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[huskyboy]

The 462 is no joke, granted it does not have the torque of the larger saws... but with a light hand and good chain it cuts darn close as fast, especially with shorter bars. A lot of you guys would be surprised. Great saw for brushy areas particularly. I still am attached to my 7900 though, and I did compare it to the 462... it’s still ahead by a bit in cut speed and a lot in torque... but it should be it’s 80cc’s and I did tinker with it admittedly. I hope the 500i is like the 7900... but better... we’ll see.

 

[friendlywithbears]

Makes one wonder what kind of contact hallucinogen he painted on the handle doesn't it?

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462 comes standard with it. Power and hallucinogens, what's not to like?

 

[Leeroy]

I like the way your Boss thinks … it would be real nice with a 20" light! (and a muff mod)

Mine would have 16" semi skip square filed 8 tooth sprocket. Speed and torque!

 

[Shanesaw80]

I got to try a 462 for a couple of days recently on a Firesmart program that I was working on, put maybe 18-20 tanks through it. Basically we’re just thinning the forest, limbing standing timber 2m high and taking out the dead standing.

I have to say I was extremely impressed with how the saw cut. Very fast and nice torque for such a light chainsaw, mind you the trees weren’t real big that we were falling (24” and under). I was also impressed on how clean the air filter stayed, comparing it to my 461 that I’m tapping out every couple of tanks.

My only complaint was that I did run into restarting issues at times. I tried the suggestions in this thread of not running it completely out of fuel, letting it idle for a good 10sec before shutting it off but still had trouble getting it restarted every once in a while. Seemed strange that it only happened sometimes, not every restart as the way I ran it hadn’t changed from tank to tank.

Overall I thought it was a great saw and can see myself picking one up as soon as they make the Arctic wrap handle for it.

 

[huskyboy]

I got to try a 462 for a couple of days recently on a Firesmart program that I was working on, put maybe 18-20 tanks through it. Basically we’re just thinning the forest, limbing standing timber 2m high and taking out the dead standing.

I have to say I was extremely impressed with how the saw cut. Very fast and nice torque for such a light chainsaw, mind you the trees weren’t real big that we were falling (24” and under). I was also impressed on how clean the air filter stayed, comparing it to my 461 that I’m tapping out every couple of tanks.

My only complaint was that I did run into restarting issues at times. I tried the suggestions in this thread of not running it completely out of fuel, letting it idle for a good 10sec before shutting it off but still had trouble getting it restarted every once in a while. Seemed strange that it only happened sometimes, not every restart as the way I ran it hadn’t changed from tank to tank.

Overall I thought it was a great saw and can see myself picking one up as soon as they make the Arctic wrap handle for it.

Thanks for the input sir, I’m wondering if the integration of a “true” fast idle position would help the starting issue some mention. When the one I had here didn’t start on first pull I just threw it on choke and after a pull or two it started. Not using the decomp helps too. Did you try a reset?

 

[Shanesaw80]

Yes I tried a reset on the second day but didn’t seem to help. Like I said it was strange because it didn’t do it on every restart, just every once in a while. I did try using the choke which helped some but it just seem weird to use it considering the saw was only shut off moments before trying to start it again, just long enough to refuel. Hopefully it gets worked out as other then that I personally thought it was a fantastic saw to run, super quick on the throttle.

 

[huskyboy]

@ABarrick you said you had both a standard carb and normal mtronic 462. Does one start better than the other? Does the mtronic one start consistently for you?

 

[RI Chevy]

Good question Mason.

 

[Bullets]

I've never had a problem with my standard carb 462 restarting
Only around 20 tanks thru it
So far I like it a lot

 

[friendlywithbears]

I've had the restart issue twice now after emptying a tank. Even after a reset.

But when it doesn't have it, it's first pull every time.

 

[ABarrick]

@ABarrick you said you had both a standard carb and normal mtronic 462. Does one start better than the other? Does the mtronic one start consistently for you?

I do have both. Have around 7 tanks through the c, maybe 2 1/2 on the standard carb. I’ve been too busy trying to break in, or blow up (i don’t care which) a 572 to get any more than that through them. Both 462’s start easy/normally to me. Both are 3 pulls cold pretty much every time so far. 2 to pop, fires on third. Hot have been 1 pull, 2 if I was lazy on the first.
One time the c took about 6 or so pulls but it was one of those situations where I was running the piss out of it, shut it off to split some stuff and it set just long enough to cool off where I should have choked it but I thought it wouldn’t need it. It popped like it wanted to start on every pull. After the next to the last pull, I thought “ hey dummy, try the choke” and voila.

 

[huskyboy]

I do have both. Have around 7 tanks through the c, maybe 2 1/2 on the standard carb. I’ve been too busy trying to break in, or blow up (i don’t care which) a 572 to get any more than that through them. Both 462’s start easy/normally to me. Both are 3 pulls cold pretty much every time so far. 2 to pop, fires on third. Hot have been 1 pull, 2 if I was lazy on the first.
One time the c took about 6 or so pulls but it was one of those situations where I was running the piss out of it, shut it off to split some stuff and it set just long enough to cool off where I should have choked it but I thought it wouldn’t need it. It popped like it wanted to start on every pull. After the next to the last pull, I thought “ hey dummy, try the choke” and voila.

Yeah I had one or two of those 6 or so pull moments myself, “ choke” worked for both situations. Thinking a real “fast idle” would be a good position to add to the mtronic imo.

 

[friendlywithbears]

Does stihl ever release firmware updates to their mtronic units?