Inside the MS462C

[blsnelling]

Do either of you guys have a 28" ES Light bar? Would you mind showing us how it balances when held by the top handle? Thanks.

 

[nohoff]

Sorry but we only have 24" on stock.
Thats the biggest bar that we sell regular.
Only 1-2 bigger bars every 3 years.

 

[ferris]

Do either of you guys have a 28" ES Light bar? Would you mind showing us how it balances when held by the top handle? Thanks.

I can do this, but u have to wait until tuesday

 

[StephK87]

My 462 will be a wrap

That would be awesome!

Do either of you guys have a 28" ES Light bar? Would you mind showing us how it balances when held by the top handle? Thanks.

I can do that tomorrow, no problem

 

[blacksmith]

So with what is currently known about the up coming Stihl 462. Would you wait for it to come out, (who knows when) or buy the proven 461 tomorrow?
That is the question that haunts me. I'm not a mtronic fan and don't want to miss out on the tried and true 461.
What does everyone think?

Tried and true 461! Go for it!

 

[Cobby08]

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That would be awesome!



I can do that tomorrow, no problem

The only wrap on mine will be the rope on the recoil. They look good but other than that they are more of a pain in the tits. #wraphater #halfwraporbust

 

[nohoff]

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That would be awesome!



I can do that tomorrow, no problem

After this wrap you would look like the joker.

 

[Wilhelm]

Out of curiosity I looked through the new 2018 Stihl catalog.

A 261cm is priced higher than a new PS-7910 costs (~1000$).
Once I've seen that the list price for a 462 is identical to the price of a 661 I just stopped browsing.

No brand bashing, I'm just caught off guard and by surprise.

 

[Cobby08]

Out of curiosity I looked through the new 2018 Stihl catalog.

A 261cm is priced higher than a new PS-7910 costs (~1000$).
Once I've seen that the list price for a 462 is identical to the price of a 661 I just stopped browsing.

No brand bashing, I'm just caught off guard and by surprise.

I wouldn't think there would be that much of a difference in countries but retail on a 261 C-M is $579.95, retail is $1219.95 for the 661 here and I ASSume that the 462 will come in around the low $11xx as that's just a whisker above the 461.

 

[StephK87]

It is ridiculous, here in germany, we pay much more for our own made saws (Stihl, Dolmar) like in almost every other country in the world... It's much cheeper to buy a stihl re-import from poland or the czech repuplic as example. 462 is listed here with 1749$, 261 with 1200$. Realistic price discount is mostly 15-20%, but still to high imho

 

[nohoff]

The dealer gets 28,5% discount.
He only has that 8,5 - 13,5 % to pay his bills.
Better we dealers buy them from the polish or czech guys to get a better price.

 

[StephK87]

Nothing wrong about that!
The dealers are not to blame

 

[nohoff]

We dealers blame Stihl for that.
It begins with the problem that german dealer have to repair re-imported stihl saws under warranty.
Very funny to repair a MS 261-II without M-tronic under warranty.

If you try to order the non-Mtron carb for the new MS 261 you got told that this part is not available for germany.

Our biggest luck is, we have no other dealers for Stihl or Husky the next 30 km.
Enough customers so we can sell a lot of saws and most of them are MS 241/261.

 

[MustangMike]

I have a 28" light bar, just send me a 462 powerhead and I'll post a pic!

 

[nohoff]

Nice try

 

[Highdesignfool]

Tried and true 461! Go for it!

I did it.

 

[CR888]

I love a well setup 461 but the specs particularly weight of the new 462 is hard to ignore. The new saw horizon is looking good these days, its been a bit boring for a while now.

 

[Stihl working Hard]

I did it.

Nice looking saw indeed

 

[Stihl working Hard]

I have a 28" light bar, just send me a 462 powerhead and I'll post a pic!

I will be using my 462 mainly for noodling with a 20” ES light bar waiting patiently here as well Mike

 

[Stihl working Hard]

It is ridiculous, here in germany, we pay much more for our own made saws (Stihl, Dolmar) like in almost every other country in the world... It's much cheeper to buy a stihl re-import from poland or the czech repuplic as example. 462 is listed here with 1749$, 261 with 1200$. Realistic price discount is mostly 15-20%, but still to high imho

I can’t get my head around that as well if your producing a product why is it cheaper to import.Another example GB bars cheaper to buy them in the USA and freight them back to Australia then buy locally it’s BS