MS261CM vs. 545 AT... converting a Husky user to Stihl?

[Stackowood]

The section in the manual about the floppy caps was hilarious

That's what I was thinking.

Do you have a 545 or 550xp, and if so how do you think they compare to the 261?

 

[huskyboy]

I'd like to try a 241cm, heard they are great saws.

 

[Stackowood]

I'd really like to try a 241cm, heard they are great saws

I looked at the 241 but you are stuck with a spur clutch drum and lo-pro chain. Fine for most but I prefer .325. At the time I also had a Husky 543xp.

 

[Ryan Browne]

That's what I was thinking.

Do you have a 545 or 550xp, and if so how do you think they compare to the 261?

The only 50cc Husky I've run is a 346, and only for a minute. A friend of mine just got his hands on a 550, though, so hopefully we can run them side by side before too long.

I do like the 261 a lot, though. In spite of the flippy caps.

 

[huskyboy]

I looked at the 241 but you are stuck with a spur clutch drum and lo-pro chain. Fine for most but I prefer .325. At the time I also had a Husky 543xp.

Don't they make some kind of kit to convert to .325? I remember reading it somewhere.

 

[Stackowood]

Seems like they should, and maybe do, but the dealer I talked to said no. Otherwise looks like a really nice little saw and very light.

 

[huskyboy]

http://opeforum.com/threads/241cm-v-261cm-both-ported.4528/

 

[huskyboy]

This 241 has the .325 and rim drive kit. Very good read as well.

 

[Stackowood]

Ok good. Maybe the guy I talked to didn't look very hard and assumed lo-pro was the only option.

 

[CR888]

Ya, you can run a .325 rim setup with the 241cm, many guys here in OZ do as the picco gets a bit beaten up in our woods. If our wood was not so friggin hard I'd run PS Picco with a 8pin on my MS261. That would be wicked fast in the right wood.

 

[KenJax Tree]

In the 40cc class dollar for dollar i like the Dolmar 421

 

[Firewood Bandit]

I liked my 346xp better than any 50cc saw I tried and I've tried a lot.

Gotta agree with ya there.

 

[huskyboy]

Got to say I'm really liking this 357xp I fixed up recently. It feels around the same weight as my 346xp was and seems to cut pretty good in frozen wood.