MS462C - 572XP Comparison

[chipper1]

Nope.....not bigger. Same filter.

Do they look as though they clean the air up before the filter better.

 

[StephK87]

The 462 is like an overbuild 261 with a little bit 461/661 inside the engine/crankcase

for the under the cover fetish...

 

[Mastermind]

I think I'd be having one custom built I was that hard on them.

It's not that anyone is that hard on them. They are a *s-wordty weak ass design. I see it all the time.

 

[Coltont]

Another tidbit for the Husky fans. The 390XP and 372XP mufflers last about 3 - 4 months in the woods. Then they start falling apart.

You got that rite. They literally tear apart like paper.

 

[BonScott46]

and don't forget the new autotune software! It cut's down the engine rpm a little bit on the 565/572xp on the first operating hours for break-in.

I always wondered about break in on the controlled carbs and if that had any hand in some of the failures that were being seen in the 5 series saws.

 

[Coltont]

I like Dolmars (except the 5100/05)......and 2 series Husqvarnas. And the Echo 600 series. And most Stihls (except the MS880)

It's not a matter of brand loyalty.......it's a matter of calling a spade a spade.

Still sticks in my head the conversation we had about ported saws at the gtg. Dosent Matter how fast your saw is, the biggest hang up is getting the wood from the landing to the mill.

 

[StephK87]

My buddy has simply bought a bunch of cheap chinese replacement mufflers for his two 390's, funnily enough they last as long, if not longer as the original one

 

[Mastermind]

You got that rite. They literally tear apart like paper.

Colton......what do you do for a living?

 

[Mastermind]

Still sticks in my head the conversation we had about ported saws at the gtg. Dosent Matter how fast your saw is, the biggest hang up is getting the wood from the landing to the mill.

And we talked about how the saw is the least expensive tool a logger has. It amazes me that a guy will spend 100s of thousands of dollars on skidders and trucks, then cry about a 1000 dollar chainsaw. LOL

 

[Coltont]

Colton......what do you do for a living?

Cut timber every day. Been doing it for 11 years.

 

[chipper1]

It's not that anyone is that hard on them. They are a *s-wordty weak ass design. I see it all the time.

They are harder on them than I am is what I meant, ie more daily use rather than firewood and a tree job here and there. Besides they would last a lot longer if they rotated a different saw in once every couple weeks and they had 30-40 saws lol.
I believe you as I have seen some failures myself, fortunately for me it doesn't look bad on me in any way.
Doesn't seem like it would be to hard for someone to come up with a design and have a great heavy duty muffler built and manufactured for them if someone had those kind of connections, me I'd just have one built if I was "that hard" on them.

 

[Coltont]

And we talked about how the saw is the least expensive tool a logger has. It amazes me that a guy will spend 100s of thousands of dollars on skidders and trucks, then cry about a 1000 dollar chainsaw. LOL

Qtla

 

[Mastermind]

Cut timber every day. Been doing it for 11 years.

So.......replacing a muffler is a walk in the park for a guy like you.

 

[chipper1]

Cut timber every day. Been doing it for 11 years.

Nice office.

 

[Mastermind]

Qtla

I'm still thinking about how well you PA folks fed me while I was up there. Damn y'all sure know how to eat.

 

[Coltont]

So.......replacing a muffler is a walk in the park for a guy like you.

Yeppp. Would rather do it on a stihl. Huskys design is better in the aspect they cant injest a muffler bolt like a stihl can.

 

[Mastermind]

Would y'all believe that the MS461 is the saw I've done the most of in the last month?

 

[Coltont]

Nice office.

It's a great office, till I get into the yellow jackets. Then I run like hell.

 

[Mastermind]

Yeppp. Would rather do it on a stihl. Huskys design is better in the aspect they cant injest a muffler bolt like a stihl can.

Funny you should mention that. I've got a 461 I built about a year ago on the way back. It ate a muffler bolt. How the hell it came loose is beyond me.

 

[Coltont]

Funny you should mention that. I've got a 461 I built about a year ago on the way back. It ate a muffler bolt. How the hell it came loose is beyond me.

I try and go over about every faster on my saws once every other week at least. It's nice just having to cut down now. We cut up with a tigercat loader with a bucksaw. Its great not cutting up in the landing by hand anymore. Less saw maintenance now.