Stihl MS500i

[Intoxsawcated]

That may be true in smaller wood. His 310 seems to run 'too good' after the Muffler Mod.

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[Cobby08]

Longer bars help with that.

Speaking of,
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Long bars are ew...

 

[hseII]

Long bars are ew...

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[Willard]

Well I hate to see the MS500i get all the credit for the first chainsaw with fuel injection.
70 years ago in 1949 a Norwegian named Rasmus Wiig started a small factory in Oslo building a 18 lb semi diesel fuel injected chainsaw called the Comet Model A.
It could run in any position, could still start after being dunked in a barrel of water. Capable of burning almost anything for fuel.

In the early 1950's he contracted Swedish company Jonsereds to make him his saw parts.
In another few years Jonsereds bought him out then starting making their own chainsaws.

 

[nohoff]

They call it the first EFI saw.
So electronics seem to be part of their ads.

 

[Willard]

They call it the first EFI saw.
So electronics seem to be part of their ads.

Well the Germans can say what they want in their ads.

But when the Swedes at Jonsereds celebrated their 30th Anniversary in 1984 , there was no mention of their first chainsaw (Model XA) being originally from Norway.
In 1954 the Swedes crossed out Comet with a X and made a few design changes.
Beautiful done ads though

 

[deye223]

In case nobody has mentioned it, I saw a video today saying you can't drop start the ms500i.

Bunch of wimps my saw blows around
230psi and is a pussy to start ..........

 

[Dub11]

Bunch of wimps my saw blows around
230psi and is a pussy to start ..........

Funny you say that my MOFO 026 has that many psi and since it doesn't weigh anything drop starting cold can be comical lol.

 

[Willard]

Well I can give the Swedes some credit. One company in the country did make one of their first 2 man chainsaws.
It was a saw with a 1938 Harley Davidson VFD 1200cc motorcycle engine mounted to a Dolmer Type C clutch and bar mount.

Old scratcher chain needs a little work.
Ooops video doesn't work.
Try again.

 

[Willard]

Got 'er fixed fellas.

 

[Willard]

In the 1940s Danarm made a 2 man saw in England and Canada with a 250cc Villiers motorcycle engine. The Canadian version was 350cc.

 

[deye223]

Dub11 Mine are a 261 and a 460 both are easy
This my 460 ....

 

[Willard]

Dub11 Mine are a 261 and a 460 both are easy
This my 460 ....

What's up?....You guys still stuck on "how to start a saw?"
deye223 is that really you in your avator pic?

 

[deye223]

He'll yeah hot A

 

[RI Chevy]

Did we ever get a ballpark figure of the MSRP of this Stihl MS500i?

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Can’t imagine the price will be more than a ms661 and they’re around 1300$ if I remember right. Also anybody watch the German 500i test against the ms 462 and ms661, the 500i was the slowest of the three. All three had new chains only thing is maybe the 500 didn’t have enough tanks to be broke in yet.

 

[Dub11]

Dub11 Mine are a 261 and a 460 both are easy
This my 460 ....

I've remembered to roll it past tdc then no hilarity happens.

 

[RI Chevy]

View attachment 155331 Can’t imagine the price will be more than a ms661 and they’re around 1300$ if I remember right. Also anybody watch the German 500i test against the ms 462 and ms661, the 500i was the slowest of the three. All three had new chains only thing is maybe the 500 didn’t have enough tanks to be broke in yet.

You better be sitting down then when you hear MSRP.

 

[ferris]

View attachment 155331 Can’t imagine the price will be more than a ms661 and they’re around 1300$ if I remember right. Also anybody watch the German 500i test against the ms 462 and ms661, the 500i was the slowest of the three. All three had new chains only thing is maybe the 500 didn’t have enough tanks to be broke in yet.

That is a bad video...
Different b&c
Different cutting technic

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Yes 661 had a longer bar and the other 2 had 20” bars, all were new chains and I know that doesn’t mean all the same sharpness but even on the small log at the end the 462 was too close to the 500i. Was thinking it would be a bigger margin between the two saws with the 500 being 3-4 sec faster not 2 slower on average. Yes it is just one video and not perfect in technique but still pretty close between the two. Can’t wait till I can try both for myself.