20 inch chainsaw recommendation

[xyz123]

Totally respect that mindset.
Problem is, only a few of us have your chainsaw repairing/modifying capability.

Only a few techs out there I have talked to and even online talked to I trust.

I was at a echo dolmar dealer once and the tech was only one there.
I ask for the updated af cover for my 7900. He point at a echo and said this one. I walked out smh.

I had a stihl tech try and tell me the 261 piston was chromed. I laughed at him. SMH.


I could go on. Dont trust shops unless you know their folks actually know what their doing.

 

[JeepHead]

When I buy new saws I dont buy them for no stinking warranty anyways.

I tear into brand new saws no matter the brand to set up and tune the way I want.

No matter the brands either. Husky Echo Stihl and even Makita Dolmar in the day.

I dont even trust the shops to have the right tune and most dont that I start with fresh tune before I will use.

Yup, warranty means nothing to me and every saw I buy gets modified immediately.

 

[Hay Dude]

Speaking of mods:

I like my saws factory because they get the job done, BUT I can never leave well enough alone

If I modify my 261C or 500i, can the mods be reversed cheaply if I don’t like them?
I don’t really want to make my saws louder, and most mods are opening the bark box.

????

 

[xyz123]

500i and 261 just do muffler mods IMO. The 500i just a cover like a straight shot. But you will need your hearing protection.

They are fing loud but the gains are there even over a muffler mod. By just putting the cover on and it adjust to it.

 

[xyz123]

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[xyz123]

261 you could just gill it, hole with deflector, or tube pipe in oem muffler.

If you have the newest with M3 you could even run a Egan pipe. M1 M2 wont flow enough to keep up with pipe.

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[Hay Dude]

I guess I’d have to run one to see/hear increase in noise.

 

[xyz123]

I guess I’d have to run one to see increase in noise.

The SS is freaking loud. But the gains are there.

I was standing timing guys at Sawfest and all of them running them on their stihl's 400 462 500 etc etc.

They will wake the dead.

 

[Portuguese Farmer]

Husky 450II with the optional 20" bar.

 

[Loaderman22]

I bought a Stihl MS029 from a Stihl dealer back in 1998 or so, never went back to them.. Wasn't because they suck, they happen to be phenomenal, it was because I didn't need to. One, the saw just plain runs, the other is I did all the maintenance and repairs to it myself as a lot of others do. Fun story, when the muffler split open and melted the top of the oil tank mid-cut through a giant red oak, I bought a MS290 case with a blown motor and swapped my engine into that case. Good as new, with the upgrade to flip caps!