20" Bar too Big for MS260 ?

[JohnG28]

Cant say that Im on that site, but hadnt heard him here, he used to be on a lot of these here chainsaw threads.

[SawTroll]

Cant say that Im on that site, but hadnt heard him here, he used to be on a lot of these here chainsaw threads.

I guess he posts where he finds something interesting to post about - I more often find that here than on that site, but it may be different with him?   

[JohnG28]

I agree, usually I can find something here that peaks my interest.  If not then theres always something productive I should probably be doing with myself anyway.

[Al_Smith]

Anyone seen windthrown here in a while? I dont think I have.

I have seen him on another (Aussie) site - will go there now, to look for him!

Well I suppose that praticular site perhaps is operated by a one time insurance claims adjuster  lately turned palm tree slayer With aluminum wedge and claw hammer to boot .

Sorry gents I don't even go there on a link.

[Cut4fun]

Anyone seen windthrown here in a while? I dont think I have.

I have seen him on another (Aussie) site - will go there now, to look for him!

Well I suppose that praticular site perhaps is operated by a one time insurance claims adjuster  lately turned palm tree slayer With aluminum wedge and claw hammer to boot .

Sorry gents I don't even go there on a link.

It's like the 3  deliverance guys over there or Larry Curly Moe.    Nothing more.

[RedHawkRidge]

I had a 026 with 18" bar.  Really good saw.  Also have a 044 for the big stuff.  I carried the 026 on the ATV when cruising my property.  But had those situations where the 026 was overmatched, so traded it on a 361.  Bigger, but not too big that it couldn't serve as a brush cutter up to knocking down an oak.  In other words, a great all-around-saw.
Another angle:  have 3/8" x 20" chains on both saws, which makes the inventory and maintenance of chains much simpler.
Jim
PS:  saw on an earlier post something about "getting a 361 before they disappear" or something to that effect -- what's going on?

[beenthere]

The 361 is changing to the 362.  Seamless change according to my dealer (who still has a couple 361's).
A bit heavier and prolly meets more of the EPA regs that houng the chainsaw industry. Be nice to keep the Gov't out it. 

I like my 361 too. 

[SawTroll]

Honestly, imo anything more than a 16" with .325x7 is too much on an 026/260, and then I am not counting in the reduced power US EPA 260s, as I have never used one of them.......

[windthrown]

Anyone seen windthrown here in a while? I dont think I have.

Have not been here in a while, no... did I miss something other than the pot shots at myself and the Aussy site?

Dudes, like you need to get real lives or something.

[windthrown]

All Stihl saws from MS210 up to MS660 can have standard Stihl pico rims put on.
You might have to replace the spur sprocket.
Hard tip bars lose you power and cost more.  Stihl use to make a pico roller tip bar that mounts to MS260 - MS660.  I have a 16" one, and used a pico chain for a while (did not llike it much), but was thinking of putting it and the new carbide pico chain on my 361 to cut some stumps flush with the ground.

I ran 3/8 full skip RSF chain on my MS260 cutting fire wood behind some logging we had done.  It was slow fully buried in oak, but the light weight made this a excelent limning saw.  With a pico chain I would have lost cutting time to increased need to sharpen the chain.

I would dearly love to know where you found a picco rim for a 1123 Stihl saw with an Oregon or Stihl spline. I never found one in 3 years of looking myself. Baileys thought that they had one, but I wrote them and they checked into it, and realized that it would not fit. I had to run my 1123 saws with picco chain and spur sprockets. For that matter, where do you get rim picco drives for standard splines on the 360 and up saws? I only found one for the 026 spline, and that was very hard to get, along with an 18 inch large format Stihl picco bar which are nearly impossible to get.

Stihl only made the picco B&C for the 024, and they stopped selling them in the US when they realized that people were running them on much larger saws. I know many guys that prefer picco for milling with larger saws (including myself), as it has a much narrower kerf. They are faster in the cut. I never found chain sharpening to be an issue; there are as many cutters on a picco chain as a standard 3/8 chain. The only drives that I am aware of for picco are spur sprockets on the lager format Stihl saws (360, 440, etc.).

[JohnG28]

For the record Im not taking shots at anyone or any other sites out there.  Actually was just making an observation after someone had brought back up a thread here that hadnt had any posts in a long time.

[Cut4fun]

I make reference like  this (It's like the 3  deliverance guys fiddle hoedown, hillybilly with a tub base, Banjo Man, over there or Larry Curly Moe.  Ya dats a good one!  Nothing more.) and now I'm making fun of another site. Someone needs to rethink and get their life in order.    No your just wrong again.


I like 16" RS RSC 325 or full 3/8 for me on a 49cc for HARDWOODS. I do have 2 20" for testing purposes and a partner 500 set up for a guy with 20" that he swears by. Just got to remember that is all the dude has to cut with, besides some smaller back up saws for firewood.

[SawTroll]

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Stihl only made the picco B&C for the 024, and they stopped selling them in the US when they realized that people were running them on much larger saws. I know many guys that prefer picco for milling with larger saws (including myself), as it has a much narrower kerf. They are faster in the cut. I never found chain sharpening to be an issue; there are as many cutters on a picco chain as a standard 3/8 chain. The only drives that I am aware of for picco are spur sprockets on the lager format Stihl saws (360, 440, etc.).

They market a model that they call MS660 Logosol here. That one comes with a picco (pmx) setup - but as you said, the sprocket is a spur.