ms461 stihl

[doghunter]

has anyone had any experience with stihl's new ms461? needing to update my saws and wondering how they compare with the ms460
                                              thanks virgil

[Tom L]

I just bought one, only two tanks of gas thru it, has a lot of power and runs a 28" bar pretty good
hope it lasts as long as my other stihl saws

[joe_indi]

Maybe the fuel here sucks and so these issues IMHO, are limited to our area, I have been hearing of numerous crankshaft failures, piston damage, muffler failures and such.
Operators here are hoping that they re-introduce the MS460, like they did with the 038(MS380 and now MS381).
Joe

[AdkStihl]

Nothing but excellent reviews on this side of the big pond.
Search YouTube.....some great vids of the 461

[joe_indi]

Nothing but excellent reviews on this side of the big pond.
Search YouTube.....some great vids of the 461

x2 on that, but like I said, here it seems to be fuel related because our fuel usually <90 RON.
Another probable cause might be the 18" guidebars that are the norm here. Most of the time the saws are running without enough load. To counter this possibility I have my customers using 8 teeth rim sprockets.
After my trials, I too had posted a video on Youtube:
http://youtu.be/4bfZarY9jvY

[cutter88]

ive got about 80hrs on mine and its working great I find its harder on gas then my straight ms 460 but all in all a great saw

[Frickman]

I bought one back in March and have a couple hundred hours on it by now. The MS 461 is the best saw for cutting Eastern hardwood timber that I have ever run. Ten percent ethanol in the fuel doesn't bother it, it was designed to run on it.

[saxon0364]

I bought one back in March and have a couple hundred hours on it by now.

Got mine back in March as well.   Quickly became my "go to" saw every day..   So far I have no complaints.