Thread: show us your chainsaws

Originally Posted by XR500

Given that a professional saw needs to run hard for 9-10 months, 5 days a week doing 10 hour days before it needs a piston and rings, and be consigned to the role of a back up saw by a hard as nails faller, its easy to see why a saw that can handle that work profile, can have a shit ton more boogie squeezed out of it by a committed small motor guru. Trouble is, can it still hold together for that same work profile? I personally doubt it.

There's contractor that comes into my mates stihl dealership with a hotted up 661.
He dropped it of as needed work the other day.
I will have to find out if it was any thing to do with the mods.
My mate the stihl reckons the 500i is a incredibly reliable saw for the first generation of that model.
Hi praise indeed from him!

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