Thread: Stihl chainsaw choice

If you could find a MS260 or a good cond. low hour 026 in all honesty that would be my choice, 16" bar is the same fitting as the bigger stihls which is a lot more beefy than the open tail small bar. Better oiler, and the .325 chain is a good size in terms of easy sharpening vs size. These saws run on RPM, mine if it's kept sharp is like the finger of god and anything you point it at falls over. I have a few bigger saws, but the 260 is the pick in terms of weight vs cutting performance for the majority of what I do on my block (not much bigger than yours from the sounds of it). They are the smallest of the magnesium crankcase "Pro" series saws, and you feel it - they piss all over the MS311 saws which I've used side by side with mine. Also the pro grade saws are bloody near indestructible if you do your bit right, mine is second hand from a garden maintenance guy and it's done a lot of hours in specimen palm trees which is one of the most ugly stringy BS things to cut. The crank case around the clutch area is flogged hard but it still goes like new...