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The 290 never impressed me as much as the 260!
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Hey Greg, we take both makes in trade on a regular basis and we do see people swapping both ways but it's normally from wrong applications of sizes that causes the change. I like the pro models of both over the home owners. Lot's more torque and horsepower from both.
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Greg, with Stihl saws the pro's are lighter!!!!! The Husky's normally are using the same frame for the most part for a saw size grouping.
The real difference comes with the engine porting and way they are built between the pro's and homeowner semi/pro models. The pro's push out a lot more ponies then the home owner series.
To look at them here is a comparision of the 361 which has a 3.6 cu in engine and produces 4.4 horsepower at 12.3lbs compared to the 310's 3.6 cu in engine which produces 4 horsepower at 13 lbs.
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Greg, for what you were cutting I'd have sold you a bigger saw if that was all that you were cutting of hickory. There are differences in chain as to a saw's cut ability. We like the stihl chain for all saws although our local oregon dealer who also a dealer for both makes of saws say's I'm missing a profit oppertunity!
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Greg, we have sold oregon chain in the past and it doesn't seem to hold an edge on high rpm saws from we or our customers have told us. The part of having to hold it down tells me that is the bulk of your problem.
We had a fellow twenty plus years ago that worked across the street, he was good freinds with another Stihl dealer and he told me I was twenty dollars to high! It was probably a month later he was in and wanted to buy a bigger saw and knowing what he was cutting I told him something was wrong. I handed him my saw which was one size smaller, I'd actually brought it in to have one of the boys put a fresh edge on the chain. He dropped it into some wood out front and when he came back in he accused me of having it souped up! I asked him why he thought that and he told me he never saw his saw throw as big of chips! I gave him a new stihl chain for his saw to cut with for the next weekend and he came back in and bought several as well as some for his cutting partners. He didn't swap saws just the chain!
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It's really a matter of sharpening to a degree but the stihl chain holds an edge better then oregon from what we've seen. On high RPM saws the stihl is a better performer and what you should have had Greg is to hold the saw up to keep it from taking to much. ` I don't know the vintage of your Mac but they did have some good saws too!
Every thing that I work with is the non-anti kickback chain and that would make a difference in the way it wil cut.
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