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Ken,
I purchased a Stihl MS 192T. I had been eye balling the Stihl MS 192T for quite awhile. I needed a reliable and servicable limbing saw for when I am out cutting firewood. For the past 15 years I have been using a Homelite Super 2 which as been a real trooper but the plastic and rubber tanks, oil, and fuel lines are getting real old and the thing leaks like a siv. Parts are getting tougher to find if you can find them at all and it smokes like a freight train. It finally seized up about a month ago.
The Stihl MS 192T is very light and well balanced. I went with the 192 T primarily because of top handle equipped throttle trigger and it comes with an attachment anchor loop for a lanyard it you are climbing up a tree to do some work. Where I live is a forestry industry town and the guy at the Stihl Saw Shop had never seen an MS 192 T before be he even commented about how well he liked the feel and light weight. This saw performs unbelievably well limbing oak tree tops for its big brother the O-66 I have used for the past 14 years to cut firewood. Weighing in at a tad over 16 pounds, the O-66 is a cuttin' haus but it gets mighty heavy after several hours cutting and limbing tree tops. The dealer evern threw in a free 6 pack of Stihl 2.5 gallon size 2 stroke mix.
The 192T runs for a long time on a tank of fuel and I can cut a pickup load of tree top limbs on a tank usually. Having a really big and really small saw seems to work well as I can cut up the tree top limbs with the 192T and saw up the remaining large logs with the O-66.
Another think I like about the MS192T is that its small size and light weight make it ideal to take out on the trail on the ATV to clean up low lieing branchs and trees that fall across the trails provided they are not too large. The MS200T is the professional grade saw but it cost $500 vs. the $279 for the 192T.
The top handle and throttle allow you to cut with one hand and pull the cut pieces out of the way with the other. I highly recommend this saw.
If the MS 290 get too heavy for you, the MS 250 is not going to make much difference as the 290 weighs about 13 lbs. vs. the 250 weighing about 10 lbs. The 192T wieghs about 6 1/2 lbs. Use the 290 for the big stuff and the 192 for the small stuff.
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I think you will be very impressed as well as satisfied with the 192T Ken. It sure did make a BIG difference in how much and how fast I could cut up large tree tops as well as limbs up to about 8 inches in diameter but I try to stick with nothing more than about 4 inches and save the larger stuff for the O-66.
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Glad to hear you like it. For such a small chainsaw it is a real haus and gets a lot of work done on a tank of gas. Did you get the 14 inch bar? Very welcome. I should have mentioned that you should get the stihl sharpening kit pouch that comes with the file hold file and handle. The smaller chain is real easy to sharpen and so far lasts about 5 tanks of gas between sharpenings.
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