MS201T
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The Tree Doctor
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Stihl has raised their prices too much imo. I have a Dell laptop cause I don't believe that an HP is worth the $150 bucks more they are charging for virtually the same thing. I think that is just being a smart consumer. We'll see how the new Husky measures up, but I reserve judgment till I can see for myself.
Cut4fun
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I just copied some info I read. Just like the stihl Va guy said here somewhere, that he thought the weights were posted wrong on the stihl sites.
(The new 201T only weighs 8.1 lbs the 200T is 7.9 lbs. The weight rumor was about the rear handle version not top handle.)
(The new 201T only weighs 8.1 lbs the 200T is 7.9 lbs. The weight rumor was about the rear handle version not top handle.)
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Hmmmmmm.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
That saw just looks like a nuisance. I like old school.
HolmenTree
Banned
If this is the saw I'm pretty disappointed to see a fuel primer. Yuck!
brendon that 201T image has been around the web, one rumor its got no serial # ,so must be a field test model.
Willard.
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Yeah, that can't be the real thing, Stihl is written upside down on the bar. They'd never let a faulty saw like that get to the market.
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bill22
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Maybe the bar is just upside down?
sawinredneck
Treehouser
Have you ever heard of "ironical" Bill?
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bill22
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Yep. Seriously, a pro saw with a primer,say it ain't so.
sawinredneck
Treehouser
I'm hoping not, but it seems to be a trend with Husky for sure.
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Timber Jack
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Yep I'm deffinatly going to save my pennies this sping and buy another 200T! I talked with a Stihl rep at an open house at our local saw shop this weekend and he insured me it would be a unrushed transition with plenty of time and warning for dealers to stoke up on the 200T.
sawinredneck
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That's with bar and chain, as I recall it was 8.2 without?
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Timber Jack
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I'm not a huge fan of the spring style anti-vib mounts they are deffinatly not as robust as the rubber mounts. Change sucks!
I disagree on that.
Back when I ran a lot of apprentices, I'd make a habit of changing the rubber mounts on the apprentice saws every year, because they couldn't hold up to the rough treatment fron newbies who though the best way to deal with a stuck saw, was to just tear it free ( I've had one apprentice rip a 460 in two!!).
The spring mounts take abuse a lot better.
Except for the top one on the 441, they routinely break once a year, metal fatique is my guess. I always keep an extra in the truck, they are easy enough to change in the field.
And I don't think anybody will argue against the spings being better at vibration dampening?
Back when I ran a lot of apprentices, I'd make a habit of changing the rubber mounts on the apprentice saws every year, because they couldn't hold up to the rough treatment fron newbies who though the best way to deal with a stuck saw, was to just tear it free ( I've had one apprentice rip a 460 in two!!).
The spring mounts take abuse a lot better.
Except for the top one on the 441, they routinely break once a year, metal fatique is my guess. I always keep an extra in the truck, they are easy enough to change in the field.
And I don't think anybody will argue against the spings being better at vibration dampening?
Burnham
Woods walker
I'm with Stig on this one.
HolmenTree
Banned
Some interesting news just popped up about this certain MS 201T as displayed on this thread with the upside down bar, sitting on a weigh scale etc.If this is the saw I'm pretty disappointed to see a fuel primer. Yuck!
Its a stolen test model. And there is another test model missing in Baltimore.
This one is being shipped back to Stihl as we speak!
Willard.
sawinredneck
Treehouser
Got a link to that Willard? I'd love to hear this story!
