Thread: show us your chainsaws

The 046/MS460 is a good size, I have a lot more respect for them after doing the rebuild on the squashed one I got. I like the design more than the 044/MS440 as it doesn't have the sleeve/collar on the clutch side that the seal runs on - this can give issues I hear and I had one come through that leaked between the collar and crank shaft. Not enough to damage anything but enough to make it not tuneable.

My usual 'big' saw is a MS361, which is for what I need pretty much perfectly sized. I don't need much over a 22" bar, that goes through just about everything I have on hand even if I have to go from both sides. I can see the attraction in the 046/881 combo though, makes a lot of sense. Better than trying to do everything with a MS660, lugging one of those around all day when you don't have to would get ordinary fairly quickly. The 046 is a lot more handy and that much easier to swing and a little cheaper to feed...