Lasi I knew, the only 2 Stihls marked "made in Germany" were the 660 & 880. My 3 year old 660 has never missed a beat, my 44 year old 041 gets used all the time, and the 200T I put together from a basket of parts starts on 2 pulls. You can get good & bad with every brand, every dealer.
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Jon1270
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Count me as being very doubtful about that. Stihl's page on the 261C-M still lists the weight at 11.5 pounds. and the manual for the 261 C-Q shows 11.7 pounds. If they'd somehow shaved off more than 10 ounces I think they'd be saying so.
7acres
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They do say so. Page 53 of the owners manual for the ms261c-m reads,
Weigh dry without bar and chain MS 261 C-M: 10.8 lbs
(4.9 kg)
LowbanksArcher
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Is this something that's changed recently? My 3 year old ms261 says 'Made in Germany'
maple1
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Jon1270
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I stand corrected. Stihl has at least 2 versions of the manual posted on their corporate site, and I was looking at one dated 2013. The 2016 manual does indicate 10.8 pounds. I wonder where they found that much weight to cut?
dougand3
Minister of Fire
Then you're lucky. In the easy start version - you have hoses, T, bulb, canister to remove air from the carb. The fuel line isn't even in this pic.
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