Stihl 500i vs MS661 Surprising Results

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Outdoors With The Morgans

3 ай бұрын

Today we try out a Brand New Stihl MS661 and Compare it to my 500i

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@sloth9669 3 ай бұрын

Showing this to my wife just so I can buy a second saw…..well one is to cut pine and the other is for oak. 😂

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome lol

@arthurwarman6161 3 ай бұрын

Good luck!!!!

@dandaniels4558 3 ай бұрын

There both beast mode chainsaws. Neither bogged down a bit. Right straight through the cut. Very impressive . Mike Morgan buys only the best.

@ptijssen4079 3 ай бұрын

Another great video, thank you. I purchased the MS-661CM 2 years ago for milling. I had weighed it against the 500i and went with the ‘more displacement theory’ and I have not been disappointed. As a milling saw the 661 with a 36” bar is excellent. With a 28” bar the 661 is a great felling saw and large diameter bucking saw. For bucking anything under maybe 16” diameter I switch to a lighter saw because the trade off for power is weight and the lighter saws are safer and not as tiring to me to use.

@outandaboutwithsamiam5034 3 ай бұрын

To a real country boy, a chainsaw is a chainsaw and any chainsaw beats cutting a tree with a bow saw....

@deanmoore420 3 ай бұрын

Just bought a brand new 500. I love it. Have no complaints about it cut everything I have to do and I do a lot of Firewood,.

@rev.paulhanna9578 3 ай бұрын

Very good display and comment re. soft wood! The 660 held its revs better, but the 500 is a screamer! Get your 660 ported, and it'll be a proper beast!

@Blackfox_Kid 3 ай бұрын

Years ago I bought a 044 brand new and had several tanks of gas through it before I ran it wide open. Years later i bought a 660 and I'd ten times rather had the 044 in hard or soft wood. That 044 was a cutting machine

@matthewheffernan3877 Ай бұрын

044 is an awesome saw. light and powerful. With a freshly sharpened chain it cuts as fast as my mates 500i with his poor sharpening technique. The best saws in the world are only half the story. Clean air filter, good fuel, sharp chain, chain tension and bar condition are the other half. ill buy a lot more saws yet but ill never sell the 044

@Blackfox_Kid Ай бұрын

@@matthewheffernan3877 yes sir I believe that 044 will cut neck in neck every day with a 500i and taken care of right it'll out cut the 500. I only run no ethanol in my saws with good mix. Cleaning often.

@matthewheffernan3877 Ай бұрын

@@Blackfox_Kid I only run motul full synthetic. I mix with chemistry beakers im spot on with my blends. I run a lawn business so im going through a tonne of 2 stroke so might as well do it right. The bore in the 044 look like new. it runs amazing its done a tonne of work it's not beaten but you can see how many times its been put down and how worn the handles are. I got it off my mate an arborist who passed away and he didn't buy it new. Im not knocking the 500i I like it and I think its a little faster than my 044 all things being equal but it won't be going in 10 years let alone spring to life like its just been tuned by the worlds best tuner every time I start it.

@darrensmith9143 3 ай бұрын

Mike, you gotta use the same chain and bar on both saws for a fair comparison. Cheers from The Great White North.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

That is exactly what I did

@Errol.C-nz 2 ай бұрын

@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans the soft wood times would reflect the cutter set is already cutting as quick as it can.. in that log.. was it semi chisel.. lots of chain tune to suit either saw in both woods.. have a near new 661 dead ign so I just use old reliable 660.. they go for ever

@davidwoods7360 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike! I try to watch all your videos.

@jackalopasaurus 3 ай бұрын

I could never have a KZfaq channel. So many haters and idiots. Love your channel Mike.

@petermavus4131 3 ай бұрын

time to enter that lumberjack competition

@outdoorsmendeh 3 ай бұрын

I like how you ran the test and cut firewood instead of walking steps.

@QuercusAlba01 3 ай бұрын

661 is better for east coast guys, 500i is west coast saw

@rossmillar9441 3 ай бұрын

The 500i is so much lighter and user friendly and id take the lighter saw all day long

@jacklachman5304 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike for the review! 😊 Guess STHIL is going to have you use the 661 for awhile & give them feed back? Have a day

@redpoole9323 3 ай бұрын

Love my 661. I haven't had the pleasure of running a 500I yet

@joehaack7388 3 ай бұрын

Very impressive Mike back in the day I owned a 076 and a 10 10a Mac with 16 in bars same size bars an chain saved on chains an bars that 076 cut like a buzz saw

@user-yu7yy9ji6t 3 ай бұрын

Incredible! I’m impressed!

@NASCAR_NEAL 3 ай бұрын

I have a 271 and a 661. The 661 is a HOG of a saw. Getting the 881 with a 50” GB soon to HOG even more.

@fricknjeep 3 ай бұрын

interesting thanks john

@aaronbaum2542 3 ай бұрын

Nice saws!! 😊

@hanksmith4065 3 ай бұрын

Excellent and fair comparrison

@09rja 18 сағат бұрын

I love my MS 660.

@allenhenry1113 3 ай бұрын

Bet there, a beast to start!!!😮

@caniacstevehenderson7115 3 ай бұрын

I remember this ❤❤❤❤

@cliffscheckler8832 3 ай бұрын

Were they both brand new chains . I know by sharpening you can get different results ,besides the rakers being taken down .

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

Same chain. Same Bar

@kurtisbenninghoff3772 Ай бұрын

Is that a 25" bar? I have that set up on a 661. Just chews man! Love it.

@shanehumphrey4827 3 ай бұрын

You doing better mike!!! Get Melissa involved! She quit on ya.

@rickmanning8722 3 ай бұрын

Notice a professional (Mike) cuts logs,not cookies you girl scouts.

@tyendor1952 3 ай бұрын

can't split cookies for firewood

@scottmeyer2402 3 ай бұрын

I have a 661 love it

@johngrossbohlin7582 3 ай бұрын

Yup, the 661 is all about the torque in hardwoods. Like your PA woods, my woods are mostly hardwoods (soft and hard maple, ash, cherry, white oak, red oak, etc.) and my 661 sees duty in the 14"+ wood, especially if 14" is the smaller stuff I'm cutting at the time.. I'll run my 461 in the 8"-16" and my 261 for smaller stuff. About 1 in 200 trees that see my saws are hemlock or white pine so the alleged speed advantage of the Husky saws is of no interest to me.

@justinz4809 10 күн бұрын

I’ve been cutting firewood with my 550xp, then last year I had an opportunity for ms661 at a great price, got be honest, I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew 😳

@1979utuber 3 ай бұрын

The question is did you let the 500i idle for 2 minutes or so? also, I would take the 661 for firewood but it's heavy now. above all, I love my 395 XP husky. keep up the great work man!

@HappyRiverboat-vy7nb 19 күн бұрын

Nice

@rudycarlson8245 3 ай бұрын

But the question is which one of the two chainsaws is the most affordable?

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

About the same price

@chadklaren9537 3 ай бұрын

They are both around $1500

@rudycarlson8245 3 ай бұрын

@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans what do you think about the MS 261c? I’ve had mine a little over five years now, and it has been extremely reliable!

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

Great saw, really for firewood it handles just about everything, although once I get stuff over 18" I reach for the 500i

@rickharper1497 3 ай бұрын

You should let Richard Flagg(KZfaq) tune those saws of yours!

@jodyharris4317 3 ай бұрын

👍👍👊

@jamescrossan2548 Ай бұрын

I'm a Husqvarna guy myself

@paulfrew6291 3 ай бұрын

I love my 661 cuts both hard and soft woood

@Xrobberyx 3 ай бұрын

What’s crazy is the 500i will lose to a 462 in a straight drop cut. But will kick the 462 in the b@lls if you dog in

@morgcharfarms 3 ай бұрын

And the 592xp smoked em both 😎😎😎

@barrymacokiner9423 3 ай бұрын

I’ve got one. 36” lightweight bar with a full wrap handle. I buried the bar in a big maple, no problem cutting it. Things a beast!!

@jackalopasaurus 3 ай бұрын

Where's your video

@morgcharfarms 3 ай бұрын

@@jackalopasaurus coming soon I guess

@barrymacokiner9423 3 ай бұрын

@@jackalopasaurus I have a video. Want me to email it to you?

@BAD4U22 3 ай бұрын

Who cares about husky lol

@MrJFoster1984 23 күн бұрын

661 For me

@OntarioFirewoodResource 3 ай бұрын

Bar length looks the same, are the teeth any bigger on the 661? A narrower profile of the teeth might make a difference on the softer pine

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

I used the same bar and chain on both

@goranjugov7826 3 ай бұрын

👍🇲🇰👍

@gregtruslow5787 3 ай бұрын

Try Husqvarna

@paulprigge1209 3 ай бұрын

Give me an echo start on the second pull And comes with a five year warranty.

@davidmorse8432 3 ай бұрын

Hello! 😊

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

Hello 😊

@davidmorse8432 3 ай бұрын

@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans I hear an echo!

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans 3 ай бұрын

lol

@quentindavis6 3 ай бұрын

I like watching you Contant very cool. The one thing I’ve noticed about both of those sauce and I have each one of them the autotune always on the second or third cut makes it the fastest the first cut in half is the slowest of the day.