I post a thread about a month ago about getting a chainsaw for my wife. Since then I have been looking at the jonsered saws. Is there one that is comparable to the stihl 250 and how do the compare to stihl? I have used one that is the 2171 and loved it, but I am not sure about the smaller saw with jonsered.
2145 and a new 2245.
I had a 2141 Jonsered for a while I think 40cc or so-- Really light, good throttle response, started good 18"bar and enough power to cut a larger piece of wood if necessary-- excellent trimming saw-- wish I still had it-- It grew legs and-- must have walked off- I replaced it with a 5100SDolmar (which I keep handcuffed to myself).
This said to express -- The short expreience I had with the little Jonsered was as good as any 40cc class saw I have used-- did not have it long enough to comment on maintainence issues-- it was used when I bought it-- I have had 026 stihl and have used the 260 pro as well -- (nothing wrong with those.) Never used a 250 stihl and do not know about price as it compares to the Jonsered in the same class. Good luck--
Stihl's model numbers are a real mystery to me, is there any rhyme or reason behind them? A Jonsered 2171 and husky 372 are both around 71cc, a 395 husky is around 95cc, and a stihl 250 is around 40cc??? I'm confused.
The Stihl model numbers will usually give you the approximate engine size in cubic inches. The 025/ms250 is about 2.5 cubic inches. The 036/ms360 is about 3.6 cubic inches.
Now with the new models like the 361, 441, etc it is still close since the engines are still about the same size.
Aha! My small world makes a little more sense now :)Kind of odd that a German company is using inches still, mostly metric over there aren't they?
so i guess another question that i can ask is jonsered that much better of a saw then stihl or do you get what you pay for with a saw?
Again, that question is not answerable as asked. "Is Ford better than Chevy?" It cannot be answered without specifying which models you're comparing.
But you want a simple answer with no real information. So I'll say 'yes'. Or maybe 'no'. It depends. ::)
Rocky, I think he wants the comparison between the MS250 and the Jred 2145 and 2245.
I know nothing about the 2 Jreds, but if they are bolt on cylinder with vertical split magnesium or aluminum case that is 1 up on the 025. The 025-250 is a plastic clamshell style that I despise and hate to work on.
My brother owns a 250 and likes it, but stihl was the only dealer in the small town.
Quote from: Cut4fun on March 13, 2009, 03:27:58 PMThe 025-250 is a plastic clamshell style that I despise and hate to work on.
The 025 and the MS250 are a clam-shell metal housing (horizontal split around the crankshaft) with the crankcase housing having its own assembly bolts (IIRC) and with that motor assembly setting into a poly housing that makes up the fuel and oil tank.
You "might" be thinking of the old Poulan/Husqy/Jonsered models that had a metal cylinder cast integrally with the upper half of a crankcase which then was bolted to a poly lower half of the crankcase which was also the fuel/oil tanks - they ran well until the plastic deformed and created a vacuum leak between the plastic lower and metal upper halves of the crankcase.
cheers
John
Nope I am talking about the clamshell design of the 170 180 210 230 250 290 310 390. Plastic cased with a clamshell thin alloy metal lower clamping to the cylinder with other half of crank main area built in.