Thank you for adding the bit about being respectful of hunters, if more people actually contemplated how their actions would affect others, unintentional or not, this world would assuredly be a better place. Good looking out sir.
I am in the market for a saw and I know I want a Stihl. Didn't know if this was enough saw for my purposes but now I know it is exactly what I need. Thanks for posting this video.
I added metal dogs to my 170 and also changed the chain tensioner to a side adjuster. Makes it a lot better in my opinion as far as holding chain tension for longer.
can you provide a before and after of the effects of bucking spikes on a homeowner saw made for smaller items.. it probably makes the small saw look cute but its not double bucking spikes used for larger saws
I have been a long time owner of a MS170 and I love mine. I recently ungraded the carb to an adjustable one and put real felling dogs on it. I also upgraded to a bigger 16” bar and chain. But I wanted to say the “half chock” position on the lever isn’t chocking at all it’s full chock at the very bottom, next position up is full throttle essentially what your doing with your hand on the throttle. And obviously the next position up is run or if you hit the throttle with your finger it springs it up to run automatically. Never start a chainsaw with your hand on the throttle in the air on the ground is much safer. I have seen way to many people with cut up legs and faces doing what you just did. Also the only time you should ever start a chainsaw with your hand on the throttle is if it’s flooded. They make chainsaws to be started a certain way for a reason. And Stihl’s are one of the easiest because of the full throttle setting on the stop/run/chock lever.
can you provide a before and after of the effects of bucking spikes on a homeowner saw made for smaller items.. it probably makes the small saw look cute but its not double bucking spikes used for larger saws
Nice man, I switched my 171 to a 14 inch bar so I could put a bigger chain on it. I was told the 171 might be a little underpowered for a bigger chain but as long as you use it for its intended purpose (limbs and small trees) it does just fine. I think it boggs down less often with the bigger chain.
Hey Jake, I have same saw. You can get Stihl MS 180 dogs(which are steel) and mount it on your 170. Be sure and buy the 2 screws to mount it to your saw. Just check the front body of saw to insure the tabs for mounting the steel dog are there.
can you provide a before and after of the effects of bucking spikes on a homeowner saw made for smaller items.. it probably makes the small saw look cute but its not double bucking spikes used for larger saws
The “other” model of chainsaw which you couldn’t drop start is designed so the rope is much easier to pull because it has more springs inside. The reason you can’t drop start it is because you will break the springs inside however for people who just want to start there chainsaw on the floor and want the rope to be easy to pull it makes it much easier. Lots of chainsaws now have this feature from lots of manufacturers.
Bit late but the easy start on the 181 is magic. It's so easy a child could do it. You don't even need to have it on the ground to do it, after trying it out I can almost guarantee my dad will get a saw with one if it's available.
Thank you for not cutting that oak tree down. I'm not necessarily a tree hugger but no reason to cut a perfectly healthy tree down that takes over 100 years to grow that big!!! I love cutting wood too but I find the already dead/dying trees. Great video 👍
Good review going to get me one for next weekend and also people are hunting on my private property so I hope they like the sound of this around 7am all day long cutting a trail through the woods lmao
Only things you can't drop start are the "Easy-2-Start" recoils. It damages and breaks the second spring. Only reason Stihl and other manufacturers tell you not to drop start is just for safety (besides the "Easy-2-Start" recoils).
I got a stihl fs 94 rce trimmer that has easy 2 start and it doesn't miss a beat. it a 2 pull start every time and I'm guessing they use that in the one he broke. he is missing out big time on something that takes a few goes to get it perfect and is a breeze to start every time.
small saw for small jobs, but it does a great job but I would like to get the next size up saw for more power....I need to break down and clean mine up, been doing tree maintenance and storm clean up with it...it is several years old now and keeps firing up, I use stihl 50:1 oil and ethanol shield gas treatment with 87 octane ....eventually the ethanol will destroy the carb and fuel lines , my stihl weedeater had to be rebuilt due to ethanol , but after several years of use
I don’t know if anyone else has tried them but my Dad & I have been using chains from a company called 8ten, they can be found on Amazon, 10 chains for @$100. We don’t bother resharpening anymore at that price & they last a good while.
I wish I had this much luck out of this saw. I have had the ms 170 for 1 month and it is having the 4th carb put on it now because it won’t run for more than 15 minutes. Stihl dealer tells me the carb keeps failing.
Man you worked that saw hard I bought a ms180 biggest fire wood I cut is abt 15" I have no dought in my saw at all now after being told its a home toy saw my first saw was a husqvarna sg240 with heated hand rail im struggling to find parts as it older than me by a year 1975!! So my dad & I bought a husqvarna 135 xtorx it's a turd never had a saw so hard to start night mare couldn't get it to start when you really need it so I bought the ms180 marebe a bit slower but dose get the job done let that poor woman eat her heard ernd lunch😄thanks bud 🏴🇺🇸🤝
I love my ms170 😄 I have 2 of them . Nothing but reliable . The chains are cheap . I have bigger saws I just use this one because it’s cheaper to run .
I get that,i was going to buy one then found a ms251 cheap,then looked up rebuild parts and their cheap so i figured ill use this as my beater and save the 550xp mark 2 for the more serious work
i use the 170 also with th 40 cm blade and wail i had oak windfall on the ground along with the hardmetal chain , she dosent need much gas runs close doubel off the time off a Hus 372 xp , what a problem is the filter almost the only problem i have with her , she is very light hood to work forhand as overheadd, for a company like stihl i dint get that that thing that they name filter in side is ther, by working with her is it abel that the vibation brings dust in and whne remove the cover i dit ilast with vacuum cleaner help i getn dust in also, need a 4ter hour to restat then with startspray.
Did you see the one that you have to half pull before pull pulling they got now? Trying to make chainsaw guys even more soft then they've already gotten in the last decade... Which I thought was impossible!
When we first got these at work, the guys destroyed the throttle linkage through normal use. It is not a saw for a Meathead's occasional use. People who don't understand the mechanics of a saw.
agreed! People never seem to understand the more skilled a person is the cheaper tools they can utilize... people like, bro, he must me good, he over there sharpening his ms 559.3 kls pro w the sun shining on him lol, meanwhile bucking Billy been in the woods w a 271 dropping trees since sun up lol
@@Trotlining Meathead proof would be a 660 with a 12'' bar for what we were doing. Would've forced them to put the saw on top of the cut and quit using the tip of the bar like a shovel or worse. Quit using the saw like a machete. Next step was a Skil-saw hooked to a generator if they didn't quit breaking our stuff. Peace.
I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle ru-vid.comUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and it did a great job. I used the lever for the built in sharpener to clear chip buildup out more than to actually sharpen the chain. It managed to cut some hardwood stumps much larger than it's size without bothering the neighbors with hours of 2 stroke noise.
Hello, I want to buy a chainsaw that is not too expensive to cut ailantos (not very hard wood trees) and occasionally make firewood (well, I buy firewood and sometimes the logs are too long to be introduced into the stove and I want the chainsaw to trim bends logs) Do you recommend the Stihl MS 170 chainsaw? Thank you.
170 is definitely enough. I have one myself, including a 261, 462, 500I and this Friday a 880, but nothing beats the love and simplicity of my first saw, the 170.
That's a chainsaw combi spanner/combi tool. They come with the saw designed to fit the bar nuts, spark plug and chain tensioner 👍🏻 Fill the chain oil to the top every time you fill the fuel, you'll usually find that there's just a little oil left by the time the fuel runs out, which stops you accidentally running with no oil.
It is a 2 stroke combustible gasoline engine. It uses a 50/1 gasoline/2 stroke oil mix ratio to run. What 50/1 means is it uses 1 part oil to 50 parts gasoline which means I put 2.5 ounces of oil to a gallon of gasoline to be safe which is a little heavy on the oil but i would rather a little extra smoke as opposed to seized up chainsaw
Just got one today and I concur. But I just wasn't used to the very stiff pull on the new engine. Remember that this needs a few extra pulls because it does not have a separate siphon bulb. The extra pulls do the priming. It gets easy. If not, check your plug and fuel.
Thanks grammeeer troll, the world is a better place now due to your wisdom. Keep thinking of it as a "bar" and not a blade and you will never become 1 with it.
