On Wed, September 9, 2020 1:32 pm, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > The "0" models are pro-sumer grade and the "1" models are professional > saws.
It used to be the odd numbers were consumer and the even were pro, mostly. 024/026/036/044/046 pro 017/021/023/025/029/039 consumer (the 029/039 Farm Boss were boat anchors but every farmer had one and swore by it for reliability) 018/MS180 was just a slightly bigger 017 clamshell saw, had an even number but was not pro series. Then they moved the 0 to the end and added some letters. 036 replaced by MS360, then improvements added a step (361 newer/better than 360, IIRC 362 was the first pro stratocharged saw, so it was an entirely different saw than 361, weighed more but used less fuel). Then they got into autotune and all sorts of different complications after 2010 and I don't entirely know what happened to the numbers since then, but I'm pretty confident that anything with a number like 250 or 251 is the spiritual descendant of the 025 50cc consumer saw, and anything numbered 26x should be a replacement for the similarly sized pro saw. Basically, if two saws are in the same displacement class like 50cc and 50cc, and one's a pound lighter and costs $100-200 more, the expensive one is a pro saw on a cast magnesium chassis and the cheap one is a consumer saw in a plastic clamshell body. For the first 1000 hours or so, the only real difference is going to be the power to weight ratio. Past 1000 hours, the consumer saw will be on its second engine if you didn't part it out and buy a new one. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
