Stihl 041 Farm Boss Chainsaw Specs

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I’m going to come clean; I’m not a lumberjack.

Stihl 041 Farm Boss Chainsaw Specs

I’m not even a farmer. I live in a city, spending as much time as possible in the outdoors, which is all too often less time than I’d like. So when Stihl approached me asking if I’d like to test the MS 271 Farm Boss chainsaw, two emotions coursed through my mind.

Stihl claims it can run 20% longer between refueling and has half the exhaust emissions compared to the MS 270. The Farm Boss (great name) churns 3.49 horsepower out of a 50.2cc engine. It comes with a 16″ or 20″ bar — I chose to test the larger. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

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The first was: Awesome! I love the opportunity to get my hands dirty with a good day of physical labor (so long as it’s no longer my full-time job). My first job was on a cranberry marsh, and I spent two summers in high school running chainsaws for long days while clearing acres of forest for new marshes in central Wisconsin.

So I do know a thing or two about running a chainsaw — but it’s been a while.

The second was: Dang, how the heck am I going to test a chainsaw?

The Stihl MS 271 Farm Boss Review

The MS 271 Farm Boss is an update to the venerable MS 270. Stihl claims it can run 20% longer between refueling and has half the exhaust emissions compared to the MS 270.

The Farm Boss (great name) churns 3.49 horsepower out of a 50.2cc engine. It comes with a 16″ or 20″ bar — I chose to test the larger.

This made-in-the-USA saw is aimed at the serious user, but not the pro. We’re talking about the guy who cuts his own firewood for winter heat, the woman who keeps the farm woodlots clear, and anyone who needs a chainsaw for more than the casual storm cleanup or yard work.

Basically, it’s a big saw ready to cut big logs fast, and that’s what I intended to do.

Stihl Chainsaws Just Plain Work

If you want to really “test” a chainsaw, you need to use it … a lot. Like “eight hours a day for weeks on end” a lot. And, well, I’m a writer. I don’t have a month to dedicate to running a chainsaw.

But thanks to an article GearJunkie published about the Lumbersexual, Stihl offered me the chance to demo one of its more rippingly powerful saws, and by golly I was going to take it.

Thankfully, My Buddy Has A Fireplace

Over the last few years, I’ve used a chainsaw a fair bit to thin trees around my parents’ high mountain home for fire mitigation (also with a Stihl, albeit a much smaller model). We’ve pretty much finished that chore already, and their one-acre lot just doesn’t have any more trees that need thinning, so I needed another test venue.

Enter the buddy with a fireplace. It’s rare that you have to bug someone to let you chop firewood for them, but that’s what I did. Because the chore really needed two people to complete quickly, I coerced him to get a permit to cut two cords of firewood in the foothills above Denver.

Two Cords In An Evening, Zero Problems

We headed up into the mountains with permit in hand, and we found the parcel dictated by the rangers covered in large downed pine trees.

Time to fire up the saw and get to work.

I’ve spent a lot of time with finicky chainsaws, sharpening chains, lubricating bars, and unclogging air filters. Seems like chainsaws have come a long way since my days back on the farm in the 90s.

I’d already played with the saw down in the city, firing it up to shorten a neighbor’s tree stump. I’d quickly been reminded that, as with many two-cycle engines, this one is easy to flood when cold if you don’t follow the starting cycle exactly. Noted.

Making Firewood

A few pulls of the starter cord and the Farm Boss was screaming its threatening tenor across the valley where we worked. I got back into the old flow, cutting deep into the 20-inch logs, stopping to roll them, and finishing the cuts without so much as a tap on the ground.

The heavy 12.3-pound powerhead did most of the work as I goosed the throttle, the sharp chain whirring through the pine like butter. I wondered how it would compare with oak or another harder wood, but being in Colorado, our options were limited.

We cut and loaded trucks for a couple hard hours, stopping to refuel and replenish the bar oil just a couple times. The workflow was fast and fluid with trouble free performance from the MS 271 Farm Boss.

As the sun sank below the horizon and a few snowflakes began to fall from a looming storm, I flicked off the engine just in time to hear a couple elk bugle far in the valley below.

Stihl MS290 ( Farm Boss ) Chainsaw

The Stihl MS290 is considered an ideal work saw for landowners, and sits firmly in Stihl’s “Farm and Ranch” category. Known as the “Farm Boss” in the United Sates, it was a one-time best-selling chainsaw in the region. It appears that the MS290 first entered the market around 2004. It has since been replaced in the product range by the Stihl MS271 (Farm Boss).
There are nearly 1000 listings on Ebay for MS290 spares and accessories. This is great news for current owners and testament to just how popular this saw was in the day.
Engine spares, whole engines, replacement housings and regular consumables are all widely available to keep your old saw running. If you are considering purchasing a used Stihl MS290 then you can do so safe in the knowledge that there are plenty of spares to fix it up and keep it working.

Stihl MS290 Engine Performance

Stihl 041 Farm Boss Value

Weighing 5.9 kg (dry, no bar, no chain) with a 2.8 kW power output from the 56cc engine, this mid-range chain saw should pack enough power to accomplish the various sawing tasks found on gardens, farms, plantations and orchards. Even local authorities might find the MS290 useful for light maintenance work.

Stihl MS290 Features

Stihl 041 Farm Boss Specifications

The MS290 features a variable-displacement oil pump which precisely controls delivery of lubrication to the chain. The Stihl Ematic™ chain lubrication system also features which specifically targets lubrication to chain links and guide bar rails. These two features combine in order to dramatically reduce oil consumption by up to 50%.
Stihl have also included a key feature in the carburetor that ensures a consistent air / fuel ratio mixture. The compensator adjusts the quantity of fuel delivered to the carburetor when air flow drops as contamination in the air filter builds up. This system means that the owner has to replace the air filter less frequently. Despite this feature a wise saw owner would replace the air filter more regularly to get the best performance from their machine.

Each Stihl MS290 operator benefits from the designed in anti-vibration system. The system significantly reduces mechanical vibration felt by the operator using the machine.
This feature reduces the likelihood of operators developing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) which is also know as Vibration White Finger. This is a very important feature because operators who develop HAVS can suffer a loss of sensitivity in their hands and fingers, pain and reduction in their strength of grip.

Replacement Parts on Ebay

Stihl MS290 Manuals

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Stihl MS290 Chainsaw Specifications

Positive comments about the MS290

Stihl 041av Specs

It appears that many users trust the Stihl brand and consider their products to be good value for money.

  • Excellent mid-range saw. Plenty of power for cutting firewood.
  • 10 years of heavy work and it is still going!
  • No mechanical issues other than wear and tear.
  • I have it serviced regularly by a Stihl agent and it’s never let me down.
  • One of the better saws I have used. Good power,very reliable.
  • MS290 is a good saw but I prefer the MS250 for every day use.

Stihl 041 Farm Boss Chainsaw Specs List

Negative comments about the MS290

Stihl 041 Farm Boss Chainsaw Specs Diagram

  • Too heavy, not enough power, cheap build.
  • It cuts too slowly and is heavy and under powered.
  • Very disappointed, really difficult to start.
  • Died after only two years of use.
  • Unreliable, repeated problems with the throttle linkage.