Chainsaw Replacement

In 2003, needing to cut wood for our stove in Escalante, I went to Richfield and bought an MS250. Now in its eleventh year, the saw was starting to show signs of strain. In fact, during the Mother's Day Massacre, I was unable to start it and had to do most of the clean-up with a hand saw. While we've already got a partial supply of wood for the upcoming winter, I didn't want to get into the serious work of completing the pile until I knew I had a working saw. Last week, VSO felt that she had saved up enough money to afford a replacement for the MS250, so I called the dealer. He said that they were no longer selling that model, but that they had an upgraded version, the MS251. VSO brought one home on Thursday. I still had a mess of elm to cut up, so I went out yesterday and assembled all the saw paraphernalia. I had gas and oil in the old saw, so I decided to try that first—might as well run it into the ground. Of course, it started right up and ran all morning. I cut the whole pile of elm with it. Except for the last piece. I saved that for the new saw, just to see how it was going to run. Nice and smooth: Quiet running and fast cutting, just what you'd expect from a new Stihl.