Alright you, HUSKY fans time to put up or shut up!!

[Brush Ape]

 

[Adirondackstihl]

It's not possible to cover all the Husqvarna benefuts and swaps in a post, it is possible to search for the info.

A good place to start might be a 350/346xp build.

Is there any stihl clamshell that can take a pro p&c? With an easily available adaptor?

In the Stihl world it would be like putting an 026 on an 025....

This is actually not true at all Bill.
The 350 isn't really a full clamshell.

 

[frogdaddy]

Another Range War, I'm staying out of it. I love my Stihls, but I also enjoy running my nephew's Huskys.

I was thinking that this thread wouldn't become that but it never fails. I have just finished a 064 for a guy at work and it's time to back to my projects. I was leaning toward a 290 with a 390 topend and TS400 piston or dolling up a 028 into the best condition possible (OCD). I started this thread looking for ideas in the husky lineup, not to start an war. So anybody from the all orange camp have any suggests go ahead and chime in. Also when you list a saw note what Stihl saw it is comparable to (in size) remember i'm Husqvarna challenged.

 

[frogdaddy]

I have a husky 272XP that I inherited from my Dad, and it is one tough SOB, 3 bars multiple chains and 2 air filters and still going strong.
I recently finished my project 288 and have not had much of a chance to run it, this fall when they open the Forest I will though

The reason I love the Husky 272Xp so much, and why I am in the process of building another is the grunt and the stable way it cuts..
It just keeps cutting and cutting, I do not mod any of my saws in any way!

Hey devil dog, I ran a 272XP and we had a bunch of clutch problems but when it did work it was fast really FAST.

 

[Mike from Maine]

61 --> 268 or 272
257 --> 262 or swap the crank and tank and make a 254xp

 

[cat-face timber]

Hey devil dog, I ran a 272XP and we had a bunch of clutch problems but when it did work it was fast really FAST.

Sir,

The only problem I have ever had is the muffler bracket broke, and I had to replace it.
Never had any clutch problems (knock on wood).
I keep the crankshaft greased though.

 

[frogdaddy]

Sir,

The only problem I have ever had is the muffler bracket broke, and I had to replace it.
Never had any clutch problems (knock on wood).
I keep the crankshaft greased though.

Ha you called me sir. No need for that, I was an enlisted jar head.

 

[Homelite410]

I thought my 272 was fast, (coming from running a homelite 410) then I ran a 372 and was like oh..........

 

[frogdaddy]

I thought my 272 was fast, (coming from running a homelite 410) then I ran a 372 and was like oh..........

272 - 372 the first digit show a new model??? same cc right??? Husqvarna challenged!

 

[Homelite410]

272 = 72 cc 52 mm bore dual ported. 372 = 70.5 cc 50mm bore quad port. The quad port takes it, in the book 272 is 5.2 HP and 372 is 5.3.
And 372 is spring av as opposed to rubber on the 272.

 

[frogdaddy]

272 = 72 cc 52 mm bore dual ported. 372 = 70.5 cc 50mm bore quad port. The quad port takes it, in the book 272 is 5.2 HP and 372 is 5.3.
And 372 is spring av as opposed to rubber on the 272.

Cool.

 

[rullywowr]

Love my 372 and 550xp. Put them both to good use today.

 

[jimmycrackcorn]

Love my 372 and 550xp. Put them both to good use today.

Say, how is that 550 for bucket work? Nice, light & nimble?

 

[M&Rtree]

Little baby for the 394!

 

[jimmycrackcorn]

Not being a smart a$$ here but, do u always wear shorts & sneakers @ work, I'd get sent home. No I'm not a ppe Nazi, lol.. Even if i was allowed, I'm just wondering how you deal with your shoes filling up with chips every half a cut.

That's was some big wood though, how did y'all remove it? Customer keep it for firewood, y'all haul it out with a log truck or did u firewood it for yourselves & lump those huge rounds into a truck.

 

[M&Rtree]

Well down here in Florida it gets hot, real hot and sometimes I just can't wear pants. We also don't cut firewood in the summer. I picked it up with my 863 and hauled it with my 550 dump.

 

[M&Rtree]

Oh and I got boots on and sock covers.

 

[jimmycrackcorn]

Oh dang. You really do wear shorts.. Part of me kinda assumed it might of been a picture taken after work or something.

What are sock covers.. Is this something I should Google..lol.

Y'all don't cut firewood in the summer? If you don't collect & prep it in the summer how do you have it for the winter..? I know we'll cut it into length for our selves or HO's whenever the opportunity arises or the logs aren't good enough for the saw mill or if we don't fell like getting the log truck.. Personally, I'd rather it all gone on a truck, less clean up. Wait, do y'all Floridians even need that much heat in the winter?

 

[M&Rtree]

I have chaps in every truck for when the bucking comes about. Our winter is very short so we only split as needed or when a customer makes a call for some. Sawmills are few and never really take wood. It can get around 130-150 degrees in summer around a stump or felling cut just something to think about.

 

[sunfish]

Oh dang. You really do wear shorts.. Part of me kinda assumed it might of been a picture taken after work or something.

What are sock covers.. Is this something I should Google..lol.

Y'all don't cut firewood in the summer? If you don't collect & prep it in the summer how do you have it for the winter..? I know we'll cut it into length for our selves or HO's whenever the opportunity arises or the logs aren't good enough for the saw mill or if we don't fell like getting the log truck.. Personally, I'd rather it all gone on a truck, less clean up. Wait, do y'all Floridians even need that much heat in the winter?

I tell ya, it's hard to wear long pants in Florida in the summer! I grew up in north FL, and sold firewood as a teen. Yes heat is needed down there in winter.

I don't cut firewood here in Missouri in the summer. Cut fall, winter & spring, stay 2-3 years ahead, so have plenty of dry wood...