SawTroll
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The 555 usually comes with .325 in Europe, and so does the 560xp. I had the dealer change my 560 to 3/8" though, when I bought it....
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The 555 usually comes with .325 in Europe, and so does the 560xp. I had the dealer change my 560 to 3/8" though, when I bought it....
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
the extra chain I bought is a H25 which is a .325. I'm hoping the chain on the saw is also a H25.
sunfish
Fish Head
That will work fine, but I personally would want 3/8 chain on that saw.
woodchipper95
ArboristSite Guru
Did you get a 555 or 590?
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
oops, i got the 555.
shouldn't the dealer have mentioned the extended warranty available??????????
shouldn't the dealer have mentioned the extended warranty available??????????
SawTroll
Information Collector
Good choise!
A long warranty is worth very little without a good dealer standing behind it. Also, it only covers material and manufacturing defects, which normally turn up quite early anyway.
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
Saw Troll, you wouldn't double the two year warranty for the cost of 3 bottles of premix? and if you were a dealer you wouldn't mention that this program exists to your customers?
GrJfer
Freedom
Sounds like you have already answered the question of your dealers worthiness.
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
my dealer is going to hear from me today. I even asked him how long the warranty on the saw was for, that was before I read about the extended warranty. so you think he wants to limit the amount of warranty work they do?
SawTroll
Information Collector
All I know is that my current Husky dealer changed out the carb and intake of my 339xp on warranty, 3 1/2 years after I bought it from another dealer. The official warranty period was 2 years.
He did of course earn a bit of loyalty that way, as really good dealers tend to do!
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
the crappy service of the stihl and husky dealers I've dealt with are making it really easy to pass them up and buy online. I just called this guy and he said "he's not promoting the extended warranty". He said people weren't going to continue to buy the expensive husky gas. I informed him that the customer only had to buy it once to get the double warranty. The business sounds like it needs a call from the BBB.
sunfish
Fish Head
If you want it & the dealer isn't offering it, contact Husqvarna. I don't think it's the dealer's choice to not participate.
That said, I've never needed a warranty on a saw...
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
now I get to make my third trip in 4 days to them. the first to buy the saw, the second to exchange the files, now to get the warranty he should have told me about.
Hopefully, I won't need the warranty. The other day Dell replaced my motherboard, the 3 year warranty is up in July. So warranties are not always a waste of money.
Hopefully, I won't need the warranty. The other day Dell replaced my motherboard, the 3 year warranty is up in July. So warranties are not always a waste of money.
zogger
Tree Freak
I frequent my local small engine shop a lot. They have started draining into a clear bottle all customer fuel in stuff that comes in to show them when they get sticker shock on repair bills. You should see this sludge! Half water sludge, all of it. Ethanol is wiping out any profits they might make on selling new gear. they showed me one, a new new, bought last year rider mower.
They fixed it under wqarranty when it wouldn't work, contaminted gunked up carb. A week later mr customer comes back, mower won't work, they drained his fuel it was MOSTLY water. Despite being TOLD to only run fresh, and having a gratis free gallon of fresh when it went out, the idiot went to his old can to "use it up".
If I was a dealer, I'd want a one week warranty, tops. In fact, I wouldn't even want to sell new, I'd sell used repaired works there at the shop, there's your warranty, past the parking lot, on your own. With a huge signh, "You run crap fuel, you eat it"
You just about CAN'T drive it home to these nimrods that ethanol contaminated fuel that sits for more than x small period of time is no freaking good and they need to dump it out and get fresh mix, or use canned fuel, or hunt down no ethanol fuel.
sunfish
Fish Head
Yeah, the small engine shop has to put up with a lot of crap! Glad I'm not in that business...
redhawk23
ArboristSite Operative
the guy said he didn't sell the warranty to me because he thought the warranty had so much small print Husky wouldn't have to cover a repair or they just wouldn't cover it--that they'd claim bad gas or something. Makes me really glad I bought one of their saws!
He also said you can use either a 3/16 or a 7/32 file on H25 chain. I'll go with what the manual says.
He also said you can use either a 3/16 or a 7/32 file on H25 chain. I'll go with what the manual says.
sunfish
Fish Head
You bought one of the best 60cc saws made! Don't turn it into a negative experience. A LOT of dealers out there do not know what they are talking about. You will get better info here!
SawTroll
Information Collector
Or contact Spike60, an AS sponsor, and maybe the best Husky/Jonsered dealer in the US.
SawTroll
Information Collector
His knowledge obviously is lacking a bit at that point. H25 currently is Oregon 21BPX, and it takes a 3/16" file - definately not the larger 7/32" file.
SawTroll
Information Collector
Correct, specialy when the topic gets into different chain, pitch and gearing options. most dealer don't have a clue, they just go by what they think the brand recommends (and those mostly think more about possible liability issues, than about optimal performance).
