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SawTroll said:
Actually a bit more than a decade, if you count in the 371xp (you should)...:biggrinbounce2: ;)
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Well lets hope the 372 stays around for another decade. EPA is really giving all the favorite models of all camps a early grave in my opinion and its a real shame.
 
THALL10326 said:
Bingo, exactly 100%. I got all those dayummm high powered saws out in the shed and every single time I go to do a tree job I grab my 026. Its not as fast, not as powerfull but its the most fun saw I have to use. I think its 12-13 years old now, never needed one single repair and it has cut more wood than all these other monsters I got combined. Why, cause like you, I enjoy sawing.
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Not that I have a shed full of high powered saws, but you just described my '94 026 to a tee:rock: :rock:
 
THALL10326 said:
So what your telling me is they will use any tactic they can to sell a saw. Hmmm wouldn't it be easier to just make a decent saw and stop all this non-sense. Do what Stihl does, build a good saw and sell it,LOLOLOLOL, gotcha
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372 back, for a while...

I think they realized that if all they had was the 575 and no 372 they'd loose a lot of that market to the competition..... Not saying the 575 is a bad saw - just not openly embraced by their customers.
 
Lakeside53 said:
372 back, for a while...

I think they realized that if all they had was the 575 and no 372 they'd loose a lot of that market to the competition..... Not saying the 575 is a bad saw - just not openly embraced by their customers.
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Stihl seems to be doing alright with the 441 over the 440. They had a little further to go too!!!
 
Pablo26 said:
Not that I have a shed full of high powered saws, but you just described my '94 026 to a tee:rock: :rock:
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Well I got way too many saws, more of a hobby than anything else. When I go sawing for a few bucks or to merely saw some firewood that 026 goes every single time and gets used. I'd rather use it than any saw I got, why, just something about that saw that makes it fun to use. I think when they built that saw they had the operator in mind instead of high performance and hoop la, that saw is a joy to use..
 
THALL10326 said:
Well I got way too many saws, more of a hobby than anything else. When I go sawing for a few bucks or to merely saw some firewood that 026 goes every single time and gets used. I'd rather use it than any saw I got, why, just something about that saw that makes it fun to use. I think when they built that saw they had the operator in mind instead of high performance and hoop la, that saw is a joy to use..
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There is no don't that in it's 18 or so year lifespan the 026/260 more than proved itself!!!
 
Lakeside53 said:
372 back, for a while...

I think they realized that if all they had was the 575 and no 372 they'd loose a lot of that market to the competition..... Not saying the 575 is a bad saw - just not openly embraced by their customers.
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I think what it is Lake is two differant ways of thinking between Stihl and Husky. Stihl had to think long and hard of dropping the 440 being it was a huge seller and a dayumm fine saw. They had to know they would have to make a better replacement power wise, smoother wise and of course EPA wise and they did. So the 440 was discountiued. Husky it seems had the idea of relying on the 372 if the 575 didn't catch on. I think with the 372 out there the 575 will never catch on until the 372 is history. Thats just my assumtion looking at what has taken place. Sawtroll pointed out too that when they bought Redmax they got alot of EPA credits so the 372 survived but with it out there the 575 sales are suffering because of it. The 372 is the Husky fans all time favorite from what I can gather and as long as they can get it that 575 is playing second fiddle.

Heres a example Lake. The TS700 cut-off saw. Stihl invested 21 million dollars into the desgin of that saw with the idea it had to be accepted over the 760 it replaced. It had to be cleaner as well. Thats big dough for a design of a saw of any kind. Stihl does do their homework and take their R&D very serious. The 760 isn't missed at all, they got it right not only on the 441
but the TS700 and TS800 as well. Same will go for the new TS410/420. No doult the TS400 won't be missed at all with these new machines taking their place, Stihl is on the ball bigtime in R&D.
 
It will be interesting to see how the 5100 and 7900 series of saws favor over the next few years. Personally seeing the way things are going with the EPA, Dolmars miserable failure with their dealer network and the fact that Dolmar is a very very small player..........I see these saws going by way of the dodo bird in the next few years!!!
 
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still slow dummy

manual said:
Nope,,It would be nice if Bin Ultra would speak for himself.
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I don't know Bin Ultra nor have talked to his azz, I like any heavy equipment pics just like "Jumper" posted. Where ever you get your info from is wrong....

Now how 'bout that turd 2171?
 
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2000ssm6 said:
I don't know Bin Ultra nor have talked to his azz, I any heavy equipment pics just like "Jumper" posted. Where ever you get your info from is wrong....

Now how 'bout that turd 2171?
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Are you speaking of the 2171 Stihl has been trying so hard to catch-up to? All they need to do is shave another pound or so off the 441's weight, and they'll be pretty close to the 2171's decade-old design... :D :D

(Although it still won't look as good...)
 
Woodie said:
Are you speaking of the 2171 Stihl has been trying so hard to catch-up to? All they need to do is shave another pound or so off the 441's weight, and they'll be pretty close to the 2171's decade-old design... :D :D

(Although it still won't look as good...)
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2171, is that the red and black 372?, seriously are they the same saw??
 

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