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

[BKrusher]

so get a 372........

Smart idea!! That is great saw.

 

[weedkilla]

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/index.php?threads/214853/
I stuffed a 359 into a 350 crank and all.

That doesn't count. You're a freak. The rest of us are over here making sure our chain is on the right way.

As to Frankenstein huskies - there are some simple ones. The open port 268 - 272 comes to mind, just to add to the couple mentioned. But in most cases it's not required. Measure your squish, delete your base gasket, tickle the port shapes, mod your muffler and clean your air filter once a day instead of every tank, and enjoy good anti vibration at a lower weight.

It's not like once you own a husky you'll never own a stihl, several models are simply the best choice for their role from either camp. Two of my huskies are never leaving my hands, but I'm pretty sure that has more to do with the fact that a certain husky/jonsered dealer in Tennessee has done rude things with their insides. One of those is a useless pig 562.

 

[Homelite410]

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/index.php?threads/256598/ my other Frankenstein saw

 

[Homelite410]

That doesn't count. You're a freak. The rest of us are over here making sure our chain is on the right way.

I prefer creative.....

 

[ash man]

I wouldn't trade my ne 346 xp, 550 xp, or johnny 2260 for any other saw in their class. Come to think of it wouldn't trade my ported 394 xp for 660 either. Coming from a guy that's owned some Stihl saws.

 

[Homelite410]

I wouldn't trade my ne 346 xp, 550 xp, or johnny 2260 for any other saw in their class. Come to think of it wouldn't trade my ported 394 xp for 660 either. Coming from a guy that's owned some Stihl saws.

yup my ported 2186 will take care of a 660......

 

[kz1000]

Hmmm? All of the Stihl people that jumped in at the start answered while the work day was still active, the Husky people answered after the day was done in their time zone.I rest my case.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Guess all the husky guys are working check back in the morning.

Fixed that for ya

 

[RandyMac]

I only have one foreign chainsaw.

 

[Homelite410]

Blue top!


Sexy

 

[HuskStihl]

288xp early model KS cylinder with the supercool eliminator top. I got one minus the blue. Strong performer stock, great ported, and has the best modern idle out there

 

[treesmith]

I'll be finding out soon enough how a 390 stacks up against a 660, both from cuddle lane. Left the top half of a Vic ash in the woods, so, unless He-Man stole it for firewood there's 36" of dead hard timber waiting for them. Oooh, can't wait

 

[Marshy]

I'll throw one out there for ya... 372 cylinder and piston on a 365 seems to be a common upgrade and bolt-on.

 

[Philip Wheelock]

 

[CapitaineHaddoc]

Yep, the 562 ares so bad...So bad that even the older loggers here who have worked with Stihl saws more than 30 years are buying 560/562, now. And they don't look back.

 

[CJ1]

Right on...562xp is what is....a hot rod...but not a daily driver for the working man...stihl is heavy and slow but takes a beating like no other saw...magnus the swede even says the 562xp doesn't hold up...

Out of the 5 that have been running 5 days a week 1 has lost a topend on a -20f morning. So I would say they will take a beating. The 2 old ones run great, the 3 new ones [with it 2 years] seem to be the ones with quirks. So I would have to say they hold up. Running correctly well that is another story. My friends crew cannot afford to send the saws to MM or Terry to have them run right so maybe it is time to move on or back to 357's. CJ

 

[Topbuilder]

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"It's not like once you own a husky you'll never own a stihl, several models are simply the best choice for their role from either camp. Two of my huskies are never leaving my hands, but I'm pretty sure that has more to do with the fact that a certain husky/jonsered dealer in Tennessee has done rude things with their insides." weedkilla

Nice quote.

 

[Homelite410]

The best thing for a saw no matter the color, is that the saw have a bit of a hungry attitude.

 

[Homelite410]

Even a wild thing is fun if it has an attitude.

 

[cgraham1]

Even a wild thing is fun if it has an attitude.

I have an echo CS-315 I'll send you. Maybe you can give it some attitude and send it back when you're done?