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Yes, you would.. Germans love to label everything.
Farmertec "Caber" rings real or fake?
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BrettS
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Yeah with the label "Made in China"..... lol
The Shooters Apprentice
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Farmertec doesn’t make anything, they assemble parts from various sources. So I would be wrong to build a 72 Chevy stepsides with all after market parts because it’s stealing?
I use them myself when a customer doesn't want to spend more than the saw is worth on a rebuild kit. The last Husky top end cost me $21 with free shipping, doubt you could touch an OEM for four times that..
camel2019
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I figured on a concrete saw they would last as long as a OEM cylinder they suck in a lot of their own dust.
Not the same thing and you know it.
Not any any Stihl Saw,chain or bar I've purchased.
Ok. That might have been quiet spicy and hurtful. Forgive me for laughing BUT I found it also funny as hell. My wicked sense of humor. I know. My dad a ww2 vet crazy as a loon would go off with spicy over cooked statements every day. One time he jumped up and began beating the perro caca out of me. Im like 12. He finally stopped beating and asked WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? Still laughing I replied, I can't help it you are so funny. It was not a ploy. I was serious but he got his brain back in his head. I can even imagine the pissed off look on your face. That's funny. But Then I watch Family Guy. Ha. Ha.
It's mostly Zama carburetors like on the 170 and other small saws.
I quit working on them because of all the cleanup involved. Nobody around here cleans the concrete saws after use and most don't mess with the air filter either, in short time even the newer ones are junk..
It's not the user that's stealing it's the people who copied the item and built new ones to match, ignoring patents. The buyer, if anything, is abetting the copier by buying illegal copies.
BrettS
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Still doesn't mean it's not made in China or has components made in China...
camel2019
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The biggest issue with the ts350 or ts360 is the coil inside the flywheel this Collects the dust so much it eventually creates marbles of the dust that grind away at the coil. The newer saws don’t have that issue.
Actually it does mean it's made in Germany. Country's are pretty strict on that.
And so what if it has a Chinese made Zama? The whole saw isn't a steaming pile of Chi com junk.
matt_lamb_160
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Might be worth reviewing the original poster's reason for the purchase and also noting that he is after the genuine (as labeled) item in this case and is in discussion with the original parts manufacturer (not to mention that it is just a simple replacement part that numerous companies other than the original saw manufacturer make anyway).
OP: "I'm in Australia so it was the cheapest way to get some, shipping from Wolf Creek or anywhere else USA is usually prohibitive. Pre covid there were a couple European ebay Caber sellers but they've disappeared."
Ultimately it wouldn't be a topic at all if shipping from the US hadn't gone nuts recently. The prices are becoming extreme (not to mention the numerous US sellers who refuse to even reply to you if you are not from the US). Convenient supply of OEM parts does not always exists in many regions of Australia.
It is an interesting topic, but the thread is being killed (they may be real, or Caber has been alerted). The pointless debates don't achieve anything.
OP: "I'm in Australia so it was the cheapest way to get some, shipping from Wolf Creek or anywhere else USA is usually prohibitive. Pre covid there were a couple European ebay Caber sellers but they've disappeared."
Ultimately it wouldn't be a topic at all if shipping from the US hadn't gone nuts recently. The prices are becoming extreme (not to mention the numerous US sellers who refuse to even reply to you if you are not from the US). Convenient supply of OEM parts does not always exists in many regions of Australia.
It is an interesting topic, but the thread is being killed (they may be real, or Caber has been alerted). The pointless debates don't achieve anything.
Mostly homeowner saws and the trimmers coming from China stihl plants. Havent seen a pro grade yet from there.
Heck even our Va Beach ones say made with Foreign and Domestic parts.
Heck even our Va Beach ones say made with Foreign and Domestic parts.
By Stihl.
Several of the smaller Stihl saws around this area are made from parts in my garage and put together by me, doesn't prove anything.
camel2019
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I have stihl but can’t afford to fork out $1400 to $2500 for a power head at the moment i Have a small business that doesn’t get enough tree work to justify that but need a bigger power head that can run a 32+ inch bar for the big walnuts and maples I encounter.
How old is that MS250? I'll have to check mine but if I remember correctly it doesn't say china anywhere on the label. New ones I've got on the floor say "Manufactured by Stihl Inc USA".
