got to look at big husky yesterday,,,

[sunshiner]

have sat and read all I could here, and wanted to keep an open mind on husky,,found another dealer,,that had a 395, went and took a look,,nice looking, balanced ok,,ect,,but looking it over closely,,well,,,the plastic,,,so much of it,,,,it just bothered me,,,and memories from yrs of offroad dirtbike racing,,of things that after continous exposure to fuel,,cracking, leaking,,ect,,

I just wanted to ask those who run huskys alot ,,,dont the plastic get brittle ect on those older huskys,,and give you problems,,just wondering,,,

 

[jokers]

No.

Russ

 

[eyolf]

I've got a Jonsereds 670 that dates back to about 1990 or so, been used up and rebuilt once. I haven't noticed any brittleness, but I will say this about plastic vs the magnesium covers saw makers used 25 years ago: I'll take the plastic covers any day! They scratch, but after a little use most of them old Homies and McC's had little paint left. Sooner or later, all them thin castings started cracking, and by the time your saw was just getting broke in good, it looked like it had been through the wars.

On the other hand, I'm not all that impressed with the Husky 395 I own. Not enough better than some far less expensive models to justify the MSRP, in my opinion.

I got mine to mill with, and it works fine for that. I did use it to buck up a couple of pretty large oaks soon after I got it, and I didn't think it cut enough faster than the 670 to justify the extra cost or weight. Maybe in the west, where nobody ever uses anything less than a 48" bar, LOL!

 

[Stumper]

eyolf, I've got the Husky equivalent of your 670-the 268xp. I've run it alongside a 394 and reached the same conclusion-the only justification for the bigger saw is a long bar-in 20 inch hardwoods the smaller saw will keep up. It may be very slightly slower in the full 20" stuff but it makes up for it in manueverability and higher rpms in the small stuff.

Sunshiner, The plastic is WONDERFUL. Much, much superior to the old magnesium housings. Lighter weight and far tougher.

 

[Qatanlison]

Sunshiner,

I'm a Husky-man. Been using "left over" saws that's been in the industry and used 8hrs a day and never came across one with broken or brittle plastic details and I'm from Sweden where it tend to get pretty cold in the winters but sun and heat does it's trick with plastic as well... One saw, though, had some melting in the cover over the muffler - probably from when thrown in the trunk without letting it cool down first. One other aspect when working in the cold; Plastic doesn't get that icy, damp coldness magnesium will and therefore is much more comfy when not wearing gloves or not having the G models with heated handles.

/Ola