Howdy,
New to the forum but I've been researching this saw on this forum extensively for about a month. Here's the story:
I decided of the "new" saws I was considering I figured the 550xp was the best suited for my needs, wanting a pro saw thinking it would be resilient and naturally I made the huge mistake of buying one off eBay. Of course I believe I had thought to ask everything and all of the right questions but again, this being my first saw, naturally forgot to ask exactly what year the damn thing was. When it arrived I took it to the local dealer where they compression tested it and stuck a camera in and decided it looked clean enough.
Took it out last weekend only to find that there was a vapor locking issue along with an air leak which must have formed as I was quartering/limbing which I learned was a common 2012 issue. I've had the saw a minute now without being able to use it and it's a bit far gone now for some kind of eBay justice and to be honest I am pretty disenchanted with auto tune and want to give a traditional carb a chance anyway. so I decided to just eat the majority of the purchase, but am still getting a bit of money for it by selling it to a coworker (full disclosure).
When I went into the Husqvarna dealer and mentioned this, and then brought up that I was bummed that they didn't make the 346 any longer, it was then when he went in the back and pulled out a 2012 346xp that had been almost entirely forgotten about. Still has original tags and stickers on it, and has never even had so much of a tank of gas run thru it.
Needless to say folks, I'm ecstatic. Also, it's not the E-Tech version (which I'm not entirely sure what that is)
Just thought I'd let you folks know that I've just bought a brand new 2012 346xp, and if anybody has any good or bad stories about this saw/recommendations I'd love to hear it.
New to the forum but I've been researching this saw on this forum extensively for about a month. Here's the story:
I decided of the "new" saws I was considering I figured the 550xp was the best suited for my needs, wanting a pro saw thinking it would be resilient and naturally I made the huge mistake of buying one off eBay. Of course I believe I had thought to ask everything and all of the right questions but again, this being my first saw, naturally forgot to ask exactly what year the damn thing was. When it arrived I took it to the local dealer where they compression tested it and stuck a camera in and decided it looked clean enough.
Took it out last weekend only to find that there was a vapor locking issue along with an air leak which must have formed as I was quartering/limbing which I learned was a common 2012 issue. I've had the saw a minute now without being able to use it and it's a bit far gone now for some kind of eBay justice and to be honest I am pretty disenchanted with auto tune and want to give a traditional carb a chance anyway. so I decided to just eat the majority of the purchase, but am still getting a bit of money for it by selling it to a coworker (full disclosure).
When I went into the Husqvarna dealer and mentioned this, and then brought up that I was bummed that they didn't make the 346 any longer, it was then when he went in the back and pulled out a 2012 346xp that had been almost entirely forgotten about. Still has original tags and stickers on it, and has never even had so much of a tank of gas run thru it.
Needless to say folks, I'm ecstatic. Also, it's not the E-Tech version (which I'm not entirely sure what that is)
Just thought I'd let you folks know that I've just bought a brand new 2012 346xp, and if anybody has any good or bad stories about this saw/recommendations I'd love to hear it.
