I just purchased my first saw.

[Tonka56]

Actually it's on layaway and I'll be picking it up it two weeks.

I'm getting a new Husky 365 Special. I chose this saw due to descriptions of it being very torquey in the low RPMs. Hopefully I'll be building a few log cabins.

My cousin, a big 359 and 372XP fan, feels that the 365 is a "tweener", and I might as well have gotten the 72. He's much more experienced than I.

Should I have saved my money and gotten the 359?

Kind of lame to ask that now I suppose, but hey it's my first post and I've already found a ton of great information here.

 

[Lawn Masters]

look at it this way, if you ever accidentally fry the jug and piston on it now, just buy the 372 set and you've got a 372 crossdressing as a 365.

 

[Bad E]

Actually it's on layaway and I'll be picking it up it two weeks.

I'm getting a new Husky 365 Special. I chose this saw due to descriptions of it being very torqey in the low RPMs. Hopefully I'll be building a few log cabins.

My cousin, a big 359 and 372XP fan, feels that the 365 is a "tweener", and I might as well have gotten the 72. He's much more experienced that I.

Should I have saved my money and gotten the 359?

Kind of lame to ask that now I suppose, but hey it's my first post and I've already found a ton of great information here.

I just bought a 365 special about 4-5 weeks ago. You will not be disappointed, unless you are cutting huge trees it goes through wood like a hot knife through butter.

 

[Tonka56]

I just bought a 365 special about 4-5 weeks ago. You will not be disappointed, unless you are cutting huge trees it goes through wood like a hot knife through butter.

Sounds great!

I'm probably never going to see any very serious cutting...the species around the northeast just aren't a big as what is out in CA, WA, and OR. This saw is for notch cutting and shaping of logs during cabin building, where you use the saw sometimes almost as a planing tool at low RPMs.

I'm an electro/mechanical technician by trade, but after my cousin introduced me to cabin building, I just fell in love with the craft. These are authentic cabins from actual spruce timbers, not kit homes. I'm also an electrician and hopefully we can have cool little side buisiness here.

I was thinking that this would be a great saw that I'll have for a lifetime if I take care of it. Pretty nice to have when I get that new fireplace and woodstove too.

 

[Tonka56]

look at it this way, if you ever accidentally fry the jug and piston on it now, just buy the 372 set and you've got a 372 crossdressing as a 365.

Yes, I've heard that was possible. Good to know. I'm a ruthless tinkerer...although I don't know much about saws or 2-cycle engines in general just yet.

 

[Lawn Masters]

I was thinking that this would be a great saw that I'll have for a lifetime if I take care of it.

if you take good care of it, YES, it will last you a lifetime.

Stihltech's signature is so true. "any saw is only as good as the maintainence it recieves."

 

[cushdog]

the 365 is a sweet saw. they aren't going to mfg them anymore.
i had one stolen, and i went out the next day and bought one again.
so, when i find the little f@#$, i'll have two really sweet 365's.
now you can get the 385 and tell your cousin his 372 is a tweener.

 

[asb151]

Good decision with the 365. Based on you description of how you will use it the saw should be all you need.

 

[cushdog]

by the way, i would rather have the 357xp over the 359.

 

[Tonka56]

by the way, i would rather have the 357xp over the 359.

Based on my limited understanding, the 357xp would be a better choice if what you wanted to do was rip though wood quickly with power, however, for what we do, you need the more usable RPM sweep that the 359 offers. It's more of a finese deal.

 

[Tonka56]

My coz actually has a 372xp, but the Log Wizard is currently installed. Pretty sweet little tool.

 

[Tonka56]

now you can get the 385 and tell your cousin his 372 is a tweener.

LOL :greenchainsaw:

 

[buck futter]

You'll make out fine and the 357/359 would excel if you were doing alot more limbing. You mentioned authentic it would be neat to do all of the limbing with a ax as it would yield more character to the finished product. The tree companies use the 365's around here the have been trouble free despite how many they have and sometimes people aren't the nicest to saws when the company actually own them. Does the 365 have the removable plates over the transfers?

you use the saw sometimes almost as a planing tool at low RPMs.

Be cautious how long you use the saw at part throttle I guess some report the saw leans out and could cause you problems. I have never seen it but many report of this. To compensate you could richen the high side quite a bit perhaps it would help in your special circumstances.

congrats

Buck

 

[sawn_penn]

I'm getting a new Husky 365 Special. I chose this saw due to descriptions of it being very torquey in the low RPMs.

Cool. I'm sure you'll like your saw. Torque at lower revs is good when the saw is bogging down under load, but as the instruction manual says "Always cut at full throttle."

 

[Tonka56]

you use the saw sometimes almost as a planing tool at low RPMs.

Be cautious how long you use the saw at part throttle I guess some report the saw leans out and could cause you problems. I have never seen it but many report of this. To compensate you could richen the high side quite a bit perhaps it would help in your special circumstances.

congrats

Buck

Good advice,

Using the saw that way is almost never for periods more than say 10-20 seconds, just to smooth over a rough edge or point in the notch that is preventing a nice, flush fit between timbers.

The heavy planing and notch routing is done with the log wizard...that's the real workhorse.

 

[Tonka56]

...just thought I'd post a quick followup.

I brought the 365 Special home two days ago.

What an awesome chainsaw. I couldn't be happier with the power, balance, and low vibration.

I don't have any real cutting to do at this time and I'm only home from school for break, so I just did some yard work and cleaned up a lot of the blowdown and such from the past few winters and ice storms, obviously I could do this stuff with a far lighter saw, but this seemed like a good way to familiarize myself with the tool and to break the engine in.

 

[Bad E]

...just thought I'd post a quick followup.

I brought the 365 Special home two days ago.

What an awesome chainsaw. I couldn't be happier with the power, balance, and low vibration.

I don't have any real cutting to do at this time and I'm only home from school for break, so I just did some yard work and cleaned up a lot of the blowdown and such from the past few winters and ice storms, obviously I could do this stuff with a far lighter saw, but this seemed like a good way to familiarize myself with the tool and to break the engine in.

I hope you are as happy with your 365 Special as I have been with mine. I've got about 12 tanks through mine now...should be getting broke in.

 

[retoocs555]

Sounds great!

I'm probably never going to see any very serious cutting...the species around the northeast just aren't a big as what is out in CA, WA, and OR. This saw is for notch cutting and shaping of logs during cabin building, where you use the saw sometimes almost as a planing tool at low RPMs.

I'm an electro/mechanical technician by trade, but after my cousin introduced me to cabin building, I just fell in love with the craft. These are authentic cabins from actual spruce timbers, not kit homes. I'm also an electrician and hopefully we can have cool little side buisiness here.

I was thinking that this would be a great saw that I'll have for a lifetime if I take care of it. Pretty nice to have when I get that new fireplace and woodstove too.

What kind of logs are you using or did you (more or less) buy a kit?

Once I get a big enough piece o land for myself I'd like to build a cabin using cedar on site.

 

[Tonka56]

What kind of logs are you using or did you (more or less) buy a kit?

Once I get a big enough piece o land for myself I'd like to build a cabin using cedar on site.

Spruce timbers with minimal processing. The bark is hand peeled or taken off with the log wizard. Most of it peels off fairly easily, especially after a few rainy days. No milled logs or kits. Our goal is to provide a more authentic, unique, cheaper, and structurally superior alternative to kit homes. They will heat better than milled log kit homes too!