Nice saw, I'm glad your ebay deal turned out OK. I'll have to rep ya for having a 395xp and a 372xp, you know how to pick the saws.
My eBay gamble on a Husky 395XP
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Nice saw, I'm glad your ebay deal turned out OK. I'll have to rep ya for having a 395xp and a 372xp, you know how to pick the saws.
Ol' Brian
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Gr8Scott72,
That's quite a log you've got there... I don't know if I can see any milling in my future or not... it would be pretty cool to produce your own lumber though!
Thanks for the rep!!!
I have to admit... for the past too many years, I was a one saw does it all guy... then when the big storms blew through here earlier this spring, I got "volunteered" to clean up a huge pin oak that blew over in my wife's sister's in-laws back yard... was going to cost them $5000+ to get it cleaned up... so my wife volunteered me to do the job. At an estimated 40-45 inches dbh, there was absolutely no way I could get the trunk cut up with my old 55 and its 18" bar... so I went to my favorite OPE dealer and he suggested I go with a 372XP... so I did. While waiting for that saw to arrive, I found ArboristSite.com... so started reading here and learning more about saws. Got the 372, and put some tanks of gas through it, and started kicking myself for not getting a real saw a long time ago... the seeds of CAD had been planted. Then one night I was surfing the Bay, and I found this 395xp... terrible pictures, extremely minimalist description of the saw... and zero bidders. Kept watching it for the next few days, until the final minutes of the auction. Made a snap decision to take a gamble on the saw, and barely got my bid in just before the auction ended, and was really shocked to find out that I had won the saw... I was sure the snipers were just waiting to jump... but I had the only bid placed on the saw... which I'm sure the seller was not happy about, thus his lackadaisical shipping techniques... but anyway...
I have to give credit where credit is due; my Husky dealer for hooking me up with the 372xp, and I blame the good folks here at AS for the 395xp, and whatever else finds a home in my shop in the future... :spam:
That's quite a log you've got there... I don't know if I can see any milling in my future or not... it would be pretty cool to produce your own lumber though!
Nice saw, I'm glad your ebay deal turned out OK. I'll have to rep ya for having a 395xp and a 372xp, you know how to pick the saws.
Thanks for the rep!!!
I have to admit... for the past too many years, I was a one saw does it all guy... then when the big storms blew through here earlier this spring, I got "volunteered" to clean up a huge pin oak that blew over in my wife's sister's in-laws back yard... was going to cost them $5000+ to get it cleaned up... so my wife volunteered me to do the job. At an estimated 40-45 inches dbh, there was absolutely no way I could get the trunk cut up with my old 55 and its 18" bar... so I went to my favorite OPE dealer and he suggested I go with a 372XP... so I did. While waiting for that saw to arrive, I found ArboristSite.com... so started reading here and learning more about saws. Got the 372, and put some tanks of gas through it, and started kicking myself for not getting a real saw a long time ago... the seeds of CAD had been planted. Then one night I was surfing the Bay, and I found this 395xp... terrible pictures, extremely minimalist description of the saw... and zero bidders. Kept watching it for the next few days, until the final minutes of the auction. Made a snap decision to take a gamble on the saw, and barely got my bid in just before the auction ended, and was really shocked to find out that I had won the saw... I was sure the snipers were just waiting to jump... but I had the only bid placed on the saw... which I'm sure the seller was not happy about, thus his lackadaisical shipping techniques... but anyway...
I have to give credit where credit is due; my Husky dealer for hooking me up with the 372xp, and I blame the good folks here at AS for the 395xp, and whatever else finds a home in my shop in the future...
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GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Nice find and good job on the cleanup.
One last thing... I'm not sure how much Husqvarna drive rims differ from Stihl drive rims... but yours looks worn out...
Gary
One last thing... I'm not sure how much Husqvarna drive rims differ from Stihl drive rims... but yours looks worn out...
Gary
almondgt
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Well, my long-awaited Husky 395XP finally arrived. The seller had a minimal description of it, that basicly said it was a 395XP, runs, in like new condition. And a small, really crappy picture. In the very last seconds of the auction, I made the snap decision to take a gamble on this saw, and I ended up being the only bidder. Got it for the opening price.
It FINALLY arrived today... after the seller put the wrong zip code on the mailing label, and basically just threw it in a box and dropped it off at the PO, along with not following any of the other requests that I made for shipping that I also sent him extra $'s to cover... But at least it finally got here... 21 days later.
AS WE ALL KNOW... everyone loves pictures, and pictures of new acquisitions are even better... so here's a photo record of my teardown and cleanup of my new-to-me Husky 395XP...
Fresh out of the "Package"... the seller just threw it in this box, and dropped it off at the PO.
The clutch cover has a nice crack in it... you can just barely see it in the pic under the "Hu" in Husqvarna.
The spark plug says this saw's been running a little rich... I don't have any problems with that, better than running lean! The white "grains" I think are from the camera flash.
Not Bad!!!
This isn't bad either!!
So far, things are looking good... this saw is definitely not "like new" as the seller advertised, but looks workable...
More pics to come!
Congrats on your latest acquisition. May I ask how you get a seal at the spark plug port using your KD compression tester? Purchased mine new and can't get a descent reading on any of my saws. Cursing that tool for some time now. Sorry for going off topic but I had to know...
Ol' Brian
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Gary,
Thanks! Yep, that rim was shot... I took off the 24" bar that the saw came with; she's now sporting a new 7 pin rim and a 32" PowerMatch bar wrapped with full comp .063 WoodlandPro chisel... seems like pretty good chain so far. Cuts nice noodles! I've also got an 8 pin rim to play with also. This is one helluva saw, especially for a guy that's been getting by with just one saw until this year! :greenchainsaw:
Almondgt,
My KD tester has the threads on the end of the hose that are tapered, kind of like pipe thread... you just screw it in until the threads get tight in the hole. Just hand snug is all you need... no need to wrench it down tight. And you just need the threads on the hose... no adapter. You're not trying to use a rubber cone where you have to hold it in the spark plug hole by hand are you? I've seen those type of ends before... you'd have a real tough time with one of those on a chainsaw, even with a helper.
almondgt
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Thanks for replying. Here is what came with my KD kit, not tapered. Any suggestions on how I can get this fittting to seal? Could you show me what your fitting looks like?
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Ol' Brian
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Nope, this one was in the chainsaws section a couple of months ago.
Yeah, I think I got a pretty good deal... but, it really did turn out to be a gamble at the beginning. After I won the auction, I contacted the seller, and had him add insurance on the shipping, he emailed back that it would be $11 more, so I ppal'd him $11 extra to cover the insurance. Then he waited 11 days, threw it in a big box (the one you see in the pics) loose, with NO PACKING MATERIAL, gave it to the Post Office, pocketed the extra insurance money that I sent him, put the WRONG ZIP CODE on it, and sent it on it's way. It ended up in Des Moines, Iowa, where the PO had to rebuild the box with what looked to be nearly a full roll of packing tape, and look up my actual address to find the proper zip code, and get it headed back to where it was supposed to go. It finally showed up at my post office 23 days after this bozo shipped it. Credit to the post office... they finally did get it to me, and all the loose stuff (bar and chain) were still in the "nearly destroyed but rebuilt with packing tape" box. So, I fired off another email to this seller, asking him what he was thinking when he shipped this thing, but I never got another response from him... so I left him a nice red circle on his feedback as his reward for his awesome shipping skills and stealing my $11 that I sent him for the insurance.
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Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Guru
Almond,
Just take off that black adapter on the end of your hose... then just screw the hose directly into the spark plug hole. Mine looks identical to yours, you just have one of the adapters that come with the tester installed on your tester right now. Remove the adapter and the remnants of the teflon tape, and just screw it into the spark plug hole, just hand snug, no need to wrench it in. That should get you back in business!
heatsink
ArboristSite Member
Nice saw, and a good buy!
I have a 385xp and have had no troubles using a 36" bar! The manual states it will take up too a 42", but that seems like too much bar for my saw. Instead, I opted for a 36",32" and a 24" . I use the 24" most of the time.
The same day I also purchased the 346xp with a 20" bar. It became my first weapon of choice rather quickly. Just completed a muffler mod on both saws
a couple weeks ago. WOW, what a differance that made.
One thing I wanted to ask you. My 385xp has an adjustable oiler on the bottom. I did not see one on your 395xp in the pics. Does that saw have this option?
I have a 385xp and have had no troubles using a 36" bar! The manual states it will take up too a 42", but that seems like too much bar for my saw. Instead, I opted for a 36",32" and a 24" . I use the 24" most of the time.
The same day I also purchased the 346xp with a 20" bar. It became my first weapon of choice rather quickly. Just completed a muffler mod on both saws
a couple weeks ago. WOW, what a differance that made.
One thing I wanted to ask you. My 385xp has an adjustable oiler on the bottom. I did not see one on your 395xp in the pics. Does that saw have this option?
Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Guru
Yes, the oiler is adjustable on the 395XP. I don't have a good pic of it, but if you look at the pic where the saw is laying on the clutch cover showing the bottom of the saw, if you look at the engine case, you can see the notch in the case where you lay the screwdriver to access the oiler adjustment screw.
Banshee
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IMO the 395 is the best saw Husky ever built. I love mine. It's really my only used saw.
When I cut I use the 395xp with 28" bar and have mine 372xp with 24" bar for back up.
Wait til you get a mod or two on her. It will really come to life.
When I cut I use the 395xp with 28" bar and have mine 372xp with 24" bar for back up.
Wait til you get a mod or two on her. It will really come to life.
Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Guru
Hahaha, it's a beast, that's for sure. When I was noodling those oak rounds for my Dad a couple of weeks ago, I had to lean on it pretty hard to get it to slow down in the cut... it's definitely not wanting for more power as it is when noodling 20" long oak rounds. The only real issue I was having was the noodles getting all hung up on the chain catcher and then plugging up in the clutch cover. I think if I would have taken the chain catcher off, it would have been fine.
I might pull the muffler and do a muffler mod just because it would be easy to do if I can find some good pipe to use for the exhaust outlet.
The only real issue I was having was the noodles getting all hung up on the chain catcher and then plugging up in the clutch cover. I think if I would have taken the chain catcher off, it would have been fine.I might pull the muffler and do a muffler mod just because it would be easy to do if I can find some good pipe to use for the exhaust outlet.
bjorn773
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Nice find. I took the same kind of chance on my 385 a month ago. Mine panned out as well. It's amazing how much these bigger Husky saws pull. I finally cut with mine last weekend, I never stopped smiling. I imagine that 395 is even better. Congrats on a great saw
Chesterewers
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beer can works better, thats what I use
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Ol' Brian
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Thanks for the reminder on the brake cleaner and high temps/flames.
But, no intentions of welding on the saw, or on anything with brake cleaner on it, so all was safe.
But, no intentions of welding on the saw, or on anything with brake cleaner on it, so all was safe.
Holy digging up an old thread there, Chester!
But since the OP has responded I guess I'll chime in. You definitely faired better than me. My 395 from eBay came and was the dirtiest saw I have ever seen. There is stuffed packed in crannies that I still can't get out but the one thing that the seller "forgot" to mention was he had dropped it on a rock and broke off the entire section of case behind the clutch. I had to order a number of parts that were worn out and slap in a carb kit but now that it is done it seems to be running pretty good. Hopefully the weather will be better than forecast and I can get it in some wood this weekend.
Rep sent for a great saw!
But since the OP has responded I guess I'll chime in. You definitely faired better than me. My 395 from eBay came and was the dirtiest saw I have ever seen. There is stuffed packed in crannies that I still can't get out but the one thing that the seller "forgot" to mention was he had dropped it on a rock and broke off the entire section of case behind the clutch. I had to order a number of parts that were worn out and slap in a carb kit but now that it is done it seems to be running pretty good. Hopefully the weather will be better than forecast and I can get it in some wood this weekend.
Rep sent for a great saw!
fearofpavement
Trying them all
This thread is good proof that an accurate and comprehensive description of an eBay item is crucial to determining the ending price. A candid description of the good the bad and the ugly supported by detailed photos will bring out more bidders. I am surprised how many listings don't show the bottom of a chain saw which in my opinion is the best indication of usage. When I sell something, I want the buyer to not only be not disappointed but to actually be happy with their purchase. So I clean it up and pack it well. Sure it takes some extra time but that's how you keep 100% feedback. Glad this all worked out for the OP and that he got his money's worth.
