My new husky 357xp

timberfell · Mar 8, 2003

Hey guys, my new 357 just came in today from Alamia, 473.00 shipped, not a bad deal. One thing I am wondering though, when I was shopping around for the best price a few dealers had some leftover 2002 models for a small discount. Actually Alamia's price for a 2003 was cheaper than any of the 2002's. On the phone they gauranteed me that I would be getting a '03 not a leftover '02. I wasn't really that concerned because they had the best price either way, and I didn't think Husky changed anything on the saw from last year. After getting the saw all the serial # has a 02 in it, not an 03 like I was expecting. I checked all of our other husky's and they have the coresponding year to which they were bought in the same place in the serial #. So my question is can you tell the model year from the serial #? Did they change anything from '02 to '03?

Also, any muffler mod. pics of this saw, would be greatly appreciated. Looking for ideas.

rbtree · Mar 8, 2003

Think of the lag time from actual manufacture date thru shipping to dealer, then sale to end user, etc. Likely, your saw was made in mid 2002 or so. In fact, I think the tag has the week number before the year . Just checked a couple of mine, they were made 6-9 months before I bought them.

The first 357's had a problem, it is long solved.

HUSKYMAN · Mar 9, 2003

You have a nice saw no matter what. For that price you have nothing to complain about even if it is a 2002.

Gypo Logger · Mar 11, 2003

Having a severe problem with my 357. It just simply cuts to fast!
Is this because I am so good at filing, or is it because I take a palm sander to the bar?
Speaking of bars, I am opening a new watering hole, called Baldo's Bar, and as a spinoff, will be patenting a new saw bar called, Big Belly Bars By Baldo. And why wouldn't I?
Goldylocks

Gypo Logger · Mar 11, 2003

Oh! I almost forgot, although it's a bit off topic.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that my penis was turning orange on me, so I went to see the Doctor. Not having seen this condition before, he prescribed some pills and asked me to come back a week later.
Anywho, I noticed that the condition was getting worse and it was getting oranger, so back to the Doctor I go. He was very curious and said, " hey son, what do you do on the weekend?"
"Well, on Friday, I pickup my paycheck, go to the beer store, and stop at the video store for a couple of pornos and I buy a great big bag of cheesies.
John