New 346XP by Husqvarna!

[Engineeringnerd]

It looks like the new 346 has a compression release. My 2004 model 346 doesn't have that. Is that a change for this saw, or have more recent 346's come with the compression release?

Seems like a little overkill on a 50cc saw.

 

[SawTroll]

It looks like the new 346 has a compression release. My 2004 model 346 doesn't have that. Is that a change for this saw, or have more recent 346's come with the compression release?

Seems like a little overkill on a 50cc saw.

I have never seen it on the 45cc version....

 

[SWE#Kipp]

I have never seen it on the 45cc version....

Some dealers here can install one on request, but it's not on from factory on the "old" 346xp/xpg.

 

[SawTroll]

Some dealers here can install one on request, but it's not on from factory on the "old" 346xp/xpg.

He he, I wouldn't want it - the PS5100S is fine without it, real easy started saw.......:greenchainsaw:

 

[SWE#Kipp]

He he, I wouldn't want it - the PS5100S is fine without it, real easy started saw.......:greenchainsaw:

I don't think it's necessary on a saw of that size, but some do I guess ,,,,

 

[RiverRat2]

RB,,, Oh yes,,, it will cut faster,,,,,

i'm pretty much with ya, slayer. But, modded a 372 holds its own with a 7900...and has better filtration, full wrap handle availability....and the new 75 cc jug sounds like the real deal, when ported. Got one coming, after Bailey's ships it to Ed Heard that is....

Both my stock and ported 5100's start easily. My ported 7900 does not.....

And, having all these modded 372's and 7900's means I don't use my 066's ( now stolen or sold) that much. But, I have a new 660, and I'll prolly get it ported, though I don't expect it will cut that much faster.

I have a few 066's and woods ported one of them myself,,, the difference is rather obvious!!!!

Ask Just Mow!!!!!!

 

[RiverRat2]

more Husky 346 melon busting tricks

Here is RB getting all psyched up with his ole trusty 346!!!!!

into the back cut and watching for commitment to tha fall,,,,,,,
drum roll please!!!!!

He pulls the trigger with the sweet little 346!!!!!!!

Melon busted,,, there were only about 5 melons hit out of about twenty,,, RB was the first to score!!!!!! you can see a dark piece to the left of the kid and about 3/4 of tha way up tha spar,,,,back on topic,,,, notice how even his hinge wood is,,, to be expected from a pro,,,, pretty cool though I thought!!
Nice job RB!!!!!! nice little saw that 346 is!!!!!!!

 

[16:1mix]

I don't think it's necessary on a saw of that size, but some do I guess ,,,,

My 350 has a compression relief but I often forget to use it. The saw starts easily enough without it.

 

[pgg]

Wow, that's a copybook/manual/rulebook cut, the hinge is perfection, hell, even the scarf's the right depth. Well I cut down 400 - 500 trees about that size each day thinning pine forests with 036's and 044's, and in 30 years on the end of a chainsaw, I doubt I've ever got a cut as perfect as in that photo!! Now, I can drop a tree on a dime blindfolded, you'd love my cuts, angled like crazy in all uneven directions, depends on how your back feels and how much junk you're lugging around, I often prop the saw from the hip and drop em' that way, the cut's a shocker, but hey, so long as the scarf's pointed good, she'll tip the right way..

 

[Lakeside53]

If you guys keep blowing smoke up RB, I'll have to show you the pics where whey didn't go quite as wellopcorn:

 

[Just Mow]

I have a few 066's and woods ported one of them myself,,, the difference is rather obvious!!!!

Ask Just Mow!!!!!!

Very Obvious indeed

 

[RiverRat2]

Storm wind driven spars are very hard to predict!!!!

If you guys keep blowing smoke up RB, I'll have to show you the pics where whey didn't go quite as wellopcorn:

As the Satellite Dish found out!!!!!!!

 

[Lakeside53]

I have better pics than that one...:greenchainsaw:

 

[rbtree]

Heh, not as good as this one:

 

[rbtree]

I just put together this video of some cool stuff we did back in the Summer of '02..

only put two holes in the street.....


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[belgian]

Wow, nice vid, rb. Felling trees that tall would scare the sh@t out of me

 

[SawTroll]

I just put together this video of some cool stuff we did back in the Summer of '02.. ....

Wow, nice vid, rb. Felling trees that tall would scare the sh@t out of me

Yep, really cool video!!!!

 

[spike60]

BTW, Nobody Beats the Duke.

But nobody's cooler than Steve McQueen.

 

[spike60]

You should ask your local Husky dealer, Maybe Spike will chime in soon.
He always tells us when Husquvarna's new products hit the market in the U.S.

I'll be talking to my rep tomorrow and I'll see if I can learn anything.

If there isn't going to be a model number change, it might not be so obvious when the new ones start arriving. "346's" might just start showing up with the new cylinder. Stuff like this has happened before. The change would be at a particular serial number that would likely be explained in a service bulletin. The next problem will be that when ordering 346's is that for a while, you might get the new one, and you might get the old one.

So, I'm all for a new model number.

 

[SawTroll]

...
So, I'm all for a new model number.

I said 349xp, and I stick to that!

It is the closest number that isn't already taken, and it has a subtle resemblence to 346xp.......:greenchainsaw: