Just Mow
Don't touch my Willie !!!
Manny you know as well as I do that if they were doing so well then why did they choose to take their product and whore it out to the mass merchants.
Go ahead let me hear your reply to this.
New 346XP by Husqvarna!
- Thread starter peter399
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
Manny you know as well as I do that if they were doing so well then why did they choose to take their product and whore it out to the mass merchants.
Go ahead let me hear your reply to this.
RiverRat2
Serio Tree Freak
Good point Niko!!!!
My middle Bro Daniel has a 5100 I believe it has a 16" bar and it does feel well balanced,,,,, He uses it at his timberwolf firewood processer,,,, to cut irregulairities off of rounds or the short 8' spars/tree trunks, that wont let them drop in tha groove of the processor................ you ought to see that thing make a pile of firewood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:greenchainsaw:
My middle Bro Daniel has a 5100 I believe it has a 16" bar and it does feel well balanced,,,,, He uses it at his timberwolf firewood processer,,,, to cut irregulairities off of rounds or the short 8' spars/tree trunks, that wont let them drop in tha groove of the processor................ you ought to see that thing make a pile of firewood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:greenchainsaw:
RiverRat2
Serio Tree Freak
Yep Manual,,, Niko is our resident Quintessential balance Purist
And dont you forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And dont you forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THALL10326
The Champ
Yeah, they each dumped 2mil into each others stock. Echo to help Shin with distributing and Shin to help Echo become compliant. Just another way to try and catch the best.
Notice the key word, try.
So Shiny and Echo have teamed up to try and cactch the best huh, samething Husky has been doing for 36 years, trying to catch the best, STIHL!!!,
manual
Addicted to ArboristSite
That issue has been beat up already. :deadhorse: . Do a search.
You won't find any Xp's at your local lumber yard, Lowes or ACE.
You need to go to a real Dealer.
Just Mow
Don't touch my Willie !!!
No but I bet I could find one on the internet.
joesawer
Addicted to ArboristSite
My local Ace has a 575 and a 3120 on the shelf. Both way over priced but they are there.
16:1mix
Addicted to ArboristSite
The farm store I work at has Husqvarna saws (and trimmers) but no XP models. The 137, 345, 350, 455 & 460 are always in stock and I can get a 359 from another store if I need it.
The way people bicker and b!tch about what things cost there is no way under the sun that any of them would ever drop the extra $$$.$$ for the pro series saws!
These saw customers are at the 'consumer' level and are not interested in the best saw made but rather the best value for the $ and the way they will use a chainsaw (occasional use) they are getting a decent bang for the buck with what we have.
Would I like to see the whole XP line in stock?
OhellYES!!
But they would not sell enough to stock, as it is I can order them.
Last edited:
manual
Addicted to ArboristSite
Then BUY ONE.
manual
Addicted to ArboristSite
The farm store I work at has Husqvarna saws (and trimmers) but no XP models. The 137, 345, 350, 455 & 460 are always in stock and I can get a 359 from another store if I need it.
The way people bicker and b!tch about what things cost there is no way under the sun that any of them would ever drop the extra $$$.$$ for the pro series saws!
These saw customers are at the 'consumer' level and are not interested in the best saw made but rather the best value for the $ and the way they will use a chainsaw (occasional use) they are getting a decent bang for the buck with what we have.
Would I like to see the whole XP line in stock?
OhellYES!!
But they would not sell enough to stock, as it is I can order them.
Yes this type of marketing works for Husqvarna, There is no pressure to be talked up to a pro saw. If they don't need one.
There are some lumber yard stihl dealers waiting for people to walk in so they can sell them a "Pro" saw To hack down a few trees on there dream land.
Hi Thall! It's true that my 026 can run longer than the POS 290 but still nowhere in the near of the 353. We're talking maybe every 2 tanks on the 026, otherwise the power drop is very noticeable. On the 353 we're talking maybe 25-30 tanks of gas. Instead of taking a giant step forward in all those years since the 026 came out, you now have to clean the filter on the 290 after each face cut
Stihl engineers must have a very high coffee consumption and less time behind the desk...Huh? clutch drum running? The clutch shoes clean the dirt from the inner drum in the area they contact. Same design on all Stihl's... millions sold each year. You might want to look closer at your clutch springs.... and spend $2 (USA) and replace them (replace all three). You have a shoe that is close to dragging and/or a worn drum bearing or drum.
There is no hope.
Hi Lake,
I changed all clutch springs maybe 2months ago and vey little cutting with the 026 since then. Springs look 100% OK. The problem was a thin film of vey "chewy" dirt between clutch and drum. And it keeps coming back occasionally. Never had that problem with Husky clutches. When I change chain I always do a quick clean with compressed air inside the cover.
You americans always surprises me. Why buy a 20 years old 260 when there is 346? Why buy a V8 GMC when there is global warming and 5-10 hurricanes each year in the US? Why eat Burger King when there is French or Italian kitchen? Why mix your own 2 stroke gas when there is akrylate ?
Happy cutting! (with Husky of course..)
/Peter
Haha. So now, 20 years after Husky invented the Air Injection, Stihl can launch their big marketing offensive with the Tornado system!
The big question this year will be: Can you now get through the face cut AND the back cut before it's time to clean the filter on a Stihl? :hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
I'm sorry . I just couldn't resist that one
Huskys claim of air-injection keeping the filter cleaner is a load of B.S. Well, on my 335XPT it is anyway. Prune 10 macrocarpas with the Husky and the filter'll be choked solid with fine sawdust. Prune 50 macrocarpas with a MS200, the filter'll only have a few loose flakes in there. As for using in wet conditions, the air-injection gets the carb gunked up with oily water scum - within minutes! If Stihl know what they're doin', they'd be staying well clear of the gimmicky 'air-injection' scam.
SawTroll
Information Collector
you now have to clean the filter on the 290 after each face cut
:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange: ...have to admit that I doubt that is really nesessary, but someone wrote quite resently that these saws looks like they are designed purposely to suck debris to the air filter area.....
spike60
Addicted to ArboristSite
The 335/334/338 are an exception to the air injection deal. On the rest of the saws it works great. But on the top handles it doesn't seem to have much effect at all. Probably due to the location of the air filter.
Yeah, Troll, I'm up early again.:biggrinbounce2: Normal for this time of year!
SawTroll
Information Collector
They didn't, Partner sort of did, but it was really a reinvention, not a true invention, and thus not patented......
Last edited:
spike60
Addicted to ArboristSite
The way people bicker and b!tch about what things cost there is no way under the sun that any of them would ever drop the extra $$$.$$ for the pro series saws!
Another testimonial to the typical box store customer. I love it!!
SawTroll
Information Collector
I can see that, even earlier this time! :biggrinbounce2:
My observations on the 339xp fits with what you wrote above. The AI isn't as effective as on my other Huskys - but it works more than well enough for me......
No surprice really, as it is not possible to blow the debris past the jug, and out of the saw.
Last edited:
"The 335/334/338 are an exception to the air injection deal. On the rest of the saws it works great. But on the top handles it doesn't seem to have much effect at all. Probably due to the location of the air filter."
Location of filter for sure on the sucking in of water, the water sloshes in from the front, funnily enough, the filter's getting a fair blast of air too but too many creases in the filter, gets clogged
Location of filter for sure on the sucking in of water, the water sloshes in from the front, funnily enough, the filter's getting a fair blast of air too but too many creases in the filter, gets clogged
