It’s February 28th 2019. I just bought a new husqy 390xp. I’ll bump this thread in 2 years and let you know how it’s doing. Unless I smash it before then. I just smashed a 461 the other day. Doing a free job no less.
What do you saw mechanics say about breaking in a new saw. I was always told to let it run a tank on idle. I never went quite that long but I would do it for a bit and the take it easy on the saw for the first day. Then once when buying a new stilh446 I asked the dealer what I should do. He said...
I’ve certainly had all those problems. I guess I just thought that for the price they would last longer but it seems as though a lot of people are seeing the same thing. Such is the never ending costs of the business owner.
Maybe that’s not the right comparison. Loggers can be arborists, and arborists can do a lotta cutting as well. I just mean that I take down a lot of trees and do a lot of cutting for a small company.
My 395 has been with me for 5 years with minimal issue. The husky climber was a joke and was broke from the get go. 2 562’s that are killer saws when they run but spend a lot of time in the shop. I have 3 201’s and 1 is almost always in the shop. And I have a stihl 446 that we call so so stilh...
I don’t work on my saws (yet) . I take them to a local saw shop but I’m beginning to get aggravated with them. It seems like saws last about 2 years before I end up putting so much money into them ( and lost time) that it’s more worth it to just buy a new saw. I’ve talked to several other...
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