Been offered a 2012 560xp...

[Hank]

... for £300. Worth getting? I haven't seen it in person yet but looks in good nick. Is there anything I should look out for? It doesn't look like it has any stickers with serial numbers/date of manufacture on it. Is there anywhere else on the saw I could find them?

 

Edit. I know there's umpteen topics on the 560 but I couldn't find any that quite answer my question...

Edited August 12, 2018 by el barto

[Mick Dempsey]

Verging on the high side for a six year old mid range saw.

[Hank]

Thanks Mick. Got it for £275 in the end. Runs well so far...?

[Hank]

 

Am I right in thinking the "2017" would make this a 2017 model?

[Al Cormack]

I would have thought so. Did he give you the right saw?? [emoji12]

[Woodworks]

Looks like you have done well there. Got myself a 2017 one and it's a belter. 

[Hank]

I'm chuffed!

[spudulike]

Yes, it is the year it was manufactured - may have sat on a dealers shelf for a few months as well!

[Hank]

Well that's good to know. It seems weird to me though. The guy I bought it off said he got it off Gumtree but barely used it and the bloke he bought it off said it was a 2012 and that's all he could tell me. Seems an odd mistake to make considering you could probably make an extra couple of hundred quid off it. It's clearly been used but the only thing that would suggest it was a 6 year old saw is that the decompression valve has a partially perished grommet/washer (pictured). Otherwise it looks in great shape. And from my investigative Googling the 2012 model doesn't look like it has the petrol and oil flip covers which this one does.

 

[Peasgood]

It sounds pinched to me.