Husqvarna vs. Stihl

[Khriss]

2 hours ago, Stubby said:

Remmington ...

....... so good I bought the company ! K

Edited August 9, 2019 by Khriss
( for those of a certain age..... )

[lurkalot]

21 hours ago, Khriss said:

@spudulike an Homelite made a few nice saws too. K

They made a fair amount of shite too. 

[Conor Wright]

Is it my imagination or have echo consistently made good saws, albeit seen in smaller quantities and with less choice than the big two.. or have I just missed the news on the dodgy echo?

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Conor Wright said:

Is it my imagination or have echo consistently made good saws, albeit seen in smaller quantities and with less choice than the big two.. or have I just missed the news on the dodgy echo?

 Nope. Inscrutable Japanese engineering. Bit like the Mitsubishi Zero. Not heard of it until it crashes into yr battleship ? k

[Khriss]

2 hours ago, lurkalot said:

They made a fair amount of shite too. 

Yr too young to remember! But look at this shave! ? k

[jmac]

On 08/08/2019 at 19:56, spudulike said:

From what saws, brush cutters, blowers and trimmers I get in I would say Stihl to Husqvarna is circa 10:1 to 15:1.....what do other repairers find?

I think it also depends where you are in the country spud, up here on the west coast of Scotland it's prob more like 30:1 husky to stihl because most wood cutters use husky here. Imo both stihl and husky have gone downhill with reliability! Hard to beat a 461 stihl, had mine 3 years full time forestry use and only replaced oil pump and starter cord ?

[spudulike]

Just what I get in from local operators and via couriers, interesting you have the complete opposite! Perhaps the difference between Forestry and domestic/commercial operators in the south!

[jmac]

1 hour ago, spudulike said:

Just what I get in from local operators and via couriers, interesting you have the complete opposite! Perhaps the difference between Forestry and domestic/commercial operators in the south!

Yeah think you have hit the nail on the head spud. I think the FC had a lot to do with husky being popular here, all their cutters in this area had husky saws so most of the contract cutters followed suit.

[Jack.P]

Been comparing stihl and husqvarna hedge trimmers this evening.got several hedgers but considering replacing a Stihl HS82RC which I find it too heavy / not balanced well 

Looking at similar machines anyone tried husqvarna  226HD75S / 522HDR75X.

 

or can anyone recommend a commercial 60-75cm petrol hedger with low vibrations/ low weight well balanced 

 

 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Jack.P said:

Been comparing stihl and husqvarna hedge trimmers this evening.got several hedgers but considering replacing a Stihl HS82RC which I find it too heavy / not balanced well 

Looking at similar machines anyone tried husqvarna  226HD75S / 522HDR75X.

 

or can anyone recommend a commercial 60-75cm petrol hedger with low vibrations/ low weight well balanced 

 

 

I have found that the Husqvarna hedge cutters run/rev higher than the other makes .I used to cut Yew hedges for a French  pharmaceutical company  ( cancer drugs ) and the other 2 guys I cut with ( one had a Robin and the other a Stihl ) both said my cutter sounded like a saw from a ditance .