Oleo Mac 980, Husky 565 or cheapo Scheppach

[djbobbins]

I have killed my 56cc Scheppach; my fault for letting it run out of bar oil 😞 but basically drive sprocket is fubar and seems to be seized onto the bottom end.  
 

So I need to replace it with something capable of cutting 20” rounds for home logging.  

 

I could buy another Scheppach from Aldi for £100, tempted by a Husky 565 but £750-800 is strong money for something that will only get used about two or three times a year.  
 

I have also seen a used Oleo Mac 980 for sale locally for £250 which seems like it might be a reasonable compromise - hopefully better build quality than the Scheppach but not as much £££ as laying out for the Husky.  
 

Anyone got any experience of the Oleo Mac / things to look out for?
 

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by djbobbins

[MattyF]

I got given one once , tried to kill thing but it would not die ! 

[djbobbins]

I quite like the idea of durability (i.e. you struggled to kill it!) but am worried about why you felt the need to do so?!

[GarethM]

You could be cheeky and see if they'll honour the three year guarantee, they are known for being good at honouring it.

 

I know it's your own fault, but I don't think they'll physically check it over providing it's clean.

[MattyF]

47 minutes ago, djbobbins said:

I quite like the idea of durability (i.e. you struggled to kill it!) but am worried about why you felt the need to do so?!

It was used for brashing down in the back of vans and trailers before I owned a chipper when I first went self employed  …. I’m not saying I deliberately tried to kill it but holding on to

the revs flat out and smashing it repeatedly through brash for 5-10 minutes at a time is a good way to kill a saw.. not something I wanted to do with my new 357 and aging 024 .. wasn’t a bad little felling saw either , I sold it on after a couple of years, the chain brake band had burnt out with some one using it as above for brashing down but it was still mechanical fine engine wise. 

[djbobbins]

34 minutes ago, GarethM said:

You could be cheeky and see if they'll honour the three year guarantee, they are known for being good at honouring it.

 

I know it's your own fault, but I don't think they'll physically check it over providing it's clean.

I hadn’t thought of that.  But just checked and I bought it in October 2019 so it is just past the three years anyway.  

[spudulike]

2 hours ago, MattyF said:

I got given one once , tried to kill thing but it would not die ! 

That must be one indestructible saw if you couldn't slaughter it