560xp on a 20?

[stihlmadasever]

As title says opinions needed.

Will a husky 560xp happily pull a 20" inch bar without bogging down?

Mostly soft woods,conifer,limes etc

Tia

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by stihlmadasever

[matt bumby]

Hi, ive been selling husky for 10 years now and owned plenty!

They will pull one with no problems at all for occasional bigger jobs, just sick to a 325 small mount bar (oregon is the cheapest) try not change sprockets to 3/8 and run bigger chain.

if you want my honest opinion on it.. i would just go ahead with a 562xp, the tuning and larger air filter is designed to take it all day, we had loads of issues with 560xp saws coming in some less than a year old seized up from overheating, people running 20" 3/8 bars on them.. granted it was mainly in woodyards so a lot constant high revs but still not good to see, hope this helps !!

 

 

 

[Stubby]

4 hours ago, matt bumby said:

Hi, ive been selling husky for 10 years now and owned plenty!

They will pull one with no problems at all for occasional bigger jobs, just sick to a 325 small mount bar (oregon is the cheapest) try not change sprockets to 3/8 and run bigger chain.

if you want my honest opinion on it.. i would just go ahead with a 562xp, the tuning and larger air filter is designed to take it all day, we had loads of issues with 560xp saws coming in some less than a year old seized up from overheating, people running 20" 3/8 bars on them.. granted it was mainly in woodyards so a lot constant high revs but still not good to see, hope this helps !!

 

 

 

I thought the 560 and the 562 were the same capacity engine wise . The 562 has a larger crankshaft end and the outer bucking dawgs mountings are further apart to accommodate the 3/8ths drive but power wise I thought they were the same ? 

[Joe Newton]

You can buy a narrow kerf bar and chain for those saws, i run an 18" on my 357xpg and it rips through timber. That's the route id go down. @RobD sells them

[adw]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

I thought the 560 and the 562 were the same capacity engine wise . The 562 has a larger crankshaft end and the outer bucking dawgs mountings are further apart to accommodate the 3/8ths drive but power wise I thought they were the same ? 

Same firmware on both 560 and 562.

[matt bumby]

Ahh nice, that's interesting to know! 

Husq technical told me it is different firmware on the 562, ill have a look next time our lads plug one in! 

always good to learn, I've never had an issue with 562 machines seizing prematurely running 20" bars.

well apart from the batch of 562s we all know about that needed rebuilding under warranty with crank seal issues a couple years ago!   

where I've had several 560 machines seized up early that have been converted to big chain and running the 20" bars before the 562s came out! 

Maybe just coincidence 

 

[adw]

Be careful with the firmware, the latest 560/562 has a different carb and low compression piston, for this reason there is different firmware for these later models.

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, adw said:

Be careful with the firmware, the latest 560/562 has a different carb and low compression piston, for this reason there is different firmware for these later models.

What was the thought behind dropping the compression Andrew ?

Edited June 29, 2023 by Stubby

[spudulike]

It is so the tuners can easily improve the performance😀

[outinthewood]

Interesting, I've been running 20" 3/8 for a long time on a 560 in fact a couple and yet to blow one up. A 560 will run that combo just fine as long as you can run a sharp chain and not expect 70cc performance. The only problem I had in the early days was the conversion clutch drum for large 3/8 rim would fall apart but using the small diameter 3/8 rim not a problem.