stihl

[cosworth]

my mate lives in canada and is bringin back a load of machines in shiping containers he said you can buy stihl chainsaws for nearly half the price he said if i wanted to he would buy them and ship them for me is there any difference in the uk stihls and canada stihls?

[Swedish Dave]

yes quite a bit parts etc .... but depends how cheap

[Samuel]

try looking on the canadian stihl website and then comparing them with the english website for any changes:thumbup1:

[Mesterh]

I doubt it.

 

But at half the price I wouldnt care if there was.

[tommer9]

Good luck.

There is a devon based chainsaw supplier who used to regularly do this sort of thing. He doesnt anymore...

[Mesterh]

Ha.

 

Ah well ignore me then, seems I'm completely wrong.

 

Would be interested to know whats different though!

[jrose]

I think there might be some issue with them not being CE marked or having the appropriate stickers, if someone ever got injured with the saw you could be in trouble - seem to remember hearing this about imported Husqvarna saws a while ago.

 

cheers,

Joe

[john dawson]

there wont be much different. the regular catalogue we see over here is available to all of europe. they just dont bother importing items and just say "its not available"

 

thats why there was such a backlog of the timbersports merchandise!

[cosworth]

yes quite a bit parts etc .... but depends how cheap

 

he said he could get a ms880 for about £750

[Mesterh]

That is silly cheap, not good for the UK dealers though.

 

I'm sure they pay a lot more than that.