Stubby
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Can't advise you on anything other than what I have and that is a Husqvarna 345 rx( or the latest equivilent model ). Can't remember if its a different number now . They get hammered in the summer and I think they are stonking brush cutters . I have worn out one since 2004 and on the latest model as from last summer . Very powerfull . they do make one sise larger at around 50 cc also .
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It sounds like you have got a hard nosed bar . It has no nose sprocket but the end is stellite faced to be hard wareing . I personally don't like them but it means you can use any chain that is the right gauge for the bar depending on whats on your rim on the power head . 3/8 .404 or what ever .
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I had the same thing on fleebay with Sony wide screen tellys . They were cheap , but not so cheap as to arrouse suspision . so I bought one . Nothing came and the " pissadiered" from ebay with my dosh and I suspect loads of other peoples . Lesson leanmed .
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I Agree with Steve . Day in Day out starting a little 346XP (the earlier one ) without de comp and then the new slightly bigger capacity one came along and wow ! my tennis elbow slowly went .
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Hope they are not from China town ! !
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Yea well it came with that . Its an expensive after market one which is fatter and allows the saw to sit on flat ground with the bar off the ground (long bar I should say ) Its running a 36" .404 on a GB titanium . It came from a buddie of mine in Canada . I think its a 2004 ish Can't remember will have a look - - - no sorry 02 . Anyway it goes like stink. Fells to me it runs faster than my 3120 but of course not as much torque .
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I have some 9 pin .404 rims that would go on my 395 . ( ported muffler da da da de daa )
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Can any one tell me how to calculate the number of extra drivers in a chain if you are going up from a standard 7 pin rim to a 9 pin rim ? I suppose its not as simple as 2 extra driver for the 2 extra slots in the rim sprocket ? Or is it ? ?
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I have had plenty of (in ascending order ) Fat slugs, dog poo , fox poo . I think the worst I had though was a tin of white gloss paint with the metal bramble head on - - - nasty business !
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There is one one the husky 50cc 346 and its a god send .
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Baler twine .
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Good point well made and I do have one . It blocks a lot of the heat and I tend to ignore it normally , only burning ash, elm, some beech ,holme oak( love this one ) and the fast seasoning sycamore . Any way A side interest I have a corck screw splitter ( road towable ) With its own engine ( Honda GX 390 - 13 hp I think ) and an hydraulic 20 ton splitter with an anvil both ends ( so you can go either way ) Its a Chinese splitter that I coverted to road towable with a different set of wheels a suspension. . The corckscrew is faster on easy splitting stuff but it needs a few more dobbins for the tough stuff . Hence the other one .
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Hi all. New to this part , only been on the saws bit . Anyway I work with my buddie and we get enough wood to keep us going but not enough to sell big time to others . (I do a few pick up loads for friends and thats it ) So We take down a dead standing ucaliptus ( don't know how to spell it ) mid summer . I split and stack the whole thing in my wood store . It is tinder dry, come this winter it still is .. Sooo when it gets cold I burn some . ( open fire ) - - - now I need a new carpet ! Wood buners only ! ! Sorry to all that know this already but I thought cherry was bad ! oK wHY DOES IT SPIT SO BAD - - ANY ONE ?
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I used to be like you but I am 58 years old now ! What about giving your boots a good old winding in of some leather food before the weather forecast on the telly ? - you know it makes sense after all they ate on your feet when you get in - - - surely ?
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The 200 has been the best there is for a long time now ( I have 3 ) the 201 seems to be a step backwards by all accounts , though I have not tried one myself . However - - - - The new Husqvarna ! ! ! ( Shock Horror )T540 would seem , from what I have herd , to be a bellter . Bearing in mind all their previous efforts have been pants . Sooo hold fast with what you got and when a T540 come out see if you can get a demo saw for a day . I think, and its only my humble opinion , that in general Husqvarna ground swaw are the best and Sthil make the best climbing saw( I will get stick for this statement but hey ) Its about time Husky got it together with a climber . Best Regards Andy.
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As Rover says "there should be" Just pop the top cover , take off the air filter and look down the intake . If the butter fly valve is closed when the choke lever is out that is correct , if its still closed when you push it in then there is your problem .
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From what you say you want it for why not get a new cheaper (read tried and tested) 372 or even a 365 special . You won't have the extra weight of the 2 barrel carb and all the other "x torque" ( read low emmision) stuff ? Regards Andy
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Hi all . I am currently having problems with both my 357 and 346 ( as I was telling Spud recently) So as a stop gap I have just bought an Oleo-Mac with 18" bar and chain. Although it is a plastic crank case saw I was surprised at how well it performed . It is either a 45cc or a 52cc , can't tell as it has no label that I can see but is one or the other from the pics on their web sight . As I say it goes like a goodun .Has any one had experience of these saws ? I have only used Husqwvarna ground saws and the usual 020 . It lt looks almost new, very clean anyway . Cost me £70 which seems to me like a steal ? Regards Andy.
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Hi Spud. You seem like the go to man for help sooo Here goes. my 346XP has developed this problem. Work it in average wood for a few mins and it gradually does this - throttle off and the revs wont drop instantly it runs on slowing gradually and ends up with a fast idle , open the throttle and it is reluctant to pick up but eventually does . progressively becomes worse . turn it off cos its impossible to work with . I took it to my dealer who said carb problems and fitted a brand new carb - - £ 140 later exactly the same ! I opened the fuel cap to vent it and it went for a few mins then started playing up once more . Could it be something as simple as the tank breather not working ? ? Regards Andy.
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After all the problems of stock being returned due to the Husqvarna 560 dying when being made to work hard my dealer tells me he will have a whole bunch more of new saws after Christmas 560 and 550 saws. (I understand the 550 is 346 replacement ? ) Any way he has had word from several quaters that the 550 is "out performing" the 560 ! Anyone heard anything to do with either of them ?
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I Find it copes well, it seems to me but then I only use it with this bar so I would not know different. It is a Canadian saw with a double ported muffler and a full wrap handle ( not that the handle makes it cut any faster ) I do have a 9 pin rim to raise the chain speed but have yet to determine the number of extra drivers needed in the chain . ( 104 at the mo ) It is a .404 pitch full chisel and as long as you keep it sharp its fine .
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Stolen from the back of the chipper one Husqvarna 385XP ported muffler, full wrap handle, 28in GB titanium bar . Sticker on says " Madison Tuned " . Appledram lane , Donnington near Chichester West Sussex.
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I have a road towable screw splitter similar to this (without the conveyer belt) It has a Honda 13hp single engine. It is fine on easy splitting stuff like sycamore and faster than a hydraulic one but if you put on tuff stuff , say gnarly old elm with a helical grain heart wood and strait grained outer it can stall and then you loose all the time you gained cutting the stuck wood off the cone.It really needs about 30hp and loadsa torque like you get with the tractor mounted type .
