daddyola50

560xp problems again I'm afraid ..after past 5 or 6 years with echo and stihl after last carry on with 560xp saws I made the mistake of buying them again thinking that they were now sorted . 3 saws all 560xp..have needed crankcase bearings after failure . Saws lasting from new 10 months ..8 weeks ,6 weeks . All needed rebuilding . After rebuilds 1 now needs a new short block due to cases now leaking chain oil. Other one won't run properly after 6 days use after rebuild ..work done under warranty....these saws are not fit for purpose to be used in forestry at all . Complete joke as I know other users have had similar problems. Why oh why are these saws being sold if so many are suffering bearing collapse so often.. Makita saws next or echo again. I find husqvarna just don't care about their customers as I never got anywhere with them last time we had problems.

I disagree..I been cutting since 89 full time . There is a massive difference in a stihl chain and the roto tech I tried a month back . For a pro cutter no use at all . Any saving is lost in production and trying to sharpen it . The heat made by the chain will take it's toll on the bar and the saw ..

As already mentioned why pay top money for the latest quality saw then begrudge a good chain to match and put what is undoubtedly a slower cutting poorer quality chain on . Not the smartest move methinks .

Just tried a rototech chain today . Cutting was hard work and slow . Chain stretch was quite high . Needed sharpening after 1 fill . Second fill chain very jumpy in a cut then chain derailed . Took it off and wont use it again . I am fulltime cutter and was sick of waiting for it to chew it's way through wood ..I use mainly stihl chains but find dolmar chains very good too . Oregon cut to slow too ..

had the new echo 501 a week now and up until today was not impressed although i am an echo fan . the saw felt really sluggish so after 4 fills turned the high and low setting in a bit but still no real gains . i had already took the screen off the exhaust so then took the silly tube out of exhaust and opened the outer exhaust cover up a bit . went back to standard settings and what a difference . instant pickup and lots more revs and power .this saw is strangled by the exhaust settup from new .if you own one and have not done this you are not getting this saw at its best . why would echo make a cracker and then strangle it so much . the difference after spending 5 mins on it is simply amazing

so that's a fair representation of an edge tree on a harvesting site is it . yeah right .. and if they were that big as outsiders which they aren't normally and a cutter was felling not many a day what day rate does he need . you don't run around with a thousand plus pound saw for 7 days for 14 hours in a 200 pound car , what is wrong with some of you lot . a guy asked about a wage amount and all we get is superman b.s . and a pic of an mature old spruce tree . haha:001_tt2:

i don't think the op was talking about using an 88 for work and doing big big trees . if someone is doing two gallons a day doing spruce what were you getting paid . please don't say 100 . maybe a blunt saw if cutting a big spruce tree is taking more than one fill to just put it on the ground . done plenty big edge trees myself but not one that took a fill to fell . if the two guys doing these things are not on 150 plus then what can you say . I wouldn't ask anyone to do 14 hours or 2 plus gallons a day on a saw . the op needs to make sensible money for a safe days work . 18.50 an hour seems a fair starting point to go from

12 litres of fuel . never done that ,couldn't do that .wouldn't do that and never met a good cutter that says he does that . the good cutters I know 70 and 60 are very modest about the ability they have . that's almost 3 gallons 20 odd fills at 30 or 45 mins a fill , I am struggling with that one , and its not the way to make over 100 a day . I do 4/6 fills a day 10 or 15 ton and I'm happy with that as I'm not stressed

again more sound advise for chainsaw use which will due to tiredness and fatige probably put you in hospital

i have been felling 28 years and I still say you need 150 plus , you don't need or want to work seven days with a saw . yes what he will get and what he needs is different money wise but to say he should make do with 100 a day is not good , that's why nobody wants to do it anymore as it isn't enough money . if a young cutter got nearly a grand a week you would see more coming into the job . that's my take on it , and as for using a car for 200 to get you in a forest and home every day , not really usefull advise that is it guys . to the op keep cutting and don't give up just yet

10 er day covers nothing ,you will go through more than that with fuel oil truck insurance and spares ,experience is the key to make good money .you don't want to cut 7 days a week why should you . ask 125 130 till you get more exp then you will need 150 minimum and more like 180 . its a tough job and your bosses know it .

the saw been out 4 or 5 years now and the same clutch problem is there . I don't think husky are unaware of this . maybe they, dare I say it. don't care .

if you owned a 560 and tried to use it 5 days a week proffesionally .then took it to be repaired all the time . sent emails to deaf ears and still got no body really taking an interest some of you on here would not be so quick to defend husky , . you need to of used a saw for months to comment on it but there seems to be people talking down makes and models of saws without even picking that particular saw up let alone using it for a decent time .

haha your right the 357 is overweight and underpowered . when your 560 dies post it and I will post when the 620 dies with approx tonnage , seems fair lol

i got my first one in 2012 and they will have seen lots of them fail by now . they spent more than the cost of a new saw on mine with repaires but would not give me a new replacement , it once went to husky themselves for inspection and a broken side casingas they also snap the starter paules off , unbelievably it came back to the saw shop with the same broken casing on , true every word . there is not much difference if any in performance between the 560 and an echo 620 . and if you need to put wood on the floor to make a living the echo is better in my experience . I know husky make some good saws but they goofed up I reckon with the 560 and the way they handle the breakdowns. imo