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If you got the 3/8 conversion clutch drum for your 550 it would take a" large spline" rim as would fit a 372. The easiest way is just get a "small spline" 3/8 rim as Stubby said. A quick look at the IPL would show you just what you need …..

As already said it depends on what you are cutting ? In my case I run a 28" most of the time and it runs well. I got it with a 20" and have run a 24".

Hi TN, no word and I was told via the US about the 562 so I would guess that the whole range is due an update ? Thanks Rough Hewn !

Any Husqvarna dealer, just look up the part number first to save any undue effort on the dealers behalf ! Not much point doing the airfilter unless you do something with the exhaust ? No point in having more air available if the original EU spec exhaust is not getting rid of things faster.

I'll have to take some ,but, just looking at that and I did give a Contra to a pal a while ago so I may be at only 5 since I'm not sure if the Contra AV is included in that 6 I forgot my 3x 2101's which maybe my favourite saws

Someone said earlier "he with the most toys wins " I don't have the most but I have a few - 394,385,390,562 x2 375 x2 372,288 all well ported 562,560,550,346,572 that's the work saws then 6x Contra's 1x Contra "S" 3x 070 2x 090, 1x 090 "G" then around 30 other Stihl's and Jonsered's and a odd Homelite and Pioneer. Yes I like saws !!

Over 20 years ago I was working for Ushers tree works based in Nth London and during a normal day was sent out to Regents Park on an emergency job on a large Willow that had lost a part of it's crown into a small pond. During the job there was a lot of police activity including a helicopter landing. This had nothing to do with what happened next but was one of my defences, why did the guy not approach them ? As I was climbing the Willow I did notice an older man watching me and it did cross my mind that he was not impressed ! A couple of days later the boss, Rob Usher, called me over and told me the police wanted to speak to me and my groundsman, he asked me to keep him out as much as possible as he had a few problems when he was younger, no problem I thought !! Rang the WPC up and told her in answer to her questions about an supposed assault that we knew nothing, had seen nothing etc but she was more than pushy ...I new at this stage there was more to this. I agreed to attend the stn and when I arrived I knew I was right when she said "are you …. …. ?" I said yes and I was placed under arrest for assault. It turned out that the guy I had seen was a doctor that two days after seeing us had made a complaint that we had pushed him into the pond and pushed him around !!! The WPC was without any doubt sure this had happened and I was released on bail, the PC I could see was more than sure about my account but he was just the sidekick. She placed adverts in all the local papers etc and only after a month on bail was I told "No further action " and that was only after I kept phoning the stn demanding an answer, even when I got her to speak to me about what was happening she left me in no doubt that "we" had got away with an awful crime !! Lesson taken on board. The whole story is quite involved but at one stage I was asked "what were you wearing ?" I pointed to my chainsaw trousers to which it was put to me " they could look like waders ?" the gent had by all accounts said we were wearing waders ….think back to what 20 years ago chainsaw trousers looked like, mostly like a wet looking nylon fabric, it was at that point I knew she had a problem with me ! I did keep the groundsman out of it !!

Husqvarna Technical and Hiax Alpine Pro. Had to explain about the helmet not having a date stamp only a UV panel to indicate service last week during a safety audit but they were happy enough.

Did about 9 months down in Cahersiveen Co Kerry, Monday morning was a killer as up to the top to start a new run and then by Friday I had done a 400m + 40/50m wide corridor. I was the only one cutting and have to say I really enjoyed it. The set up was very good it came from the Czech Republic and was mounted on a Unimog type base with a 45-50 ft tower and able to do 600m runs. The main line was 24mm and rated at 3000 kg and it pulled down some nice big stuff ! The carriage was Austrian and had a clever hyd brake system for down hill stuff which you pumped like a jack to get going then it charged it's self as it travelled. It was very like the US type gear you see only smaller. Very common in Austria and the like to see skyline used to ferry up building stuff etc due to the ground.

A lot happened earlish- mid 80's to give us saws we see "now" chainbrakes and AV were new and indeed "extras" , Stihl's first chainbrakes were a very clever system which disengaged the clutch which on the 032 was ok but on the 048 gave some dramatic crankcase destroying moments which gave Stihl a great problem in the US market with a lack of faith in the range leading to the now common brake band on the clutch drum. Remember the "Swedomatic" brake on the 80's Husqvarnas ? you could adjust the level of reaction of the brake which is why you see the ex army 281's with retro fit non adjustable brakes as we see as standard today. So yes saws were like that in the 70's and early 80's. Danarm produced some saws under agreement from Canadian , think this is one, and fairly sure one from Mac C the 10-10 I think ? I had a very nice 125cc Dan and it was the loudest saw I've ever had ! Just had a look at the pics again and I'm wondering on the Canadian link on this one ? I'm sure someone will come along and put me right.

Absolutely not, I reckon the best on the market for filtration and the heat shield works like you would not believe. You would think I like the saw !!

I wouldn't say that ! but cut a lot better than a stock 372 with the new AT it keeps the power on even in tough stuff. On the clutch cover if you did have a problem then a 365-372-390 cover fits just the same.

I wasn't sure you had Steve ! I'm happy to run it like that all the time and have found that I'm using it more than I would have expected in it's present form bearing in mind the ported saws I have. The clutch cover it came with is a mag-alloy type with the captive nuts but I've since changed to the 390 XP HD type that came with the wrap kit, nothing wrong with the original. When I first got mine it was during the real hot weather and no starting problems and the air filter set up is one of the best around I think and I see they ( Husqvarna) have done the same with the mark 2 550 so I expect to see that on the re vamped 562 ?

Steve have a look at my channel, I did a couple of videos doing fair size Beech with 28" and was happy how it ran. Since then I did a job on the muffler and it's better again.

Had mine since June and it's a very good saw, very good on fuel and the new AT really provides bags of power. I run a 28" with no problems stock and better again after getting rid of some of the baffling in the exhaust. I've had /have several 372's and in stock and ported form and I'm finding the 572 comes out more and more as it's a all round good smooth saw.

Exactly as Stubby has said and I had exact same problem on an early 550 which I tightened up the crankcase ( 5 bolts later ones 6)retaining bolts but over did it on the one just behind where the leak is so be very careful ! That bolt is behind the flywheel. Really depends on the state of the gasket if it's ok most likely get away with tighten up maybe add a little thread lock before hand. My one was running fine only smokey !

I recall early last year that it was quietly "mentioned" that they were going to just disappear...As I have pointed out before Jonsered had the first fuel injection system on a saw around 1958 so a shame that they go stage left as Stihl would give to you believe they have done something never done before !

The factory made 10 "ten cube" saws , Madsens has one and from what I remember around 3-5 are known to still be around ? You are never going to find one of those two piece top ends ! Torque yes but rpms ? no they are a slow runner unless you re-adjust the over rev flap by maybe two notches see how that runs and go up another if you like. 070 to 090 involves more than just the 137cc top end, bigger starter and clutch and can't remember if bigger head bolts ? Most of the parts you see online are after market although not bad, I bought up a load of genuine stuff a few years ago.

Welcome to the future !! there is a new 562 due soon and the guess at a new 80 and 90 cc class would be fair . A 400i from Stihl later this year and prepare to say good bye to the 880 in it's present form ! So it would appear that they, Stihl and Husqvarna have just had to "comply" did anyone really think all the new tech was for us ? Up till now it would seem that "cleaning" the 50/60 cc range would do the job but it would appear not and now the rest of the ranges have to get a make over. I wouldn't be surprised if we are seeing the last of the "big" saws , we here have gone to a 30 year rotation and no mill really wants big timber anymore and with the way the new tech runs it will be up to us to make do and if you really need a 3120/088 it will be a expensive special order !?

Surprised no one has mentioned the fact that Jonsered had the first injection saw, 1958 I think ? Looking forward to speaking to someone who has used it as in the YouTube videos I watched it seems to loose "power" easily if badly handled i.e. being dogged into the wood it seems to loose revs very easily ? Like I say probably bad handling !

Been a little busy myself so only now really reading over the posts on this. First of all I should make it clear that I have no down side on Aspen and in fact when asked by a "home owner" type about fuel I recommend Aspen. I have yet to speak or read any info from a full time forestry user on how they find the product ? With regards to the "10s" of questions I only really saw 3 at most ? To my knowledge there is no" 2 stroke tool" industry test so all we can go with is lots of stuff which very few of us can really understand including a "scooter" test !! As I said my question is how is Aspen mix oil better than any other on the market and this has in no way been answered , yes all the usual health and enviro stuff trotted out which I'm quite sure is 100% correct but no answer..... I made it clear that I knew the "recipe" was very much a private matter but the oils grading is, if it's so much better than anything else, nothing to avoid answering a simple question about ? Selling so much product and having been around for a considerable time means to me and I'm sure lots of folk that Aspen is a good product , but, making such large claims should be backed up with answers not seen as a chance to rehash already stated sales points and avoiding the question ?

Interesting few posts on this but none from the main man ..Now we all have a life outside of this forum and I'm sure Mr Aspen has other things to do other than answer my questions about just what is used in "his" product. I'm not for a moment suggesting anything untoward but when you make such a sweeping statement you really have to step up and back up your claims as we all work hard for what we have and deserve an informed and straight forward answer ? Not to dismiss Gardenkit posts but you Sir did not make the claim. I've tried Aspen about 5/6 years ago maybe longer and I ran a strimmer on it around the yard ( 10l over about 3 weeks) and yes I agree it's clean and if I was a landscaper doing a bit of that type of work then how could you not use it ! If I was still climbing then I'd use battery. I recently did a bit of Ash dieback removal on patches a harvester could not get to and in that situation - bent over the saw all day then I would use it again but only in that situation as it's just to expensive for full production felling and I will I'm sure get it in the neck for this, but, I feel it's just to "clean" for a flatout production saw ?? I know two guys that work on saws ( all makes ) and garden gear and one of the uses they use Aspen for is it's detergent ability on you average joe's gear that says to me that albeit "clean" it's also quite harsh ? I'm sure I'm wrong but until "we" have a more informed answer that's what I'll be going with. I had a look at Aspen's website today and no real info about what is added which I'm sure will be covered by "sensitive commercial information" ? I look forward to being very wrong as I do think Aspen is ,in it's place a good product , but as it seems from the info I've seen it's a decent product not the "magic bullet" ?

That's a very powerful statement Mr Aspen ! So the mix oil in Aspen exceeds all other oils ?? Motul, Bel Ray, Maxima, Rock Oil, Red Line and on and on. Do please tell us more ...

No I was thinking of the tank breather but remembered later that what I had described was that small filter !! I came back to correct myself ...I got a very nice 242 a while ago and sure enough the breather mount hole had been stuffed with sponge which will work for a good while before degrading and turning almost solid giving the problems. Seems a very common "problem" on the 242/254

Don't forget the tank breather behind the small "plate" above the fuel cap , it's secured by a single screw. I 've found over the years everyone forgets about this on the 254 and 242 also since they were prone to leaking fuel out when being transported a lot of guys bunged them up with sponge which for a good while would cause no problems but would as poss in this case the saw not to start hot but if you undid the fuel cap it would often start and run ok.