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Echo, in that case you will not be buying anything new then as everyone has "small print" ….. I would have thought you would have loaned out an old saw as you had already said you had concerns about your new saw ? so why take the chance ? hence my comment about your 041. I'm glad I can help !!

Echo, all warranty comes with conditions I would have thought someone like yourself who spends quite some time looking for the smallest thing would know and understand this ? It was not "my" dealer I was referring to but , if you are where you say the north of the country, Kee's which would be your local official dealer who is both Husqvarna and Stihl dealers and when working in that area spoke to several other people who all spoke well of them so apart from the list of problems you seem to have with saws you must also be unlucky with them ? You posted that after lending the most recent saw to someone and when it came back it was starting in a different manner, why didn't you lend them your unburstable 041 ? Just because MMWS uses 40-1 will not mean it will be the same with our European petrol...

Echo, I followed with a passing interest your questions etc on another forum under the user name Greenerpastures. You say you are in the nth part of RoI ? I know and have been in to the dealer you are referring to and I found them to be good and straight forward to deal with. It is a fact that here in R of I the two main players are at the mercy of the importers and where Husqvarna Ire are helpful and willing to do the job for the customer the Stihl importer have so many high value other parts i.e Makita, Bosch, Knipex etc the saw part is quite small and as a result "we" do not always get the full range so to blame the dealer is not correct ! I have to go along with a couple of other posters and conclude you are always looking for a "problem" ? To suggest that your present saw is so sensitive is at best fanciful ! I have been running AT saws since they came out and apart from the well known early problems find them good and reliable. As a guy that makes my living from a saw any problems were all covered by Husqvarna with no problems. The 2 year cover from Husqvarna is as it says … I'm sure you will have a raft of rebuttal to post but do please check your facts !

Putting a very small slice in the tail ( at the end of the bar mount slot) of both the Sugi and Tsu will give far more movement in the bar and help and pretty much stop those failures. There is a reason that most of the other bars have this "slice" i.e. Oregon, Cannon etc. I have a handful of Tsu that I have use on a full time basis and no problems apart from a couple of tips. The one 28" that I didn't alter as above did develop a nice crack after a few months. I've found the Sugi tips just to brittle and for my work just not up to it, bar ok but the tips just start to break up very quickly.

Well you have a 50-50 choice of large or small spline rim so when you get the Mark 2 it will take but a few moments to find out which one....you could just buy both and be prepared !!

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 !