From what I've seen personally in the last 10 months with this company as I seem to be the saw guy.
The 3120xp sits in one truck and has had issue after issue, it gets used regularly but not all the time and only by one crew who look after it. The exhaust fell off, the oiler keeps failing for different reasons, the chain brake broke and a few other silly annoying time wasting problems, also the air filter is bordering on pointless. The 880 on the other hand lives in the shed and is the go-to stump and big wood saw for whoever needs it that day, it gets abused by everyone that uses it because it is ownerless. It has had a few issues linked to abuse but nothing like the 3120
The new 395 is a beast, in its three month life from new it arrived with a stripped tensioner which was replaced under warranty, it's already had another one replaced and the chain brake gets so stiff its almost impossible to release. The other 395 bought second hand hardly used has a knackered chain brake on the to do list. And what's with that retarded chain tensioner?
The one 390xp at work gets worked hard, maybe as hard as the many 660s, the 660s have needed carb kits, tank vents, and occasional starter cord. The 390 has lost so many bolts it's stupid, the piston/cylinder is pretty worn from the dust that went straight through the airfilter, the oiler doesn't always work right, the tensioner has been stripped multiple times and yesterday the muffler disintegrated.
The 576 has been here for three months, it has a broken chain brake handle, runs ok, almost as well as a 461. The 461s have the same issues as the 660s, ie carb kits, tank vents, pull cords and occasional loose felling spike bolts.
The 365 husky has been mostly faultless as has the ms362s but they don't really get that much use
The single three month old 540xp in the company is roundly despised by everyone that has used it, including the husky fanboi that specifically asked for it, its fully broken in and it has no power in hard gum, it won't run until its warm and if it's turned off up a tree for more than a few minutes it needs warming up again. The feel of using it is also crap. The bloke who uses it has already asked me to find him a 201 and mod it, yesterday he used my 200t and realised what a POS the 540 is.
I've seen one old 201 die from a failed bearing which took out the piston/cylinder, another needed bearings and seals, otherwise apart from being dropped out of trees they are mostly faultless, tank vents, carb kits, airfilters, pull cords and maybe a couple of new carbs on older saws is about it. The 201t i is our most used saw and are reliable as hell.
MS192ts are about the same, very reliable
The three MS150ts have had four new handles between them, two from being dropped when the tool clip pulled out and two for reasons unknown, otherwise faultless.
The boys by choice (with one exception) will use a stihl over a husky, they are professional arborists not chainsaw enthusiasts and not one of them has ever polished a saw.
The 660, 461 and 201t are the backbone of this company and do 99% of the work.
That's a pretty unbiased review of an Oz tree company that work 10hrs+ a day, every day in all weather cutting heavy dense hard wood
My .02 - Husky air filtration is an absolute joke, I own and love stihls and huskies but I'm certainly not blind
The 3120xp sits in one truck and has had issue after issue, it gets used regularly but not all the time and only by one crew who look after it. The exhaust fell off, the oiler keeps failing for different reasons, the chain brake broke and a few other silly annoying time wasting problems, also the air filter is bordering on pointless. The 880 on the other hand lives in the shed and is the go-to stump and big wood saw for whoever needs it that day, it gets abused by everyone that uses it because it is ownerless. It has had a few issues linked to abuse but nothing like the 3120
The new 395 is a beast, in its three month life from new it arrived with a stripped tensioner which was replaced under warranty, it's already had another one replaced and the chain brake gets so stiff its almost impossible to release. The other 395 bought second hand hardly used has a knackered chain brake on the to do list. And what's with that retarded chain tensioner?
The one 390xp at work gets worked hard, maybe as hard as the many 660s, the 660s have needed carb kits, tank vents, and occasional starter cord. The 390 has lost so many bolts it's stupid, the piston/cylinder is pretty worn from the dust that went straight through the airfilter, the oiler doesn't always work right, the tensioner has been stripped multiple times and yesterday the muffler disintegrated.
The 576 has been here for three months, it has a broken chain brake handle, runs ok, almost as well as a 461. The 461s have the same issues as the 660s, ie carb kits, tank vents, pull cords and occasional loose felling spike bolts.
The 365 husky has been mostly faultless as has the ms362s but they don't really get that much use
The single three month old 540xp in the company is roundly despised by everyone that has used it, including the husky fanboi that specifically asked for it, its fully broken in and it has no power in hard gum, it won't run until its warm and if it's turned off up a tree for more than a few minutes it needs warming up again. The feel of using it is also crap. The bloke who uses it has already asked me to find him a 201 and mod it, yesterday he used my 200t and realised what a POS the 540 is.
I've seen one old 201 die from a failed bearing which took out the piston/cylinder, another needed bearings and seals, otherwise apart from being dropped out of trees they are mostly faultless, tank vents, carb kits, airfilters, pull cords and maybe a couple of new carbs on older saws is about it. The 201t i is our most used saw and are reliable as hell.
MS192ts are about the same, very reliable
The three MS150ts have had four new handles between them, two from being dropped when the tool clip pulled out and two for reasons unknown, otherwise faultless.
The boys by choice (with one exception) will use a stihl over a husky, they are professional arborists not chainsaw enthusiasts and not one of them has ever polished a saw.
The 660, 461 and 201t are the backbone of this company and do 99% of the work.
That's a pretty unbiased review of an Oz tree company that work 10hrs+ a day, every day in all weather cutting heavy dense hard wood
My .02 - Husky air filtration is an absolute joke, I own and love stihls and huskies but I'm certainly not blind
LOL i heard the filtration sucks for oz in that dusty hardwood. works great in the rain forest here. tighten your bolts properly or even loctite them if you have too. most of your issues from both sides are not even brand specific issues. LOL **** happens to all of them. what kind of guys you got work'n for you to strip out so many tensioners? i swear i've seen one or two stripped tensionors out of all the old logging saws i get through here. carb rebuilds are unheard of on work saws here as well unless they did some sitting. how many times to you rebuild a 660 carb before it's toast? here a 660 gets clapped out then the carb gets used on another saw without a rebuild. is your guys fuel really bad there or something? replaced a few 660 tank vents over the years but most will go the life of the saw without issue. i suspect the difference in our cutting condition might really make the difference in our findings. all the stripped tensionors is a little crazy though. is it just that dusty hardwood sawdust getting in there and then one of your culls trying to force it LOL
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