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  1. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    SOLO has been sold to AlKo and its a disaster getting spares, they wont air freight anything, ship/sea or nothing, i have a SOLO 531 sickle mower, always 10 weeks delay for a spare and they wont strip a new unit to help me out Not sure if AlKo will continue on with SOLO, or kill it off, maybe...
  2. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    I have a Husky 338XPT that was a disaster, never ran properly, low quality and high price [ = loss x loss], purchased that as i did NOT go with my gut and followed the crowd and "expert" advice, lesson learned. Now i know why Husky has had about 4 more goes at trying to make a top handle saw...
  3. OPEM

    Join the Eccentric Italian Chainsaw Club: Buy an OPEM Jolly 155

    I have a OPEM K1, which i still use as my main chainsaw, its 51cc running a .325" chain, i use 14", 16" and 18" bars as required, its std. KO95 fitting, so i think it has a jonsered bar shown..lol Its 22 years old, still starts easy, runs all day, never plays up, so i wont be trading up The...
  4. OPEM

    Solo 637 climb saw and Active 39.39

    Solo [Now AlKo] have NOTHING to do with ACTIVE SrL, not now, not ever! The ACTIVE range is fully designed and made by them in Italy* ALL chainsaw companies buy each others products, pull it to bits, reverse engineer it etc to get ideas, its normal, taught that in engineering school. The only...
  5. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    Sorry for the "short" delay....LOL Here are some photos, of the unboxing and 1st.day I get P to climb the trees, i have bad knees at the moment, i am happy with feet on the ground running around, cutting on the ground, fuel-boy, axeman etc etc The 39.39 has far exceeded my...
  6. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    Hi Guys C/Saw Active 39.39 has arrived, VERY happy about it, runs and goes like a dream. Will take some photos soon as i can Thanks for all the feedback and help. Cheers and beers :chainsawguy:
  7. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    Going to keep the 338XPT as a reminder to buy with my gut feeling and not be a sheep, follow the masses, and to do my own thing, lesson learned. I cannot really comment on the Active, looks ok, time will tell! :agree2: Cheers & beers!
  8. OPEM

    What do you think Husqvarna's best saw is?

    OUCH! Husky, with a few exceptions, are perhaps the most rounded of chainsaws brands on the planet today, and that's coming from a lover of Italian engineering. You would have to throw in its twin, Jonsered too The brushcutters are rubbish though, the Japanese brands kill them. I...
  9. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    Nice find! Seems to roar ok. Did lots of digging, forgot all about YouTube!! Dont own a 200T so wont be able to do a side by side test, as for the 338XPT its back in the box under the bench where it can die, and proves that in life you DON'T always get what you pay for... Will take...
  10. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    I dont really see it as a T200 substitute, its half the price and not aimed at the full-bore 100% pro market, maybe semi-pro i will call it, be enough for me. Unlike the 200T Stihl, this 39.39 has 2 x bar studs, not saying its better/worse, but for mine rather have the bar and side-cover...
  11. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    The price is not the only thing i take into consideration, quailty, performance, balance and feel etc, but NEVER a brand name, could not care about buying a chainsaw just because its popular, GM where popular, and so is cancer... Never had much to do with Dolmar's but i think they are a good...
  12. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    For me it does not need to, i purchased the *best* top-handle,338XPT Husky, and it was the worst garbage i have ever owned in chainsaw, not being a wood-duck and paying a massive premium for a name/brand, over that. In Italy and most of Europe Stihl 200T Euro$708 Active 39.39 Euro$350...
  13. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    +1 God bless *open minded*! & my thoughts prezactly!! Italians know how to make engines, 2 cycle, 4 cycle and diesel etc I have heard this 39.39 has extreme fast cutting speed, time is money, so that's good! This chainsaw is not silly money either. Should be here in a week or...
  14. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    What he ^^ said Worst pile of siht chainsaw i have ever owned, even the Chinese @ $50 is better than a 338XPT. Lets see what the Active 39.39 turns out like, if it starts it will already be better than my 338XPT, 338XPT just a poor excuse for a chainsaw and perhaps after the 38 the worst...
  15. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    I already mentioned that they make most, but not all of the chainsaw, i.e. they DON'T do buy in's from Mahel or Gilardoni like others, they want higher quality, like their go-kart racing engines they manufacture, so Active casts it's own P&C. Spark plugs are Made In Italy by Magneti Marelli...
  16. OPEM

    Value of XL-12

    Nice, had a "red" one, one of the last made before Homelite [actually J.deere] ruined the company, sent it broke, and shut it down, deere on *sold* it to TTI, cost deere dear, mail is $200 million tear up, was costing a million dollars a week or some silly figure like that just to open the doors...
  17. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    LOL Nice, but totally wrong! Just a part time tree cutter and "collector" Have around 10 chainsaws, i keep them them even when they are dead, love nearly every one [see below] not a brand slut in any shape or form, open minded and don't follow the crowds and/or act sheep like, buy what...
  18. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    Yes, these chainsaws [minus bar and chain, walbro carby and electronics] are fully Made in Italy, i will keep digging to see what else i can find.... I do believe the BHP, if anything they may have UNDERQUOTED it, as this companies history is racing 2 stroke go kart engines, they also happen...
  19. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    So you own one then? B.S. = Briggs&Stratton? How are the NZ anything built going? Best you get back to the nervous sheep :-) Thanks for your priceless informations! Cheers & beers :chainsawguy:
  20. OPEM

    ACTIVE 39.39 Top Handle, thoughts?

    Thanks for reply. No, not Chinese at all, have been advised they have no Chinese components in it, zip, nulla, nyet, unlike say a fully Chinese built Husky T435 [Komatsu designed] top handle chainsaw. Going to get a relo buy me one and mail it to me, have a soft spot for Italian...
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