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And that is I find perfect in the Makita lineup with being besides Honda the only manufacturer of real 4 stroke equipment. That I find will make transition for homeowners much easier if they can simply use the same gas can as for the lawnmower/-tractor.
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Yea but that little bit of information has to get to the homeowner. I just found this out when I bought my 3 new saws this December. I told my bud this who is a suburban landscaper with several trailers full of equipment. He was unaware. Unfortunately for Dolmar/Makita he's not the type of guy who is going to drive 100 miles and use up an afternoon to go find equipment, like I did to go buy my saws.
Makita should step up the game on the dealer network. I live in a large metropolitan area and if you look on the website the dealers that are shown might have a product or 2. They have a sticker on the window and that's about it. I tried calling the one dealer for 2 days and no one answered. The one shop is a big Toro dealer so that over rides hand held sales. Like I said, they had some empty racks and brochures. No product. Makita can have he best product going but if its not pushing them they are going to have a tough time cracking the line-up with no store fronts.