Best Husky

[blowerman]

I'm with everyone else, of all my saws: the 372xp is my favorite...

 

[CentaurG2]

I think they made too many great saws my 372xp was awesome. My xpw is awesome and I like the full wrap but you need to learn where it out shines a half wrap to appreciate it. I have a stump grinder they can pay me to grind a stump imo.

The 272, 288, too many great orange saws

Out here on the east coast, I have yet to find a condition where the full wrap shines at anything. The facts that the full wrap bocks chip discharge, access to one bar nut and access to the chain tensioner makes any advantage not worth it in my opinion but I did give it a fair shake. As side note, full wrap bar fetch good money on fleabay. I have sold more than one but to each his own. I see no value in it at all.

 

[ropensaddle]

Out here on the east coast, I have yet to find a condition where the full wrap shines at anything. The facts that the full wrap bocks chip discharge, access to one bar nut and access to the chain tensioner makes any advantage not worth it in my opinion but I did give it a fair shake. As side note, full wrap bar fetch good money on fleabay. I have sold more than one but to each his own. I see no value in it at all.

Do you sell saws or use them? If cutting in a production environment the wrap gives the saw a slide to assist keeping bar out of dirt. It can help in a bucket or climbing by allowing either side cutting without back barring. It is twice as stabil etc. The only benefit a half wrap has is low cutting and dulling yourn saw stressing av etc.

PS: I have no problem with my nuts they're tensioned well

 

[J.W Younger]

242xp

 

[ropensaddle]

242xp

Lol you still looking

 

[CentaurG2]

Do you sell saws or use them? If cutting in a production environment the wrap gives the saw a slide to assist keeping bar out of dirt. It can help in a bucket or climbing by allowing either side cutting without back barring. It is twice as stabil etc. The only benefit a half wrap has is low cutting and dulling yourn saw stressing av etc.

PS: I have no problem with my nuts they're tensioned well

I just sell the wrap bars, not the saws. I think have sold 3 of them and I might still have one kicking around. Never seen much advantage in the tree, bucket or ground but I guess it depends on what you are used to. Round here most homeowners and stump grinders want that stump as low as possible. Only folks who want stumps on the moon are the towns so the plows don’t hit em. You must be using a husky scrench on them bar nuts. As I recall, it just about fits onto them. Wrap saws don’t stack well in the side box either.

 

[dingeryote]

Overall?

346XPne.

Power to weight,Speed in relation to weight, reliability,throttle response,balance. The little booger is just well done in every aspect, and with a MM just gets better.

It can be said that the 372XP is just a 346 on steroids though, but the "Overall" is not as complete, and the power to weight is not as impressive as it is with the 346.

If the old 262 didn't have so many glitches with ignition and the goofy break-o-matic chain brake, it might very well be the best "Overall" saw ever made.
Hell, there's still nothing out there that is significantly faster, lighter,better balanced, and just plain aggressive for the weight.

Meh... the best Husky out there is the one I'm running at the time. LOL!!
There are too few Duds in the line up.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[ropensaddle]

I just sell the wrap bars, not the saws. I think have sold 3 of them and I might still have one kicking around. Never seen much advantage in the tree, bucket or ground but I guess it depends on what you are used to. Round here most homeowners and stump grinders want that stump as low as possible. Only folks who want stumps on the moon are the towns so the plows don’t hit em. You must be using a husky scrench on them bar nuts. As I recall, it just about fits onto them. Wrap saws don’t stack well in the side box either.

Lol I have my 395 and 372xpw both in my side box and I simply use a hack saw and made my scrench's fit!

 

[CentaurG2]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Stihl, I feel you should not need to modify a scrench to fit the bar nuts or the tensioner screw on a 372xpw. Piss poor handle design on huskys part.

Anyhoo, like it, hate it or don’t really care, NBD. As long as it is putting money in your back pocket, run the hell out of it and it will be good. Not much tree work here. All snowed in and more is expected this week. I hate snow removal but at least it pays. Cheers.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

a 385/390 is 2-2.5lbs heavier for ~1hp mas.

Factory HP ratings don't mean crap compared to overall performance of a saw.

 

[procarbine2k1]

372xpw

Freakin' psychic! hahahahaha

 

[Stihl Crazy]

254xp

 

[nmurph]

Factory HP ratings don't mean crap compared to overall performance of a saw.

never ran a 390. had a 385 and preferred the 7900's over it.

 

[TRI955]

262xp

 

[sachsmo]

y'all can go ahead and laugh,

my fav is my muffler modded, ported 359.

tis my go to saw 90% of the time.

 

[DarkTimber]

288xp or 385xp just to close for me to pick a favorite

 

[REJ2]

I'm poking a hole in all of your rafts, Husky 365 Special, it'll last longer than a 372 also, cause it revs a little less, just a little.
REJ2

 

[Once-ler]

254xp

x2

great saw, and my favorite

 

[logging22]

Ill be the weirdo in the bunch. I say 2100 or 2101. Just like the big, old, Huskys.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Ill be the weirdo in the bunch. I say 2100 or 2101. Just like the big, old, Huskys.

Only because U are one of the few big enough to horse them around.. LOL