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.
242xp
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.
a 385/390 is 2-2.5lbs heavier for ~1hp mas.
372xpw
Factory HP ratings don't mean crap compared to overall performance of a saw.
Ill be the weirdo in the bunch. I say 2100 or 2101. Just like the big, old, Huskys.
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