The wiring on the Husky G model saws is very fragile and leads to reliability issues. The stihl arctic are less fragile in this regard.
Where the heck is the Jonsered 2260WH?
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Used to be able to buy pretty much every Jonsered model WH about like the Husky line. Best part is it was only a fraction of the extra cost that Stihl charges.
Regarding the availability, I think it a large part of it is with the dealers. Look at how many real shops are left and how rare it is to buy a saw from someone who actually runs them. I am glad to see the forum having more and more interest in the heated stuff, let's keep pushing our dealers and when he gets one in...put our money where our mouth is.
Regarding the availability, I think it a large part of it is with the dealers. Look at how many real shops are left and how rare it is to buy a saw from someone who actually runs them. I am glad to see the forum having more and more interest in the heated stuff, let's keep pushing our dealers and when he gets one in...put our money where our mouth is.
zogger
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There's an opportunity for perhaps some site sponsors to see if they could get their aftermarket suppliers interested in offering conversion kits for a few well known popular saw models.
SawTroll
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I haven't found any flaw with any of them - all I have used did what they are supposed to. You can of course turn the heat on and off as you wish.
Maybe it's just bad luck, but I have had four G model husky's and they all had wiring issues.
One other thing not talked about is that it's smart to disconnect the carb heater portion when run in temps above zero. You can end up boiling the fuel in the carb and the saw runs like crap.
SawTroll
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That's true here as well.
KenJax Tree
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I've never owned heated handles, but i also don't put lotion on my hands to keep them soft[emoji1]
SawTroll
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Some xpg's are made both with and without carb heating (mainly for different markets, I believe), and on others there are a separate switch position for handle heating only. The manual that came with my 372xpg warned about that possible issue. On top of that, it also said the carb heating is turned on and off by thermostat.
Yiur in Ohio though IIRC. Ohio doesn't even have a real winter
All of my g model saws had one switch. 372 X2 and 346x 2. I did have issues with the carb heaters when above zero with all of the saws in question.
SawTroll
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What year(s) were those 372xpgs? Mine was a late 2006 one - it had one switch, but it had 3 positions; off - handle heating only (I) - handle and carb heating (II).
The heated 346 and 353s here had heated handles only, while the red ones usually had both (WH). It likely was (is?) up to the importers and/or distributers on each market. Regarding the 5xx saws, I don't know (haven't looked into it).
I have never really had any need for carb heating (that I know of), but the heated handles are used often
The 372 had a a two position switch, just like the 346's. Heat on or off.
As for model years. I am going to say around 2008 for the last one.
Btw Troll, how cold does it get in Troms, given its on the ocean?
SawTroll
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I have seen about -42C in the inner parts, but it hasn't been nearly that cold lately. It usually hits -30C though, at the coldest.
-40C = -40F
That's your odd science fact for the day. Also, that is the coldest I've seen here in Vermont.
That's your odd science fact for the day. Also, that is the coldest I've seen here in Vermont.
That's usually a good time to stay out of the woods too. Coldest I ever went out was -20 and everything was a struggle...keeping the powder snow out of the saw so the recoil didn't freeze up after shutting the saw off was the main thing.
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I have seen an unofficial -55 in northern NY. Thermometer was about an inch below the last mark of -40. walked from the house to the unheated horse barn, about 75 yards, and when I got inside looked at the old ski thermometer we kept inside to see it was a balmy 32. I think that was winter of 79 or 80?
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I saw -40*F with the wind chill at the top of Killington ski mountain in Vermont in '93 or '94. The exercise kept me from turning into a Popsicle but it was sure cold. I was glad to finally get down to the bottom, my bandanna over my face was a frozen stiff board that I had to crack in half to take off. I have never worked in that kind of weather. Mostly it is in the 20's (Fahrenheit), sometimes in the teens, seldom in the single digits and rarely below zero. All my chainsaw activity in winter is limited to storm cleanup of only what's necessary.
