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Hi all. New here and all...nice site. I recently purchased a new Husqvarna T435 climbing saw. I shot some shoddy pictures with my too old digital camera. Maybe I should have gotten a new one of those instead of a new saw. 
. I have used it a couple times now, and think I like it. I have only run almost 3 tanks of gas through it so far though, so, we'll see. I really like the weight. I hauled it up 5 pines and didn't even notice it until I started it up and used it. Quite unlike the time I tried to climb with the 46.
Anyways, so far I have chopped on some willow, pine, elm, and apricot. Probably the biggest pieces were the willow, at about 10" dia. Seemed to cut just fine in everything. It is much faster than my hand saw. I was getting worn out trying to hack off those petrified pine limbs/nubs/stubs. Whatever they're called.
I don't like the primer bulb, but it's there. I only have had to use it the first start up of the day, just a pump or two. Pretty sure I'd like two bar nuts/studs, but it seems stable. I don't lean on my saws anyways, so it shouldn't matter I guess. It has an adjustable oiler. Big plus in my book. It has a side tensioner, another big plus for me. It is in the side cover though and not in the case, making me wonder about durability. I like the kill switch position, but wish it was spring loaded or something. With a bit of use I'll probably automatically pop it back to run after the engine dies. The choke has been a first start up use only also, unlike my 55 rancher, which seems to need choked every time the thing sits for more than a couple minutes. Breaks over, why won't my saw start?
I got the 12" bar, I have bigger saws if I need bigger bars. I guess mainly I got this for limbing on the way up, or down, so it should work just fine with a 12" bar. It ain't the size of the bar, it's how you use it? Ha. I could probably take some small tops with it before getting the bigger saw, so that's good enough for me. For now. I don't do too many climbing removals anyways, mostly pruning and such. Another plus, it has a metal bumper spike.
Let's see. I don't like the brake. It is a bear to take off, maybe with some use it will loosen up a bit. As it is, it takes a very firm pull to take off, firm enough to bend the guard about an inch or two. I hope it doesn't snap off some day. I will have to try to remember to grab it nearer the right side, not in the middle. I have also had to pull the starter a couple times to get it started when hot, but i think this may be a combination of jetting and not remembering that the off switch is on the off position. Mostly operator head space and timing, I bet, meaning I have probably been flooding it a bit trying to start it when the switch is in the off position. Ha. I do like the muffler because it blows away from me, to the front. Hopefully I don't ever start a fire in the tree with it blowing that way. That could be ugly. Maybe I don't like the muffler, now that I think about it. Ah well, we all gotta go sometime. I'll just have to watch out for breaking brakes and burning trees I guess.
I didn't time it, but it seems to run quite some time on a tank of gas. I forgot to check on the first three pine trees (climbers), and then cut down some more stuff, about 5-6 and chopped them up. That took maybe about 1.5-2 hours (saw ran probably an hour all added up?). I remembered to check before I climbed the next set though, and it still had some gas, maybe a couple mouthfuls. Hard to say how long it ran since it was on and off a lot. Maybe I'll find a bunch of little stuff to use it on and get a better picture.
I was a bit dissatisfied with the climbing attachments. The Husky site clearly shows a hole in the handle. I had to have the saw ordered, as my local dealer didn't have one in stock. Looking now, the husky site clearly shows a picture of what I have to assume is the 334 or 338. Don't they have a digital camera? Ha. They probably make a digital camera. Oh well. So, after I ordered the saw, I ran home and ordered a Weaver bungee saw strap and some other things from Tree Stuff and waited by the mail box. Impatiently. I have to say, that strap is cool. Once the saw got here one of the first things I noticed was the missing hole. It was filled in with orange plastic. In return I got two metal loops, one stationary and one folding. They do seem a bit wimpy, hopefully they don't fail and end up losing my saw for me. This also made that strap a bit overkill, it has two rings and a loop, but hey, it's bungee. I tried to fix it to the handle with the loop, but it only got in the way of my hand. On the plus side I now have 4 rings and a loop, which is nice in the way of flexibility. Sitting at my desk now, I can't remember how exactly I attached everything, but it worked out nicely. Also on the plus side, I think, is the position of the rings. They are on the back/bottom of the saw. I'm just speculating here, but it seems this saw might hang better from there, rather than from the handle.
Oh, one more thing. The air cleaner is a plastic screen. Kind of like the flocked filter that was on the little 26 I used to use, and come to think of it, kind of like the flocked one on the 55. Not sure about how well it will hold up, but if it's like the 55, it won't ever see any saw dust anyways. I'd guess it will last longer than the saw unless something like a screwdriver goes through it, or a log lands on the saw. Car drives over it...thrown out of a tree cause it won't start. Ha. I just thought it was kind of neat though, I've never seen an air filter like that.
So, in short, so far I like it. I'll have to beat it up and bang it around bit to be sure. The only other climbing saw I have really used was an 009. Did not like that one at all. Now, here's some ugly pictures.
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. I have used it a couple times now, and think I like it. I have only run almost 3 tanks of gas through it so far though, so, we'll see. I really like the weight. I hauled it up 5 pines and didn't even notice it until I started it up and used it. Quite unlike the time I tried to climb with the 46. Anyways, so far I have chopped on some willow, pine, elm, and apricot. Probably the biggest pieces were the willow, at about 10" dia. Seemed to cut just fine in everything. It is much faster than my hand saw. I was getting worn out trying to hack off those petrified pine limbs/nubs/stubs. Whatever they're called.
I don't like the primer bulb, but it's there. I only have had to use it the first start up of the day, just a pump or two. Pretty sure I'd like two bar nuts/studs, but it seems stable. I don't lean on my saws anyways, so it shouldn't matter I guess. It has an adjustable oiler. Big plus in my book. It has a side tensioner, another big plus for me. It is in the side cover though and not in the case, making me wonder about durability. I like the kill switch position, but wish it was spring loaded or something. With a bit of use I'll probably automatically pop it back to run after the engine dies. The choke has been a first start up use only also, unlike my 55 rancher, which seems to need choked every time the thing sits for more than a couple minutes. Breaks over, why won't my saw start?
I got the 12" bar, I have bigger saws if I need bigger bars. I guess mainly I got this for limbing on the way up, or down, so it should work just fine with a 12" bar. It ain't the size of the bar, it's how you use it? Ha. I could probably take some small tops with it before getting the bigger saw, so that's good enough for me. For now. I don't do too many climbing removals anyways, mostly pruning and such. Another plus, it has a metal bumper spike.
Let's see. I don't like the brake. It is a bear to take off, maybe with some use it will loosen up a bit. As it is, it takes a very firm pull to take off, firm enough to bend the guard about an inch or two. I hope it doesn't snap off some day. I will have to try to remember to grab it nearer the right side, not in the middle. I have also had to pull the starter a couple times to get it started when hot, but i think this may be a combination of jetting and not remembering that the off switch is on the off position. Mostly operator head space and timing, I bet, meaning I have probably been flooding it a bit trying to start it when the switch is in the off position. Ha. I do like the muffler because it blows away from me, to the front. Hopefully I don't ever start a fire in the tree with it blowing that way. That could be ugly. Maybe I don't like the muffler, now that I think about it. Ah well, we all gotta go sometime. I'll just have to watch out for breaking brakes and burning trees I guess.
I didn't time it, but it seems to run quite some time on a tank of gas. I forgot to check on the first three pine trees (climbers), and then cut down some more stuff, about 5-6 and chopped them up. That took maybe about 1.5-2 hours (saw ran probably an hour all added up?). I remembered to check before I climbed the next set though, and it still had some gas, maybe a couple mouthfuls. Hard to say how long it ran since it was on and off a lot. Maybe I'll find a bunch of little stuff to use it on and get a better picture.
I was a bit dissatisfied with the climbing attachments. The Husky site clearly shows a hole in the handle. I had to have the saw ordered, as my local dealer didn't have one in stock. Looking now, the husky site clearly shows a picture of what I have to assume is the 334 or 338. Don't they have a digital camera? Ha. They probably make a digital camera. Oh well. So, after I ordered the saw, I ran home and ordered a Weaver bungee saw strap and some other things from Tree Stuff and waited by the mail box. Impatiently. I have to say, that strap is cool. Once the saw got here one of the first things I noticed was the missing hole. It was filled in with orange plastic. In return I got two metal loops, one stationary and one folding. They do seem a bit wimpy, hopefully they don't fail and end up losing my saw for me. This also made that strap a bit overkill, it has two rings and a loop, but hey, it's bungee. I tried to fix it to the handle with the loop, but it only got in the way of my hand. On the plus side I now have 4 rings and a loop, which is nice in the way of flexibility. Sitting at my desk now, I can't remember how exactly I attached everything, but it worked out nicely. Also on the plus side, I think, is the position of the rings. They are on the back/bottom of the saw. I'm just speculating here, but it seems this saw might hang better from there, rather than from the handle.
Oh, one more thing. The air cleaner is a plastic screen. Kind of like the flocked filter that was on the little 26 I used to use, and come to think of it, kind of like the flocked one on the 55. Not sure about how well it will hold up, but if it's like the 55, it won't ever see any saw dust anyways. I'd guess it will last longer than the saw unless something like a screwdriver goes through it, or a log lands on the saw. Car drives over it...thrown out of a tree cause it won't start. Ha. I just thought it was kind of neat though, I've never seen an air filter like that.
So, in short, so far I like it. I'll have to beat it up and bang it around bit to be sure. The only other climbing saw I have really used was an 009. Did not like that one at all. Now, here's some ugly pictures.
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