Crap, I was just out that way today..
Stihl 500i R availability?
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Did you get the saw?
Just couldn't do it without the wrap bar. I went, picked it up.. Stood around for 20 minutes with no help an decided to walk out... I looked at retrofitting the wrap bar, but I could not tell if it work.
Want to ship me from you local dealer?
Howard
Want to ship me from you local dealer?
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It is a lot of coin. I'm tempted but the 3 that I have now fill all my needs and then some more.
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You might call Coastal they had some wraps a while back.
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I was thinking of finding a straw buyer and sending them Paypal etc.
Can you retrofit the wrap bar? It looks like they are about $170 online
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A R is more then a wrap handle bar, it’s dawgs and a different clutch cover.
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Just received mine $1130.00 otd w 20" b/c
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That is a lot of saw to drive a 20" b&c. We are going to need pictures and a review.
They offered me a 25 or 28 and I had several light bars in that size so I opted for a 20
Those PossumTrot dealers take care of their customers! That's a great price. When I checked awhile back it was close to $1200 here with a 20"
& not Otd
I saw a 500I i at Northwest Logging, Mcminnville ORE, and 1 may still be at Cowlitz River Rigging, Worth a call . Got mine at Stark Street Beaverton, OR with 28" manager said it had been there 5 mos and didn't know why they were shipped one.
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Cowlitz River Rigging was out of R versions before the first of the year.
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Where the heck was that?
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Most dealers frown upon that method. As in paying over the phone. When I was shipping saws to Oz, NZ, the EU and California, they DID NOT WANT TO KNOW anything about grey market saw purchases of shipping anything. I was buying up two or three 200T, 361s and 440 a week then. I had to shop at different dealers to cover the volume. And I always paid in cash. I have over 100 new Stihl saw purchases listed in the Stihl DB in my alias names.
May want to give our friend in Yukon a holler. He used to buy and shop saws grey market stateside. He had good prices on them. Though the CDN $ is up to 78 cents now from a low of 70.
I think I just found one locally! I will be at their front door at 8am tomorrow..
Thanks everyone!
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Madsens only sells R model 500i saws. But as I said, they do not know when the next batch will come in. No one does. Stihl distribution and warehousing is by region.
500i and 500i R differ in that the R models have a larger rubber dangling chip deflector in the side cover, a 3/4 wrap TH, and large dual dawgs. There are 4 models listed in my Australia/New Zealand IPL: the plain 500i, the 500i Z (stiffer springs), 500i RZ (stiffer springs and 3/4 wrap), and 500i W (arctic model with a magneto and heated handles). I presume that the R models in the US are the same as the RZ models down under. That was the case with the 441. In the UK they are listed as RS models.
That’s a steal! I need to visit your dealer lol, my 462 was more than that.
