Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Based on the number you don't see out here of any model, they pretty much have conceded. Which.. is somewhat sad...
I image Dolmar is like Stihl - they make it for Europe and are very reluctant to change the model for other conditions, and even more so if they have low sales. StihlNW had to seriously argue and twist arms to get full wrap, HO oiler and "hard" springs/buffers put on production saws... and re-argue for every model. It took 18 months to get hard springs for the 441, and it's still an "option" for now. I suspect it will become stock on the USA wrap models at some point. The HD filter across Stihl big saws was primarily because of the West coast and Australia. We still get those funny looking 044's (for service) from east of the mountains with non-HD filters....
I image Dolmar is like Stihl - they make it for Europe and are very reluctant to change the model for other conditions, and even more so if they have low sales. StihlNW had to seriously argue and twist arms to get full wrap, HO oiler and "hard" springs/buffers put on production saws... and re-argue for every model. It took 18 months to get hard springs for the 441, and it's still an "option" for now. I suspect it will become stock on the USA wrap models at some point. The HD filter across Stihl big saws was primarily because of the West coast and Australia. We still get those funny looking 044's (for service) from east of the mountains with non-HD filters....
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