Husqvarna - convince me

[KarlD]

The eBay 562 looks good to me. My brother paid $800 or so for his new 562 with a 28, which he used for one job and sold to me for $600. $35 for a wrap kit and then it was perfect. It had a slight “hiccup” while limbing when my brother owned so he brought it back to the shop. One coil/flywheel combo and 3 weeks later they discovered there was sticky diaphragm in the carb. Gotta love warranty work! The owner said it was the only time he’d seen that and it has run flawlessly since then.
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That is a good looking saw

 

[cuinrearview]

Are you a member on the other power equipment for the outdoors site Karl? The owner of that site will be having a sale this month. Brand new 562s were under $600usd I believe.

 

[Woodslasher]

The 562 is a good little saw so is the 555, I’ve beat the snot out of the ones we have.

For hardwoods out here it’s red alder mainly which loves to chair if you look at it wrong, that said that little saw keeps up just fine with it even swinging it.


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Here’s some pics of @Skeans 562 with a 32 inch bar on it. His posts convinced me to give the 562 a shot, despite their problems.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

The 562 must be a heck of a good saw, one of our parks just got a 572 ,and that Manager wont even touch a saw that doesn't have husqvarna written on it.
Neither him or myself was impressed with the 572.

Had you put at least 10 tanks through it?

 

[RED-85-Z51]

272XP is a hell of a nice saw.

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[Deleted member 117362]

272XP is a hell of a nice saw.

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Stock or ported? Neighbor has one and I am not impressed, built him a 372 and he said take that 272 if you want.

 

[RED-85-Z51]

Stock except for a dual ported muffler. With a port job it could be even better, but very low hours stock im very pleased with it.

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[KarlD]

Are you a member on the other power equipment for the outdoors site Karl? The owner of that site will be having a sale this month. Brand new 562s were under $600usd I believe.

No, I have never really liked the layout of it and stopped looking at it after a couple of visits. I prefer the idea of getting used and taking it apart, I’m very comfortable doing that with Stihls and Dolmars and would like to see how a Husqvarna compares. I like to browse eBay daily when it’s ‘wind down’ time; from here on I’ll be looking for 562’s as well as the normals

 

[KarlD]

Here’s some pics of @Skeans 562 with a 32 inch bar on it. His posts convinced me to give the 562 a shot, despite their problems.

My 362 would probably run away if I showed it a 32” bar

 

[KarlD]

Stock except for a dual ported muffler. With a port job it could be even better, but very low hours stock im very pleased with it.

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Stunning saw

 

[Woodslasher]

Nice 272! Neither of mine are quite as pretty, but here’s some pics of my ported one getting it’s chain sharpened and doing a little clearing.

 

[KarlD]

Nice 272! Neither of mine are quite as pretty, but here’s some pics of my ported one getting it’s chain sharpened and doing a little clearing.
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Very nice

 

[Wood Doctor]

Here's me buck cutting rounds from a felled pin oak using a Husky 562 that I borrowed:

The stump is to my left. This saw was really impressive. I had a 24" bar on board and noodle cut all the rounds in half as well. A few were so heavy that I quartered them. Heat was intense that day, but this saw never bogged down.

 

[KarlD]

Here's me buck cutting rounds from a felled pin oak using a Husky 562 that I borrowed:
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The stump is to my left. This saw was really impressive. I had a 24" bar on board and noodle cut all the rounds in half as well. A few were so heavy that I quartered them. Heat was intense that day, but this saw never bogged down.

Yup, a 562 is on my radar now for sure. First one in the UK that comes up in need of a bit of work will be mine

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Yup, a 562 is on my radar now for sure. First one in the UK that comes up in need of a bit of work will be mine

Make sure it has an el48 or 55a carb on it.

 

[old guy]

My 572 impresses me way more than my 562.

 

[KarlD]

My 572 impresses me way more than my 562.

Ok...well I won’t turn away from a 572 either then. Maybe whichever comes up first...I’ll take the plunge

 

[Andyshine77]

395xp is the best saw available from Husqvarna IMHO. Big heavy beast of a saw, I'm a big fan of the model.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Had you put at least 10 tanks through it?

7 tanks deep so maybe 10 will be the magic number. We hope it wakes up , the park Manager is a 372xp lover and his goes to every hurricane clean up we're volunteered for, so it's got big shoes to fill.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

If interesting saws were not limited to "new" I might suggest the L77 . Its affectionately referred to as the "Great Pumpkin " by old guys around here.
For a vintage saw they pull a 24" full comp .404 pretty nice.