indiansprings
Firewood Purveyor
15 to 20 logging operations in our area, five or six tree services, the United States largest buyer and mill yard of walnut is located about 15 miles away. All but one small one man operation run Stihl, mainly 044.460's and 660's, the majority of the tree trimmers are running 200T's a couple are running 192's to save money. It's interesting that the big chinese owned walnut operation started out with Husky 390's, they switched to 100% Stihl, they said the bottom ends wouldn't hold together in the 390's. They are running all 441's today, they must run 12-15 of them, claim no issues since they switched.
The only Huskies you see around here are the ones sold at Lowe's. The local Husky dealer is a joke, want a discontinued husky , they got it, still have original 372xp's, in the 70cc class they have the 372xp.372xt, all versions of he 576,570,365 I don't know how a customer makes up their mind on which one to choose they have some long haired kid who wouldn't know a 455 from a 372, price is always msrp, service area just plain sucks, they sell both Husky and Stihl, they push Stihl they say it's about 11-1 Stihl. I think a well run, competitive Husky shop could make it in the area if they focused on service and the customers like Spike and TK, the quality in there product is there, just no decent dealer support in our area. You can't go 15 mile in any direction and not find a Stihl dealer and most of them here are good with all the logging activity. Most give the commercial guys healthy discounts. A newer Dolmar is rarer than hen's teeth , you have to drive up to Republic fifty miles away to start finding a little niche of them.
Stihl just rules our area, most think Husky is that stuff they sell at Lowes.
The only Huskies you see around here are the ones sold at Lowe's. The local Husky dealer is a joke, want a discontinued husky , they got it, still have original 372xp's, in the 70cc class they have the 372xp.372xt, all versions of he 576,570,365 I don't know how a customer makes up their mind on which one to choose they have some long haired kid who wouldn't know a 455 from a 372, price is always msrp, service area just plain sucks, they sell both Husky and Stihl, they push Stihl they say it's about 11-1 Stihl. I think a well run, competitive Husky shop could make it in the area if they focused on service and the customers like Spike and TK, the quality in there product is there, just no decent dealer support in our area. You can't go 15 mile in any direction and not find a Stihl dealer and most of them here are good with all the logging activity. Most give the commercial guys healthy discounts. A newer Dolmar is rarer than hen's teeth , you have to drive up to Republic fifty miles away to start finding a little niche of them.
Stihl just rules our area, most think Husky is that stuff they sell at Lowes.