Husqvarna 395XP Made in Brazil?

[fjällman]

Hi All,

New to ArboristSite.

I just picked up a new 395XP at my local saw shop. I didn't realize until after I bought it that it was Made in Brazil. That made me nervous. All my other saws are Made in Sweden. Does anyone know what the deal is with these Brazilian saws? Has anyone run one and had a good or bad experience?

Thanks for your help.

 

[moondoggie]

Good morning, from NC myself.

@Stihl working hard should be able to share some info. Good evening sir Todd .

 

[Little Al]

If the QC is up to scratch ( & I assume it would be) as Husky won't want a shed load of warranty work I wouldn't think it would be any more of a problem than a saw assembled in Sweden They manufacture some good aircraft in Brazil which I would consider more difficult than a chain saw Run it & worry about it if it gives trouble as every mechanical contrivance can & will at some time over it's life span, with any quantity produced mechanical device you will get "Sods law "effectit usually grows in relation to the #'s produced Better QC reduces the #

 

[chipper1]

Hi All,

New to ArboristSite.

I just picked up a new 395XP at my local saw shop. I didn't realize until after I bought it that it was Made in Brazil. That made me nervous. All my other saws are Made in Sweden. Does anyone know what the deal is with these Brazilian saws? Has anyone run one and had a good or bad experience?

Thanks for your help.

Welcome to the forum FM.
I've never seen a Brazilian 395, but there are many others models out of Brazil that have been good saws.
It surprises me that a dealer is selling them though, and they didn't say something up front.
Did you get a deal on it or was it at the normal cost.
We would like to see pictures of it as well, at least I would anyway.
Personally I wouldn't run it. I've haven't owned a 395(yet )but I've heard nothing of them being made in Brazil and I would expect to buy one made in Sweden myself. Usually the guys buy a saw in Brazil because it is no longer made here but they are still manufacturing and selling them there, the 288 is the main one I'm aware of, but if it's a current model here we have no need to get one from Brazil and I see no advantage unless is was a real bargain or you wanted to be different.

If the QC is up to scratch ( & I assume it would be) as Husky won't want a shed load of warranty work I wouldn't think it would be any more of a problem than a saw assembled in Sweden They manufacture some good aircraft in Brazil which I would consider more difficult than a chain saw Run it & worry about it if it gives trouble as every mechanical contrivance can & will at some time over it's life span, with any quantity produced mechanical device you will get "Sods law "effectit usually grows in relation to the #'s produced Better QC reduces the #

Do you think husky US will work on a Brazilian saw, I'm not sure they will.
@spike60 any thoughts on this or added info please.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Welcome to the forum FM.
I've never seen a Brazilian 395, but there are many others models out of Brazil that have been good saws.
It surprises me that a dealer is selling them though, and they didn't say something up front.
Did you get a deal on it or was it at the normal cost.
We would like to see pictures of it as well, at least I would anyway.
Personally I wouldn't run it. I've haven't owned a 395(yet )but I've heard nothing of them being made in Brazil and I would expect to buy one made in Sweden myself. Usually the guys buy a saw in Brazil because it is no longer made here but they are still manufacturing and selling them there, the 288 is the main one I'm aware of, but if it's a current model here we have no need to get one from Brazil and I see no advantage unless is was a real bargain or you wanted to be different.

Do you think husky US will work on a Brazilian saw, I'm not sure they will.
@spike60 any thoughts on this or added info please.

Seems odd to me as there are plenty available built in Sweden

 

[fjällman]

Here are some pictures of the saw.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Here are some pictures of the saw.

Did you ask the dealer why he sold a saw built in Brazil rather than Sweden?

I think @Robin Wood has a few older model 288s /oe 372s that were/are made in Brazil.

Can't imagine them being inferior in quality

 

[ray benson]

A quote from a member in another chainsaw forum, June 2017.
" I am a member of the Husqvarna dealer council and I talked to one of the guys while at corporate in Charlotte several months ago and the next generation should be out in less than 2 years. Hoping for this year. 595xp will be sick. They will make the 395's and 372's for about a year alongside the new big 5 series saws. The remaining 395s are also being made in Brazil. Have sold 10 of the made in Brazil 395s so far 0 issues.
Sadly the 3120 may disappear in a number of years. Currently no plans for a 5 series 3120."

 

[stihlaficionado]

A quote from a member in another chainsaw forum, June 2017.
" I am a member of the Husqvarna dealer council and I talked to one of the guys while at corporate in Charlotte several months ago and the next generation should be out in less than 2 years. Hoping for this year. 595xp will be sick. They will make the 395's and 372's for about a year alongside the new big 5 series saws. The remaining 395s are also being made in Brazil. Have sold 10 of the made in Brazil 395s so far 0 issues.
Sadly the 3120 may disappear in a number of years. Currently no plans for a 5 series 3120."

There you go, thanks, Ray

A Bad Ass 595 xp? with AT?

 

[fjällman]

The serial number plate says:
Husqvarna Ltda.
São Paulo, BRAZIL

I went back in once I saw that and looked at the other saws they had in stock. All the 395s were from Brazil. The 390s were still from Sweden. I asked the dealer and he thought all the 395s were made in Brazil now. He didn't think there'd been any problems with them.

 

[fjällman]

I've been waiting for something like a 595XP to come out, but gave up and decided to go ahead and get a 395XP. Seeing that the saw was from Brazil made me wonder if they were shifting production to make room for a new big 5 series saw. There was certainly a lot of talk of a new generation of saws at the 572XP press event, which makes it sound like they're planning to come out with more than one new saw. I'd definitely like a 595XP, but don't really want to wait four or five years for one.

 

[spike60]

I got some 395's in last week and they are also from Brazil. What parts I looked at were still made in Sweden. There's no quality issue that I've seen with any saws from Brazil. The last run of 55's that we got were also from Brazil. As stated above, that's where they will be coming from until the replacement 500 series saw arrives. I did suggest that if they are shipping saws from Brazil, I'd be happy to take a pallet of 288's off their hands.

I still have some Swedish made 395's if anyone can't live with one from Brazil.

 

[jr27236]

The serial number plate says:
Husqvarna Ltda.
São Paulo, BRAZIL

I went back in once I saw that and looked at the other saws they had in stock. All the 395s were from Brazil. The 390s were still from Sweden. I asked the dealer and he thought all the 395s were made in Brazil now. He didn't think there'd been any problems with them.

I think based on that serial plate the saw is completely not of standard and should immediately be boxed up and sent to me for proper disposal, i will even pick up the shipping to "be a nice guy"[emoji83][emoji84]

 

[chipper1]

Good to know Ray and Bob.

Thanks for the pictures as well. I was wondering if it would have the "jungle" muffler on it.

Bob, good of you to offer up those Sweden made ones .

JR your too funny, OP I need that saw sebt to Michigan to do some EPA smog testing on it, I'll send you and address shortly .

 

[Little Al]

Do you think husky US will work on a Brazilian saw, I'm not sure they will.
@spike60 any thoughts on this or added info please.[/QUOTE]
Why would a US Husky dealer not work on a Husky saw? If it didn't say Product of Brazil on a Tag somewhere & had a tag Falsely stating Product of Sweden could your dealer & yourself be able to know the production country if you had a Swede assembled same model would the parts be interchangeable?I think they would If all the saw parts had a where produced label on it it would probably be not unlike The United Nations.The parts now are produced world wide & very few if any modern saws are produced solely in the country of the brands registration The only thing I can say if your US dealers are not prepared to work on a saw of a brand they are dealers for because it was not assembled in the parent company's country of origin must have more work than they can deal with. What are your thoughts on our company's situation we use Husky's for a money earning logging set up (hopefully) we are based in France & a saw we order comes with a tag Assembled in the USA it's not Swedish should we send it back? I don't think we would.

 

[chipper1]

Do you think husky US will work on a Brazilian saw, I'm not sure they will.
@spike60
Why would a US Husky dealer not work on a Husky saw? If it didn't say Product of Brazil on a Tag somewhere & had a tag Falsely stating Product of Sweden could your dealer & yourself be able to know the production country if you had a Swede assembled same model would the parts be interchangeable?I think they would If all the saw parts had a where produced label on it it would probably be not unlike The United Nations.The parts now are produced world wide & very few if any modern saws are produced solely in the country of the brands registration The only thing I can say if your US dealers are not prepared to work on a saw of a brand they are dealers for because it was not assembled in the parent company's country of origin must have more work than they can deal with. What are your thoughts on our company's situation we use Husky's for a money earning logging set up (hopefully) we are based in France & a saw we order comes with a tag Assembled in the USA it's not Swedish should we send it back? I don't think we would.

I hear you, but my comment was in regards to warranty work not general maintenance, sorry I wasn't clear on that.
As far as the UN who cares about the UN, not this guy, or the EU for that matter have fun with all that, but there is a place for that, the P&R forums.
Hopefully you do make some money at your business . Why would you send back a quality made American product , but if you were expecting an American product and received one form Mexico would you keep it, especially if the dealer you work with wanted nothing to do with it even if it was made for an American company.
By the way there are many husky dealers who have chosen not to work on specific husky models because they are junk, they also will not stock them on their shelves because they care about their customers and it doesn't follow their business model. I don't know how things are in France as I've never been and don't know many from there either, but I'm sure there are certain products that places there will not work on or sell for many different reasons such as I listed or a boycott of them for other reasons such as not being set up to work on them, maybe the manuals are not available to them because they don't know @ray benson lol.
Hopefully you see my point as well as the original intentions of what I posted .
Brett

 

[Little Al]

I see your point but don't agree with some of your statements You are obviously not into anything outside the US but for a county that imports the amount of Chinese kit your country does i cannot see your point. Where I amin the world a Husky dealer refusing to do warranty work on a Husky saw no matter where it was made or where it was purchased would find himself in bother from the head office & wouldn't remain a dealer for to long In fact it happened to a dealer some 10 miles away, from a husky dealer he's now an agent for some Chinese label There may have been other reasons but turning away Warranty was involved The worlds mechanicals unfortunately don't now end at the east/west shores of the US similar to the UK. In my before retirement job in the early years 1950/60's the machine tools used were of US manufacture near retirement Japanese units were used as they were better quality & cheaper price & after all you are buying a Swedish designed saw that I 'm pretty sure if it was All assembled in the US Which it probably was not I don't think all the components are US produced But at days end you are the one making the decision I hope you are happy with what ever you decide My take would be run it like you stole it & worry about the warranty if it "coughs" in my experience if it does it wiil be some 1to 2 month outside the warranty

 

[Westboastfaller]

Did you ask the dealer why he sold a saw built in Brazil rather than Sweden?

Are you crazy! It could be a cartel.

These guys are worse than the soup nazi. "YOU ASK QUESTION! NO SAW FOR YOU!... OUT! .. OUT!

 

[Westboastfaller]

Here are some pictures of the saw.

Oh I see, it's got the regular muffler and the EPA sticker. So there is no drug cartel. It's all legit.
well this is very very awkward.

And the sticker even says 'you' are in compliance for 300 hours.

 

[Westboastfaller]

The serial number plate says:
Husqvarna Ltda.
São Paulo, BRAZIL

I asked the dealer and he thought all the 395s were made in Brazil now. He didn't think there'd been any problems with them.

No of course not. The factory I'm sure looks the same. Or at least looks the same as it did 20 yrs ago in a different country. The employees just have dark hair and speak Portuguese and work cheaper.
You know all the floor QC's are all big Swedes walking around in 110f wearing their full on winter cutting suits or known to them as
'all seasons' around the world, no weather to hot nor to cold as well a great social atire there it be formal or just getting together with the boys having some drinks and doing a great deal of 'living room cutting'.

Oh don't get me wrong. I want one of those suits.