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Again I'm not bashing companies here. Just in my little world down here all the saw companies have ran off. Maybe it's us. :msp_scared:
For Husky, it looks like they have been "cleaning" the Jonsered brand out of pure hardware stores, to make the image as a pro brand more obvious.Now this leaves me even more questionable about wth is going on!!!! It makes no since why would ether company be making moves like that. Are we going to end up with a box store option on a new saw or what???
My local Husky dealer still has the sign out, but there isn't a Husky product in the shop - all Echo. He says you can't beat the 5 year warranty. So far, I still have all Husky equipment and don't plan to change that ... I'll find another dealer.
For Husky, it looks like they have been "cleaning" the Jonsered brand out of pure hardware stores, to make the image as a pro brand more obvious.
It is no secret that they are replacing the Partner and Poulan brands my McCulloch branded saws, as it is defined as their new "premium consumer saw" brand - if that expression makes any sense (it doesn't to me, but it is what it is). I have no idea where those "Mac" saws actually are made so far, but the specs surely aren't impressive, nor are the looks of those contraptions...
Well forcing the local dealers to carry the tractors and ztrs which are way overpriced, and force them to floor plan them through expensive
finance companies is too much of a burden for almost any dealer. If they can go to lowes and get almost the equvalent mower for half the price, they don't require Lowes to carry Hushy mowers around here, makes it dam hard to find one.
As much as I groan about carrying Husqvarna tractors and wheeled goods, I have to admit that they do bring in a good bit of revenue for service, just as long as its not warranty work. We get a lot of customers from TSC and Lowes that have no clue how to work on their tractors, not even basic tasks like changing oil. So when we get full service tuneups that helps pay the bills. I like their line of commercial zturns, the only problem is nobody in this area is willing to dish out the cash for one. This year we significantly cut our floor plan due to having too much left over wheeled equipment, I pushed for only carrying tractors that the box stores can't get, hoping to at least get some edge.
I had heard that Husky is pulling the saws from the Lowes's of the world and going dealer only. I would bet they wanted full service dealers as I'm sure the profit margin is larger on the mowers and wheeled products than the saws. It's called corporate greed like every other company. If they pull them out of the big boxes then I would look for them to have more local dealers especially if they figured out that they won't be able to keep dealers if they hold them hostage to large outlays of cash or credit for mowers and other equipment they can't turn over reasonably.
They still need a distribution network for their saws, chain, parts, etc. In this bad economy maybe they realized the new model wasn't working and will be easier to set up with in the future. I hope so because I sure like their saws
Where did you hear that? Just curious
I believe I heard it from the dealer I bought my 365 from and a few other posts on here I've read it as well.
Makes sense. Drive everyone to the dealers in the 1st place and much less warranty claims from misuse/ignorance with a dealer who will educate you about the saw. Lower returns for the brand, higher parts purchasing retention and add on purchases for the dealers. Higher profit for brand also as most small dealers won't be buying national quantities and can't get the economy of scale buy that a big box can demand.
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