I agree.My next door neighbor cuts and sells between 3 and 4 hundred cord of firewood per year, and he blocks it all with the saws. He has two x 575 xp and a 357 I think.He has had nothing but luck with the 575's.Keeps them two years and trades them.
I know I'm going to get black-balledoff the website for this, but my dad always used homelite 360's. Used them for half my life before switching to Makita/Dolmar. Never seen him do anything to those saws except plugs, filters. B/C are a given, they wear out.
I contemplated this question today while out sawing for six hours. A good operator that takes very good care of a saw can make any number of different brands and size saws work well. But a poor operator doing little maintenance and a poor job at that, will eventually have trouble with even the most highly recomended model.
That being said, I see that most guys on here do not have just one saw but many. I have only one saw and it has to work or my time is wasted.I cant just go back to the truck/or home and get another. I basically do TSI on family property on my own time.The terrain is steep, snow covered,and the tree species vary considerably.The saw must not be heavy but be powerful enough for a 20" tree but handy enough for 1" saplings. I have a Husky 353.I like it a lot.Other than a water in the gas issue, It has served me well.Five more tanks of fuel through it again today and one blown a part chain.
If you are looking for a very good underated firewood saw then the Husqvarna 365 is about the least talked about but one of the best pricewise. They have been sold for hundreds of $ less than the more popular 372 all along and now there is a clearout sale on them if they are not all gone. Would have to check at the service dept. but they were going for $550. +tax a little while back. The 455 was about in the same price range and received a lot more attention.
Pioneerguy600
:agree2: I still say the 2165/365 will do anything the average guy needs to do with a saw and then some. Its the best bang for your buck!
I think that the husqvarna 455 gets a really bad wrap on this site. I have one and the thing runs circles around other saws with sim. ccd. My friend has an 029 with muffler mod it can't cut with it. ( we both use the same type of chain and 20" bars) and my uncle has the newer 029 I think is now called a 290 it does a fair job hanging with my husky (but only if I sharpen his chain he is a file tard) I haven't had the saw for that long but I have cut about 10 chords of firewood with it. Mostly oak with a random cherry and hickory. All in all this saw seems to be very well made. I haven't had any of the oiler issues that I've seen talked about on here. The prob. is not with the oiler anyway it is the bar. The oil port stops up but if you clean it every 3rd tank of fuel it doesn't seem to be a problem. have never seen the chain run dry on this saw. Anyway that my 2 cents happy sawing[/Q
i personally hate these saws i have owned 3 of them. a lot of breakdowns
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I have a cheap little efco mt 3700 that i love. Always starts no matter how cold doesnt bog on anything and only 9 lbs. A only paid 180 brand new for a display model
it might be easier to list the most overated saws
yes, like i posted above, my old homelites never failed me. i just sold my old, red 240 and blue 150ez on ebay though. moving, must purge....
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