Several weeks ago, I was lured over to the dark side. Unable to resist, I relented and bought a new 372XP. All of my sawing is for firewood needs (our primary source of heat) and managing about 90 acres of woods here in NEPA. Prior to this weekend, I ran 4-5 tanks through my new Husky felling and bucking a couple of larger Maple trees.
Today, I finally got to go ape #### for an extended period of time. I had a beautiful tri-axle load of mostly White Oak (some Red Oak and Ash as well) delivered earlier this week. I was literally smiling the whole time I was cutting today. The speed at which the saw eats through the larger hardwood logs seems exponentially greater than my old Farmboss. I cut a similar size load over the course of two weeks last year with my Stihl MS290, based on what a chore it was, I decided to buy a larger saw for these bigger jobs. If I didn’t get so wiped out from moving the unsplit rounds out of the way, I could have cut the whole load in one day.
There are certainly more expensive and higher performing saws available than the 372XP, but I wanted to share my review incase there’s anyone else out there thinking about stepping up to a pro-quality saw. The power to weight ratio makes me giddy and the overall quality seems outstanding. I paid $750 which is more than I ever thought I spend on a chainsaw, but in hindsight it was money well spent.
Mrs. matt33 is a budding amateur photographer, she took a photo in "HDR" showing my progress after short time. I thought it was a cool picture so I attached it below:
Today, I finally got to go ape #### for an extended period of time. I had a beautiful tri-axle load of mostly White Oak (some Red Oak and Ash as well) delivered earlier this week. I was literally smiling the whole time I was cutting today. The speed at which the saw eats through the larger hardwood logs seems exponentially greater than my old Farmboss. I cut a similar size load over the course of two weeks last year with my Stihl MS290, based on what a chore it was, I decided to buy a larger saw for these bigger jobs. If I didn’t get so wiped out from moving the unsplit rounds out of the way, I could have cut the whole load in one day.
There are certainly more expensive and higher performing saws available than the 372XP, but I wanted to share my review incase there’s anyone else out there thinking about stepping up to a pro-quality saw. The power to weight ratio makes me giddy and the overall quality seems outstanding. I paid $750 which is more than I ever thought I spend on a chainsaw, but in hindsight it was money well spent.
Mrs. matt33 is a budding amateur photographer, she took a photo in "HDR" showing my progress after short time. I thought it was a cool picture so I attached it below:
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