SawTroll
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I have to disagree about the muffler mod to pull an 18" bar. We run 24's 80% of the time here in ohio and thats in oak and maple.
If so, something is wrong with what you expect a saw to do....:jawdrop:
I have to disagree about the muffler mod to pull an 18" bar. We run 24's 80% of the time here in ohio and thats in oak and maple.
The dealer wanted to move the 570's!!!!
I've handled the 570 and 575, no thanks!!!! On "paper" the 570 is lighter, it may be, but it balanced like crap and the MS390 I bought instead, felt about three pounds lighter and balanced a LOT better with a 20" on it.
I have to disagree about the muffler mod to pull an 18" bar. We run 24's 80% of the time here in ohio and thats in oak and maple.
The whole availability of parts for dealers around here strikes me as weird, too, but the three closest dealers all said the same thing; one of them is small-time, but the other two are larger, well-established businesses that carry quite a few different lines of equipment. I asked the guy yesterday, and he opined that it was because Husky and Stihl were so entrenched around here that Dolmar didn't feel inclined to compete.
I was skeptical of this, for it seems to me that if a business wants to compete it should do as well as it can wherever it can instead of letting areas suffer poor service. Anyway, the consensus with these three guys is that parts are scarce.
This wouldn't be a big deal if I had much mechanical inclination, but working on engines is something I've never really done.
I am also confused (and yeah, let down a little bit) by the whole Dolmar thing because one local distributor is in Charlotte (2.5 hours away) and the other is in North Georgia (4ish hours away).
Oh well. I believe I would have enjoyed owning and running the 5100. But I now have some peace of mind and what might be the minivan of saws: comfortable, reliable, not too sexy or headturning, fairly versatile.
Of course, I may do some mods down the road...
I want to set the record strait. Parts are not a problem here from that distributor. I can personally go to their site and view their current inventory of parts. THEY HAVE PARTS. Sometimes it's the dealers fault. As in a case of myself, I had a customer wanting an oil seal that was not in stock in Charlotte and all I had to do was say, get it from another dist., which they did pronto. It was me that waited a week to ship it out.
Sometimes things are not what they seem. These three guys you refer to need to get their facts strait or call me when they have a problem as they may not be dialing the right phone number. It's the only thing I can think of as being the problem. By the way we have Dolmar parts available online direct from our store, and we stock them all and many more.
I agree with HUSKYMANThis makes no sense to me. If you do as much firewood as you claim, the extra $200 for a 372XP would pay for itself in two days of increased production.
You must take your coffee breaks while waiting for those 359's to cut through a 24"+ oak over and over.
Mr ST....i still think you need to get a 359 in your lineup and run it for a while. Try it you'll like it! lol
Husky 359 - FourPawserized
LMAO!
361? we dont need no stinkin' 361!
If you ever use a 361, you will not find a need for the 346 or 455........try it sometime. Maybe sell both of yours for $300, you might get $300 for both of them, big might! Then save up your lunch money for a few months and buy a real saw.
You forgot he has a Redmax 620 or whatever it is, the 361 Killer! The most badass saw ever made
If you ever use a 361, you will not find a need for the 346 or 455........try it sometime. Maybe sell both of yours for $300, you might get $300 for both of them, big might! Then save up your lunch money for a few months and buy a real saw.
You forgot he has a Redmax 620 or whatever it is, the 361 Killer! The most badass saw ever made
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