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With apologies to the Beach Boys, it just doesn’t have that ring like “409”! Nevertheless, it is orange, new and real fine!
My long awaited new saw purchase ended up being the Husqvarna 350, thus retiring the Wildthing forever. The other choice was the Stihl MS260 Pro, a saw that I liked feature for feature fully as well as the 350 but access to discount prices at my place of employ gave the $ advantage to the Husky.
For the small work I will use the saw for I picked up a 16” .325 .050 bar and chain to replace the 18” bar that came packaged with the power head. Without fuel and oil I scaled the new combo at about 13 lbs. I can live with that!
After filling the bar oil tank with genuine Husky bar oil and the fuel tank with my standard, one-size-fits-all 40:1 Redline synthetic, Stabil and Unleaded gasoline combination I fired the saw up for the first time and warmed the engine before making a few cuts in some light material. In the cold climate I gave the adjustable rate bar oiler screw a twist and observed the bar was soon sticky with fresh bar oil. This is a good sign to be sure as the oil out of the jug poured into the oil tank like honey.
Definitely a keeper!
My only negative impression was the chain brake mechanism that seemed exceedingly difficult to navigate over the outside rim of the clutch when changing chains. Any other impressions about this part on the Husqvarna 3xx saw family are welcomed.
Happy as a logger in sawdust!
My long awaited new saw purchase ended up being the Husqvarna 350, thus retiring the Wildthing forever. The other choice was the Stihl MS260 Pro, a saw that I liked feature for feature fully as well as the 350 but access to discount prices at my place of employ gave the $ advantage to the Husky.
For the small work I will use the saw for I picked up a 16” .325 .050 bar and chain to replace the 18” bar that came packaged with the power head. Without fuel and oil I scaled the new combo at about 13 lbs. I can live with that!
After filling the bar oil tank with genuine Husky bar oil and the fuel tank with my standard, one-size-fits-all 40:1 Redline synthetic, Stabil and Unleaded gasoline combination I fired the saw up for the first time and warmed the engine before making a few cuts in some light material. In the cold climate I gave the adjustable rate bar oiler screw a twist and observed the bar was soon sticky with fresh bar oil. This is a good sign to be sure as the oil out of the jug poured into the oil tank like honey.
Definitely a keeper!
My only negative impression was the chain brake mechanism that seemed exceedingly difficult to navigate over the outside rim of the clutch when changing chains. Any other impressions about this part on the Husqvarna 3xx saw family are welcomed.
Happy as a logger in sawdust!
