Big Neb
ArboristSite Operative
There are enough people hunting the few remaining 440's down that I suspect it is highly plausible that some of the reps have been trying to buy a few back to help a few those dealers that have the ability to move them.
I kind of got lucky on mine... I walked in, saw it on the shelf, and asked if they knew that it was a discontinued saw. I then sheepishly asked if they would drop the price to get it off the shelf. They knocked $50 bucks off and swapped the 20" b/c for a 25" and I walked off with a brand new saw that I didn't need.
I bought my dad a 7900 which is one heck of a nice saw and then when he ran my 361 he really liked it. So I got him a 361 to which he succeeded in completely flooding(I wasn't around). He thought it was a complete piece of junk until I taught him how to start it. In the meantime, however, he had the chance to run my 440 and thinks it is the cat's meow. I'm not sure I'll let him use any of my other saws as it is getting a bit expensive to satisfy him.
I kind of got lucky on mine... I walked in, saw it on the shelf, and asked if they knew that it was a discontinued saw. I then sheepishly asked if they would drop the price to get it off the shelf. They knocked $50 bucks off and swapped the 20" b/c for a 25" and I walked off with a brand new saw that I didn't need.
I bought my dad a 7900 which is one heck of a nice saw and then when he ran my 361 he really liked it. So I got him a 361 to which he succeeded in completely flooding(I wasn't around). He thought it was a complete piece of junk until I taught him how to start it. In the meantime, however, he had the chance to run my 440 and thinks it is the cat's meow. I'm not sure I'll let him use any of my other saws as it is getting a bit expensive to satisfy him.