They are still easy to tune but require a slightly different approach to get to the "sweet spot". Lots of good info on this forum, just do a search on "tuning a strato saw"
Eager Beaver 2.0. They have a black housing. It's just like a Mac 110. Just a newer model.
The Eager Beaver 3.4 is worth it. Great firewood saw. Lots of parts for it out there too. Very similar to a 605 and TimberBear.
Read some of my previous reply’s. they can be made to work well, just no power and bad vibes
I keep mine around for limbing and light jobs, it's a much lighter saw than my all-metal McBricks. It also starts easy. For anything bigger I grab a 10-10.
Agree with the 460 & 465 performance , a neighbour and my uncle love their 4x series sawsfor firewood units . As for the 543xp. , not much of a serious saw unless limbing hardwood or cutting cedar . I just sold my 543 last mth to a Buddy for his wife . The price point is set way to high for the performance of the saw . My 346 xp & 5105H are twice or 3 times more productive !From what I have seen and read, the Husky 4XX series saws Perform and Hold Up Well, for what they are.
The husky 460 is my "Truck Saw" it is locked in the canopy of the pick up 24/7/365. Where we live, trees down in the road are an often enough occurrence, that I picked up the 460 used, for a decent price, for that reason, she ain't Purty, but she runs well, and there ain't No Way that I am keeping "Old Reliable" my 266XP in the truck full time, she IS still real Purty, even at almost 30 years old, kinda like Dancing with your High School Sweetheart, when I pick her up and put 'er to wood.
The 460 has reliable done her service without complaint, and the Wife's 445 (NE), doesn't have a lot of time on it, but it has served well so far, and performed better than I expected of a Home Owner class saw. I have been curious about Husky's 543XP, seems to be Husky's "Forgotten Saw", I never seem to see much mention of it Good or Bad, just "Forgotten". Curiosity got the better of me, and a 543XP w/16" B&C should show up at the house while I am working out of town again. I am wondering if the Wife won't "Adopt" the 543XP as "Her" next saw.
Any how, so far, the plastic clamshell saws have fared very well from my experiences.
Doug
Mcbricks!
Did you attempt to properly tune the carbs on each one? They are usually set too lean from the factory and are never test run before being sold.
These saws are cheap and easy to fix, but after running my Husky 350 and Echo 590, boy do they feel slow. Lol
