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  1. #151
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    Unbranded Chinese saws are rubbish in my experience. I've emailed Baumr AG and asked them to stop falsely advertising saws as 'Arborist saws' when no arborist would use one on a tree.

    I buy Husqvarna from authorised dealers in the US and import them, which anyone can do using ebay. The only thing is, there's no warranty on privately imported Huskies. I haven't had issues with them in the warranty period yet, at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tree lopper View Post
    Unbranded Chinese saws are rubbish in my experience.
    How many of these saws have you used?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tree lopper View Post
    Unbranded Chinese saws are rubbish in my experience. I've emailed Baumr AG and asked them to stop falsely advertising saws as 'Arborist saws' when no arborist would use one on a tree.

    I buy Husqvarna from authorised dealers in the US and import them, which anyone can do using ebay. The only thing is, there's no warranty on privately imported Huskies. I haven't had issues with them in the warranty period yet, at least.

    I was thinking of doing this, initially they seem really cheap doing it that way but:

    Say you can get a 562xp from the US for $780US

    That's $1004 Aus so you will get GST on import plus shipping, maybe $1200 all up.

    If you went into a Husky store today you would get $200 cash back so it would go from $1659 to $1459

    + you get a 5 year warranty for domestic use if you buy their oil + they will do interest free if you need. (all of this is without hitting them up for a discount from rrp)


    So buying a 562xp from the US without warranty might save you $250 but you'll have to ship it back to the US if it doesn't work (it'll have to be sea freight cos you can't air freight a motor that's had fuel in it) or pay the cash to a grumpy Husky dealer to fix it. I'm all for a bargain but the maths doesn't work on this for my money.

    +1 on the unbranded Chinese rubbish, my time is too valuable to waste using and fixing crappy saws. I used the Holzfaller 72cc for two years, quality is quite high on the motor, bar and chain and they do give you a warranty, but its a bastard to start and so far I've broken the starter rope twice and the ignition switch needs to be replaced. Also, whilst it has some power it is heavy and not a nice saw to use compared to a pro Husky/Stihl.

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    Extinct fossils. Buy mainstream power saws for parts and service. Why pick an odd marque?
    Industry here uses Stihl, most with 28" or 36" bars. Chain comes in 100' spools in the local hardware store.
    I refuse to bend for what my local economy needs and uses.

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    A bloke at the mens shed brought in a $100 eBay special chainsaw for me to look at. The elderly gent could not start the saw but he thought his son would be able to do it and waited until his son next visited. Unfortunately the son was overseas for an extended period so that by the time his son had a go and could not get it started it was out of warranty (3months?). Not that there's any sort of warranty of that sort of item.

    Anyway I reluctantly said I would look at it. I could see immediately it had no spark and one look at the connections on the back of the kill switch hinted that this was a problem and sure enough I pulled off the switch and checked it with a multimeter and it was short circuiting.

    Disconnecting the kill switch and sure enough nice fat sparks but it still would not start. I guessed the fuel in it was pretty old so I tipped that out and rinsed the tank with fresh and it started after 5 pulls emitting a great cloud of blue smoke suggesting there was a lot of lube in the carby.

    When I opened up the kill switch I could see it was a POS (it's a very small rocker switch, the sort of thing you'd expect to see on the back of cheap battery powered toy) but what had caused the short was the soldering job had melted the plastic around the contact so that when the switch was pushed back into the saw case this pushed the loose contact forward allowing the internal parts of the switch to collapse so it shorted.

    There was not a lot of free wiring to allow the switch to be handled freely but after a bit of farting around I managed to use pair of tweezers to reassemble the switch that but while doing that the very flimsy wiring broke inside the saw case and the switch came away in my hand. The best thing to do is replace both wires because they look so flimsy that they will eventually break if the saw runs for long enough. What a piece of junk.
    At this point I felt like throwing the whole thing in the bin.

    Anyway the rewiring should make a good project for the elderly gent, as a former science teacher he should be quite capable of doing this sort of thing.

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    The Said elderly gent has been away from the shed for the last few weeks and when he did finally come back he said he wanted nothing to do with it and was donating the chainsaw to the shed. So in effect it came down to me ti fix it which I did.

    While putting it back together I notice the spark plug lead runs across the inside of the hole in the casing where the idle screw can be adjusted.

    Then when I went to start it I notice the choke handle is missing - its probably somewhere on the back lawn.

    Talk about falling to pieces in front of my eyes.

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    Hi,
    I know this is an old thread but I thought I might add my view on the Baumr 62cc chainsaw.

    I bought mine off ebay in 2008 for $88 plus shipping. I living in a rural area in Victoria, Australia and use firewood for our heating because our town does not have access to natural gas. My Baumr 62cc chainsaw has cut my yearly supply of firewood every year without fail for the past 11 years since 2008 and is still going strong. It is by far the best investment I ever made. I did have issues with the bar oil leaking but that was easily fixed (see below). My chainsaw still starts easily, runs well, and apart from the shonky quality look about it is is the best saw I've ever owned. I also owned a Stihl 290 which I bought for $790 but hardly used it because it weighed a ton compared to the Chinese saw. I recently sold the Stihl and kept the Baumr.

    For anyone wanting to fix their Baumr 62cc bar oil leak problem, here's how. The problem is caused by the oil pump's rubber in-feed and out-feed hoses not sealing well enough on the nipples where they connect to the pump. Also a further cause is the in-feed hose does not seal properly over the hole where it connects to the oil tank/reservoir. To fix these issues you need to remove the oil pump and it's two hoses, clean everything thoroughly with Methylated Spirits (denatured alcohol). Then refit the hoses using a gasket/jointing compound to seal the hoses onto their respective nipples. I use Hylomar Universal Blue Aerospace gasket compound and it is an excellent product for this repair job. My Baumr chainsaw no longer leaks any oil whatsoever, and the oil is feeding correctly onto the chain as it should. Removing the pump is not difficult at all, but you first need to remove the chain drive sprocket which is not as tricky as it sounds, anyone can do it,. There's plenty of tutorials on youtube showing how to remove chainsaw sprockets.

    Cheers.
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    I'm on my second chinese chainsaw. 62cc I think it is 22" bar. The first one was perfect and got stolen. The second one is perfect and hasn't been stolen yet. Cost me $100 and has already paid for itself. As a friend said $100 is an annual service on a stihl. If it lasts a year...they are so cheap it's almost not worth sharpening the chain...

    I do have a pole saw bought from edisons predecessor, by far the worst thing I've bought off ebay. Absolute pos, but I have managed to get some work out of it and every other chinese power thing I've bought has been great.

    My little powered auger is magic, wish I'd bought one decades ago. It will do in 30 seconds what it takes me 10+ minutes to do by hand, and when you are fencing THAT matters.
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    I have had 2, a 62CC job which lasted quite a few years (but I didn't use it much), eventually the cheaply made pull start components failed and parts were unavailable, tried to fix it but in the end had to make it into a drill start only and it still works today about a decade later, I use it now for all the dirty jobs that if it stuffs up to the point of not working at I will just throw it away. so I then bought the 82CC professional model, well that one was a biggest P.O.S. I had ever come across, very hard to start if at all, air filter had a tear in the screen, nuts kept undoing etc. only managed to use it for about 20 minutes in a six week period, the rest of the time it wouldn't start. Eventually had to send it back and they begrudgingly gave me a full refund. The next cheap Chinese saw was a "MD Commercial" 24" bar 75CC (supposedly) and surprisingly it is pretty reliable, starts about 4 pulls in and even 5 months of no use and stale fuel, it runs on 25:1 oil. No where near as powerful as my Husqvarna 72XPG (that saw screams like a banshee at full throttle) but off the top of my memory, the MD was about 6-8 times cheaper than the Husqvana. Unfortunately the MD brand is no longer available on E-Bay.

    Just a helpful hint, for anyone with problems starting their chainsaws, my Husky often has issues with not starting to the point if it doesn't start straight away it could take 30 minutes of pulling out the plug, heating the plug up after washing with metho etc. Anyway I bought a can of SCA Premium Strength Starting Fluid containing 25% ether, and today, I tried to start the Husky after 5 months of no use, and sure enough wouldn't start and then after the 6th pull I remembered the spray, so took the filter cover off, gave the carby a quick spray, reassembled it and pulled, started easily on the next pull, it was a win! I was mightily impressed! No more back and arm muscle strain trying to get it going. This product is worth it's weight in gold! Assuming that there is no underlying mechanical or electrical problems which is stopping it from running. I think I will start a separate thread for this, so other's may read it.

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    I've moved away from Baumr-Ag to Perla Barb saws from Jono & Johno - their 70cc model goes hard all day - Perla Barb 70cc V1 Chainsaw 20" Bar and 3/8 058 72DL Semi Chisel Chain

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    Might as well start here for a first post. I bought a Bummer SX82 24 inch bar and it's an exact copy of a Husky 372XP, Husky parts will fit no troubles. The main problem with these Chinese copies is the fuel lines are complete , mine came with the fuel filter loose on the bottom of the tank with the line sticking up in the air so no fuel was getting in. $4 later I fitted better quality lines and it started in two pulls. I bought it as a spare as my old Dolmar was getting old and tired. Now I don't use the Dolmar at all because amazingly the cheap chinese garbage saw has been flawless over the past 2 years I've cut probably 20 - 30 7x5 trailer loads of firewood from a local farm. The thing is a bit low quality here and there so I avoid dropping it and letting it roll around the back of the ute etc, and the chain adjustment worm drive looks not real strong so I adjust it nice and careful. Same with the pull start, take it easy. As far as the engine goes it seems great and free revving, lot of power. So I'm happy with it since I could buy 4 of them for the price of an actual Husky.

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    For anyone looking for a Chinese chainsaw I've found what seems to be a high quality range - Stihl, Husqvarna, Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Tecumseh, Echo, Kawasaki, Honda, Robin, Yamaha, Wacker, Oleo Mac, Partner, Craftsman aftermarket Spare Parts Supplier - if you buy in the next 1.5 hours you get about 20% off during their (U.S.) Fathers Day sale. Shipping is via TNT and takes two weeks to Australia at the moment according to people on their facebook page.

    Ordered a 92cc MS660 this morning for slabbing - Aus$450.00 including TNT freight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RSD View Post
    For anyone looking for a Chinese chainsaw I've found what seems to be a high quality range - Stihl, Husqvarna, Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Tecumseh, Echo, Kawasaki, Honda, Robin, Yamaha, Wacker, Oleo Mac, Partner, Craftsman aftermarket Spare Parts Supplier - if you buy in the next 1.5 hours you get about 20% off during their (U.S.) Fathers Day sale. Shipping is via TNT and takes two weeks to Australia at the moment according to people on their facebook page.

    Ordered a 92cc MS660 this morning for slabbing - Aus$450.00 including TNT freight.
    Has your saw arrived yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony ray View Post
    Has your saw arrived yet?
    Yes - took about 12 days from when I ordered it - looks top notch. Haven't had a chance to put the bar on it yet but hopefully will this weekend. The quality of the manual that comes with it is very impressive - these guys are really trying.

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    Let us know how it goes.
    How often do they have the 20% off sales? Thinking about a 660 as well.

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