Thread: What's the drum out there?

An acquaintance in the business said the same thing. I didn't get a chance to grill him as to why.

Have a few Huskys nice saw , dont like the in board clutchs though .Find the seperate controls on the Huskys on off choke more to my liking . And the bars match with my Shindaiwas the Stihls dont .

Originally Posted by artme

Just had a fellow explain to me a few days ago why the new Husky chainsaws are better than the Stihl.

What new Husky saws? This years Husky model saws are essential the same as last years but the word is out that Husky upped the performance specs on their brochures because they were losing ground to their competition whereas nothing has really changed on the saws themselves. Don't believe the specs on a brochure anyway, a change in air temp or weather conditions can make a significant difference on performance that makes comparisons between saws somewhat pointless . The reality is that all stock saws are severely hogtied by EPA/noise requirements that they need a bit of attention to make them sing anyway.

My main beef about the small huskies is the starting handle is still too close to the body and I always rip my knuckles starting the blighters. Wassa matter with them swedes - I seen em - their just as big or biggern us Aussies.

I'm onto my first Husky and like it. Have had Stihls, Jonsered, Poulan etc in the past.

The Husky starts reliably; chain is easy to adjust; balance is OK but there's a tendency for it to tip sideways when running while sitting on the ground.

Originally Posted by artme

... the new Husky chainsaws are better than the Stihl...

Tell him he's dreamin

older stihl's without the new strato-charge will out perform the huskys hands down
just spent a week training with stihl's 361 381 441 460 660 We were cutting grey box, iron bark, messmate, peppermint ant some other box and the 460 was the best of the lot and i think the students results in there ability to fell trees was also shown in the saws ability to work well

yeah but, yeah but ,yeah wheres the huskys in all these stihls?? its brainwashing not training , . or is it mines better than yours ??

sorry was meant to have included the fact that I have owned a husky 575xp and also used a 372 and a smaller one that I was cleaning and servicing for a friend as for the 575xp, I was using it as a falling saw but I kept opting for my 660 or my 038 as the husky just seemed like it was screaming it tits off to try and cut stuff where as the stihl's had more of a "insert manly grunt noise" if you know what I mean

bit like Holden v's Ford really or cat v's deere.
I to am finding the Stihls much more manly, but with recovering shoulder injury and a nice new Stihl I am not using it as much as I should
How ever if your alpha male and dont want reach a point one day where you ve been a man's man and due to injury you cant be any more I d buy a husky
Or you can be diffent and Drive a Nissen work with Komatsu and have ago with Makita s Chain saws you ll be pleasantly suprised they are the old dolmars but with makita at the wheel parts service and quality will be easier to access then they were.

horses for courses

STIHL all the way

Originally Posted by weisyboy

STIHL all the way

How did I know you would say that, Carl???

anyone who tells you that a new husky is better than a stihl is full of themselves and obviously haven't used stihl saws. husky saws are great in SOFT wood, no argument but in HARD wood which is the majority of what we have in australia the stihls will outwork them all day. The husky saws have a much narrower power band and quite easily drop out of it where the stihls will just keep lugging. Maybe one of the things envolved in the comparison was the fact that they put a pro line top end husky up against a stihl farm boss (downrated cheaper model) and found that the $1700 dollar husky was marginally better than the $1200 stihl ms 391 farmboss. Put the same saw up against an ms 460 and it would be a different story.

Do not get me wrong the husky saws are not bad but as long as stihl keep making their pro range of saws I would buy one over a husky every day of the week.

I have had both brands in numerous sizes and specs and the stihls have always been superior in so many ways it is not funny

so all of those husky dreamers out there can keep dreaming, they may make the grade one day.

Well I'm one the side of the mighty Husky, got 2, and they are bloody fantastic. A year ago i finally got the old man to upgrade his stihl, and i can tell you that he couldn't shut up about it, he loved it. he got the 372xp, we cut loads of dried redgum (large) never had a problem. but thats just my 2 cents
Joeyjons

Originally Posted by joeyjons

Well I'm one the side of the mighty Husky, got 2, and they are bloody fantastic. A year ago i finally got the old man to upgrade his stihl, and i can tell you that he couldn't shut up about it, he loved it. he got the 372xp, we cut loads of dried redgum (large) never had a problem. but thats just my 2 cents
Joeyjons

Yeah but you do not tell us what stihl he upgraded from!!! even a new echo would be an upgrade from some of the old stihls and there was also no way to compare what size the saws were. If he had an 034 at 56.5 cc, the 72 cc husky is going to be a definite upgrade, but it is like comparing apples with oranges, the only thing they have in common is that they are roughly the same shape. Husqvarna make good sewing machines, Stihl make Great chainsaws!!!