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Started by ehp, January 12, 2025, 09:17:52 AM

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Northern hills

So near Lake Erie, near Simcoe, mother in laws family from there.

arojay

Any of you 562 users ever taken one to the dealer for updates?
440B skidder, JD350 dozer, Husqvarnas from 335 to 394. All spruced up

ehp

All the 562's I bought were hooked up and check before they left the dealer

ehp

You may say I'm softer in my old age or maybe I'm not as stupid as in my younger years plus I'm alot lighter in weight , I'm 60 to 70 pounds lighter than 20 years ago so lost a lot of muscle so I do feel the cold a lot more

DHansen

I asked my local saw dealer today about a 562XPG, was told for now he can not get the 550 or the 562.  He thought by March he would have some.  They have been on order.  He had no heated saws at all.  I suspect I wont need the heated grips till next winter anyways.  But as I get older I now like to run the saw with the heated grips.  I never thought I would need them, but things are changing.  Only saw I have with heated handles is an old 154SG. Definitely keeps the fingers from getting numb.  

Spike60

Same for me Dave. At 1st, heated grips were more of a rarity/novelty. But the last couple of years, I stick to running my heated models in the winter months. I'm fortunate to have accumulated a few of them over the years in different sizes. Have a 154SG, like you. Others are 242, 550, 262, 560, 2163, 2156, 670, 372. Pretty much covers all the bases for me. Working on restoring a 920V. But in addition to the usual rebuild stuff, there are several more hurdles with wires and beat up heat wrap on the top handle. But, I got plenty of time. 

Surprised they aren't more popular than they are. Not all that much more expensive than the standard models. Problem is most dealers won't stock them. I found that if I put em in stock, they'd sell pretty well. Guys would usually comment that they were glad they bought them. And once they were hooked, they'd only want the G models. 
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DHansen

I think I will order a 562XPG and just wait for it to come in.  

ehp

Some how the 562 xp has gained a fair bit in power and abit in noise lol, I ran it some yesterday in the rain and it never missed a beat . I found the 562xp/xpg cut pretty good but I could use abit more power so I got out the hammer and chisel and operated , everything went well and the saw is out of recovery and doing well 

DHansen


ehp

No some old has been ported it 

DHansen

I am always afraid I'll remove too much metal and I haven't found a good metal fertilizer yet.  :wink_2:

ehp

Been cutting with it for a couple days, starts better, zero hot start problems , way more torque and rpms in the wood , just a nicer saw to operate in my mind , found 22 inch bar setup to work better than either a 20 or 24 inch setup cutting this fairly good size hardwood , balances better with the 22 inch

arojay

I find 22 inch is just right for my 562's in most applications.  I'm cutting beetle killed spruce almost exclusively though, not too many over 24 inch butts.  If I get into a stand of greater diameters I just run a bigger saw and 24 or 28 inch.  I do use 28 inch/562 for slashing and block clean-up but that's just to avoid bending over all of the time.  I have trouble finding 22 inch bars.  A couple of years ago I came across a few and bought them all.
440B skidder, JD350 dozer, Husqvarnas from 335 to 394. All spruced up

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