husky 562 mark 2

[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?

[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. 

[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]

Just exhaust flow work?

[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. 

[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.

[ehp]

I replaced the stock piston with the flat top piston when I ported mine but the biggest thing is the new piston blocks off the 2 boost ports on the intake side , all they did was let air in but very little and that causes the bog so now saw comes alive very well  

[Spike60]

The M1 and M2 pistons are interchangeable?

[NYH1]

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. 

The main dealer I use is a Husky/Stihl dealer.  I stopped in last Monday to grab some parts.  He didn't have many Husky's at all.  Which seemed weird, he usual has a lot of each brand in stock.  I didn't ask him about it though.

NYH1.

[barbender]

I noticed my local Husky/Stihl dealer was out of some models of Huskies, too.

[ehp]

Spike , I'm using a OEM husky piston but I donot believe its the first run of the 562's as I donot think we can buy those any more up here , its the same height as the new 562 piston but has no dish , 

[ehp]

the 3 series husky saws are sometimes getting hard to get but my dealer seems to get as many as I want where lots of dealers claim they cannot get any , not sure how many 365/372s he has gotten me in the last month but its alot , I just never added it up but I'm thinking close to 15 now 

[ehp]

Terry, if you need a piston a have some here at the house , not sure if your getting one off Pete or not 

[Tjsal]

Hi Ed. The plan is to meet with Pete tomorrow to install the piston. He has one there. Thanks so much though. Really looking forward to the 365 later as well 💪💪

[barbender]

I haven't ran my new 562 mkll much at all. Maybe 2-3 tanks of gas. I used it the last couple of nights to hack some firewood up, and that son of a gun started hard! I figured the first time, it had sat a while and I needed to get the system primed with fuel. But then last night it took about 15 pulls. I sure hope it comes out of this with use, I hate it when I chuck new saws into the woods in anger😬😁

[DHansen]

Barbender, how much do you prime the saw prior to pulling on the starter?

[barbender]

8 pumps

[DHansen]

I don't have a 562, but my 592 and 572 require 7 pumps.