Rope broke on the tiller today so I drove right past Walmart and the farm store to the local small engine dealer. He grabs the recoil assemble and starts to put a new rope on for me....course now I'm a captive audience and we get to talking chainsaws. ;D Shoots me a price on a new 372XP equal to the best on the internet.
Here is the dilemma...I have an excellent 272XP that has light use as a felling saw. Would be perfectly happy keeping it and buying a 372 when it dies. I fear Husky is going to discontinue the 372 right quit. Been reading about the new 570 and 575XP boat anchors and don't think I want any part of them. So...do nothing or sell the 272 and spring for a new 372? Wouldn't mind switching brands but if I did that I would have to switch dealers. Don't want to do that.
BTW the tiller rope installed, coffee, and some good conversation came to $3.00. Support your local dealer. :)
Hi Larry,
Id keep the 272 and buy the 372! :D If your right about the 372 being discontinued, and the quality of the 5 series, then I would seriously look at selling the 272 and getting the 372. Im not a Husky man, but have heard lots of good things about the 372.
Cheers
Charlie.
You and I are in the same boat Larry. My 272 is starting to show its age and I want a replacement that is proven. i'm in the buying mood for a 372, so when the 272 goes belly up, I won't miss a beat. Hopefully, I will be old enough not to care, or notice, when the 372 is laid to rest as well.
If you want a 372 at any time in the future, now is the time to buy one if you can find one. Husky has already discontinued this model in the US and Canada but some remain in dealer inventories.
The 575xp is far from junk, in fact it has good torque and is incredibly smooth running. The problem is that it weighs(actual weight) about 10 ozs more than a 372 for the same amount of power and it has a rev limited ignition which severly limits it`s capability in practical terms when stock and also when modified.
I`m truly hoping that Husky comes out with a revised ignition sans limiter due to the number of lean seized saws that they are going to have from people improperly tuning them. It sounds as though Ron Scott has already experienced a lean seize on a 575.
The problem lies in trying to tune this or any other rev limited saw by ear. If you turn the High speed screw in(leaning the mixture) too far and activate the limiter, the engine sounds like it`s running rich and four stroking, which is near what you would want a normal two stroke to sound like out of the cut, but in this case you are actually running lean, both making the saw down on power and damaging the engine. To further complicate matters, the limiter is supposed to come on at 13,600 per the factory spec but mine comes on at 13,400 rpm so I tune mine to 13,300 to give myself a small error margin.
The good news is that the 575 is extremely fuel efficient. This isn`t just advertising hype, it`s true! I realize that most guys running a saw aren`t too concerned with the pollution that one saw is creating, but most people can appreciate having to refuel less often and spend less per each day`s operation. Now on the other hand consider the cumulative effect of running thousands of significantly more fuel efficient saws, both in the consumption of natural resources and air pollution.
The 575 may seem like a boat anchor now, but let`s wait until everyone has their latest EPA compliant saws on the market and there are no more 372s, ms440 or 460s, and maybe even cs7900 Dolmars to judge them against. Your opinions will likely change.
Russ
I hear what you are saying about the 575 jokers. It is just that we have been spoiled by stihl and husky for so long. This emission BS is forcing us to get rid of our beloved "sports cars" and offering us bigger, heavier, and less powerfull "mini vans". The only way we can fight back is to keep our old saws running as long as possible. Maybe now is the time to start a company that can manufacture "parts" so we can keep our "sports cars" going.
Hi lucky_cutter,
I wasn`t suggesting that we have to be happy with the new heavier saws in lieu of the "sports cars" that we now have but eventually all the "sports cars" are going to be in the scrap yard. My point is that it may come to pass that the 575 is the state of the art so I wouldn`t be too quick to condemn it. You know how it is, a product can get a bad rep that never goes away, and often times the people perpetuating the rep have no experience with the product. It`s all hearsay, derived and taken from a different context. I know that I`m not entirely enthusiastic about the 575 regardless of how smooth it runs or how fuel efficient it is, but I also see potential to make this same chassis a much larger bore saw on the order of the 385 or 288 and then we would have something to talk about. And get rid of that stupid rev limiter!
Starting a factory to manufacture replacement parts would be too cost prohibitive but you might consider doing what Dean Hylton is doing, that is reclaiming useable parts from popular saws to be used on others. The most popular models of saws like the 272, 372, 288, 044, 046, 064, and 066 are in the field in such high numbers that parts will be available for a long time to come without even going to the dealer although many guys in a production environment can`t afford to be regularly replacing used parts on their primary saws. They will eventually be forced to accept the latest offerings that the dealer can send them out the door with or can readily support.
My primary point to my initial reply was that if you want a new 372, you`d better act quickly. I know several guys who have bought extras that are just sitting in the box for when they need them. The supply at the dealers is drying up rapidly.
Russ
Hi Russ. I agree with you on the Husqvarna saw situwation. Everyone has been somewhat spoiled bye the 372's, but the newer Husky saws coming out will find they're place. As far as negative feedback on the newer Husky's I feel you have to consider the soruce, not naming names, but there's fierce compitition between companies out there and anything and everyting will be said. I want to thank you for what appears to me to me an honest opinion regarding the newer Husqvarna saws. I'm hoping that they don't go to selling them at the big box stores. If they do it might lead to their demise. Hopefully Husky and Dolmar/Makita will take off on sales and some other manufactures, (across the pond, I will not mention) can go to big box store sales. Guess I'm hoping that these 2 companies can make a good market for themselves. OK, talk later. Lewis.