husky 562 mark 2

[ehp]

Bought a couple of them and they seem to run pretty good , got 20 inch bar setups on them . They are not wild as the first 562 cause of the lower compression but have not had a single issue with the autotune , zero hot start problems . Dealer is to get a couple 562 xpgs in hopefully tomorrow so see how the heated handles work on them as my other older 562 xpg has most likely the best heated handles out there

[barbender]

I bought one this fall, just because I liked my other 562 so much. The size, weight and power of the 562's just fall in the sweet spot for me. Sold off the two Stihls I had acquired, a 261cm and a 500i. I liked the saws, but one was a little too small, and the other a little too big for 95% of what I do. 

Maybe it's just in my head, but I like the feel of the Huskies better, too. I'm sure part of it is they are what I grew up with, but they feel like they are a little more precise in the hands. I don't know what it is🤷

[ehp]

some how my chain brake handle cracked on the new 562 today  , maybe riding in the skidder . Well I had a old 562 handle with me , they are not the same but abit grinding on old handle and she worked rest of the day . Dealer says he has some 

[ehp]

no xpg's yet so maybe tomorrow , I know my hands are sure plenty cold enough without the heated handles , cut a fair bit of timber now with these little saw and its stock so far , if you keep the chain razor sharp they get along pretty good as I'm cutting mostly hard and soft maple , saw could use abit more torque but we will see once I play with it abit

[ehp]

Been running the heated 562 xpg and it's seems ok. Handles are nice and warm

[Tjsal]

I really like mine Ed. The handles get very toasty!

[ehp]

I could of saved you the trip and brought it here, I donot live very far from you. I ordered a bunch of .050 bars from them as well . 

[Spike60]

Probably a little early to ask this question Ed, but how would you compare the M2 to the original 562? I've only played with mine so far, certainly not enough to be doing reviews on it yet. But I do like it. 

[Tjsal]

Yes I should've asked you first. Let me know when you're going again 

[Old Greenhorn]

When was the cutover date to the MK2's? Bob was that 562 I bought from you a mark 2 (around jan '23 I think?). I jsut know I love mine, but I haven't been into any wood that really needs it lately, mostly been doing firewood bucking on under 16" stuff and sawmill work lately.

[ehp]

Spike , the old 562 seems stronger and alot snapper than the mark 11 but the mark 11 runs way better , mark 11 has lot less compression but cuts good , less compression means less heat in the cylinder 

[Spike60]

Thanks Ed.......

Tom, you have the M1. M2 was released after we retired in Dec 22. 2 years already

[ehp]

So far the mark 11 has not missed a beat of any kind, I hate a saw that won't stay in tune . Now we got some cold weather here so will see how they behave in that , the xp seems abit different than the xpg  on tuning , the xpg is a touch richer but that could be because the carb system is being heated . I will try turning the heated off and see if it runs the same as the xp , Pete says the same thing with the 2 he has .


Terry I will be going back up fairly soon, I ordered a bunch of .050 gauge bars as Im sitting with I'm sure 100 plus new .050 chains . 

The new husky dealer to me seems pretty good , I broke the chain break handle and it was my fault but the dealer just gave me a new handle , I seem how I think I broke it now , doing the notch the notch flies back and hit the handle 

[ehp]

the balance on the new saws seems good , I can run the normal bar and it sits flat in your hand when you carry it . This may not mean much to most but it means alot to me as I hate a bar nose heavy saw for carrying in the bush and what is also means is I do not have to buy the stihl light weight bars now at $200 plus a piece . I can use the husky bar at $85 a piece

[ehp]

Today was not real cold, tomorrow will be , today with the heated handles on and cutting bigger timber you could feel or hear a little bog , most people would not but I listen to my saws all the time, I turn the heated off and once carb cools down the bog is gone so its from heat , will try it again tomorrow and if the bog comes back I will do what we did to every xpg we ever owned 

[barbender]

What is that?

[John Mc]

So won't the auto-tune on the 562XP MII eventually compensate for the heated card and tune to accommodate that? I would expect a slight loss of power, even if tuned perfectly, since hot air is less dense than cold. However, I would hope that eventually the mixture would correct to get the most out of the air available. 

(We see that effect in carbureted piston aircraft: turn on the carb heat, and the engine runs richer and loses a bit of power. Adjust the mixture, and you get SOME of that power back again.) 

[ehp]

the carb is heated on a heated handle saw and what happens in the saw heats the carb to much and gets the carb so hot it boils the fuel , the old 371 xpg was bad for this and boiling gas in a lot of cases ended up blowing up, there is a piece that bolts to the carb that heats up and once up to temp its to shut off until the carb needs heat again but in a lot of cases it does not shut off , Lots of dealerships up north never lets a new xpg out the door with the heated carb still hooked up , in truth the only time I see a need for heated carb is when your falling timber in 4 feet plus of snow cause the saw never gets out of the snow , saws like the stihl 660 or even the 500i with the filter system would never make 30 seconds in that amount of snow , saws like the 066/660 you switch the air filter system to the old 064 design and stihl made a winter kit for that saw, in stock form the air filter fills full of snow and chokes the engine out of air

[Tjsal]

Ed on my 371xpg there is a three position switch for the heater. Position 0 heat is off, position 1 is heat on for handles and position 2 is heat to handles and carb.(according to the owners manual)  I certainly hope this is the case because I'm running it in position 1🤷🏻�♂️

[ehp]

yes but lots of the older xpgs the carb heater never shut off , lots and I mean lots of the dealers up north got out the old wire snippers before any xpg every left the shop lol, saws ran fine after that 

[Spike60]

This sure is the right week to be talking heated handles, ain't it? -3 outside this morning. 

The thermostatic control is not the best idea for the carb. Like Ed says, not really needed unless in powdery snow. 3 position switch like Tjsal has is best. Some early heated saws only had heat to the handles anyway. Some, like a Jonserd 920V did have a 3 position switch. However it had a hi and lo setting for handle heat, like the heated seats in my truck. That was a good idea that should have stuck around, as some saws will heat up too much in big wood and you end up turning them on and off. 

Saws used to have 2 heating elements in the rear handle; one for each side. Newer saws like the 562, only have one on the right side. Nice on your palm, but your finger tips wrap around to the left side. And it's the finger tips that go numb 1st. 

[ehp]

Ya i say my old ported 562 handles are hotter than the new mark 11.  The old 357 snow pro handles would get so hot it would melt the handles on fuel tank . Seem a couple burn to the ground but the handles were hot lol

[ehp]

But I also found any ported saw with heated handles were always hotter than stock. Guess is because of the higher rpms in the wood makes the coil produce more energy

[ehp]

first thing this morning the xpg didnot seem to like these cold temps , I'm pretty close to Lake Erie so a lot of moister in the air and it is cold . Coldest I have seen here in years . Once things warmed up abit it seemed ok

[Woodfarmer]

What happened Ed did you get soft in the south? No more cutting in a T-shirt at -20 on Eagle Lake?