husqvarna 444

[Timbercruiser]

Hi everyone . I was wondering if you guys remember the 444 husqvarna and what was the basis of this saw ?  .  Was it a pro platform saw ?  How many cc and were they any  good in there day ?

[SawTroll]

It definately was a pro saw, and the high point in the Husky 140 "family", that started in 1973 or so (140, 240, 40, 340, 344, 444, 44 and 644). The 40, 44 and 644 were semi pro/rancher versions, all the others pro saws.

It is an older saw though, and power to weight isn't impressive by modern standards.

Note that several of the model numbers I listed have been used again later, on different homeowner class saws, so don't confuse those with this saw "family" (40, 340, 240, 140, in the order they were reused).

[lumberjack48]

  The 444 is a pro saw, i owned a couple 44's, there not much of a saw. I had bought them to carry on the skidder. I had got a 1 k cds of selective cut Norway, i was using a 266, which was just fine. But thought it would be nice to have a little smaller saw. I stopped at the saw shop and was paging throw his fliers and ran in to a 444. He had never seen one, so the more we read about it the more i wanted to try one. So i order it, it was there the next day. When i got on the job, the saw was an animal, it sounded like a model airplane. It was really torque-ie, fun saw to run, we put 200 trees a day on the landing. And i was like a little boy with a new toy, running the 444 8)
I personally would put the 444 against any of the new saw of today. But most people don't adjust their saws the same as i do or file the same.