Stihl VS Husqvarna

[coonhunter87]

I had a stihl 048 wich was a 77cc saw and had a 25in bar on it and I let a friend borrow it and sure s**t the motor locks up I was wondering what you guys thought about the new saws I was looking at the stihl ms460 but I know alot of ppl like the Husqvarnas!?!? I would like a saw similar to size.

[stickbowhntr]

I have stihls and love them no experences with any others.

[lookout]

personally I think anyone would be happy with a Stihl, a Husky or a Jonsered.

The only thing I've heard from two people with new Stihl's is that they flood easily and you have to get accustomed to starting it.

[trapperandhunter]

i love my stihl would not run anything else !

[Admin]

All my life I was a Stihl fan, but that was the older model saws. I have 2 newer ones and there's been lots of problems with them so I'll never buy another. I have a new Husky and it's ok but I really hate that they put these flimsy plastic choke levers on them. They snap like a twig in the cold. Why can't they build these things with some steel or aluminum? It's a fricken TOOL!!!! Are loggers so wimpy now that everything has to built out of lightweight plastic? I hate the way things are made now. Huskys and Jonsereds are made by Electrolux. Yeah man... the same folks that make vaccumes. I guess that's why all their tools SUCK

[lookout]

Jul 15, 2011 10:06:20 GMT -5 Admin said:

I have a new Husky and it's ok but I really hate that they put these flimsy plastic choke levers on them. They snap like a twig in the cold. Why can't they build these things with some steel or aluminum? It's a fricken TOOL!!!! Are loggers so wimpy now that everything has to built out of lightweight plastic?

I disagree with them not being tough. I usually cut wood in February when my trapping partner gets his skidder running. Its typically -20 degrees Celcius (not sure on the Farenheit but its frigging cold). My 17 year old husky with plastic housing and plastic choke lever has worked fine in all that time and nothing has broken.
I'm not a logger so I don't have to defend myself about being wimpy

[Admin]

LOL

That little chocke lever broke on mine the second week I had it. I miss the days when on/off switches and chokes and stuff were made out of metal.

I'm not talking about 17 year old saws cause things were still made half decent then. I'm talking about the cheesy little blue choke levers that are on the new ones. If I don't pay close attention and pull it out slowly it'll snap right off.

[muskrat24]

Tried Husqvarna and Stihl. I'm a Stihl fan personally, but I like the older Stihl saws.

[lookout]

Remington vs. Winchester
GM vs. Ford
Buck vs. Schrade

[adampotaczek]

I am also a logger and have run huskys all my life. Stihl saws just never felt right to me but I have nothing against them. I can tell you running Husqvarnas day after day I have never had any serious problems. I think they are hard to beat.

As JC said they do make everthing cheaper now days. I just hope they keep working for me in the future.

[fibros100]

Owned a tree biz for a couple years. Used to climb, limb and buck trees bout three times a week all day. Till my body said no more of this. My favorite saw and still is was the stihl 460 mag. I climbed with a 260 pro. The thing about the stihls is they can be rebuilt on your tailgate in an hour. I know Ive fixed many saws my truck bed during the job. Mainly cause the dumbass guys would run the premix way to lean. All my saws were ported and polished with a dremel. You can buy cylinder rebuild kits on ebay all day long for a hundred bucks. When the saw is souped up like that you shouldnt run it wide open unless your in the wood. The power was sweet and right there when your swinging a tree and cutting the edge of holding wood. I also hace a 660 for big trees. Any way got nothin against huskys. Just was taught with a stihl and didnt fix what wasnt broke. The man that taught me was an old saw for the mill. He had been in the woods since he was ten years old with his dad. You want to talk about a wealth of knowledge havin him at your job. That ol boy would walk up to a tree leanin hard over some ones house and bout the time the customer was shakin my hand to award me the "climbing job". He would have that tree faced up and into the back cut slow. The customer would just about sh$t his pants as we watched him swing that tree the other direction. Course i was oblogated to give a discount, for five minutes of work when all the other tree companies bid an all day limbing and lowering day. Haha. Wow this brought back a good memory. Well thats a real long story of husky vs stihl.

[Admin]

Thanks for sharing your saw knowledge Fibros.
I love the diversity on here. ;D

[nikn]

My dad has a Stihl and a Husqvarna, but he prefers my grandfather's Homelites with the manual oil pump.

Husqvarna puts out an OK product, but Stihl is better IMO.

[crmcoon]

i been a stihl guy my whole..but just recently i tried out a husky XP series...cant beat em!!!

[oldminkman]

I've run quite a few Stihl saws during the 70's and I loved them. Ran mostly huskys since then and seem to be ok other than how they starve the bar and chain of oil if you don't enlarge the feed hole in the bar and clean it every hour or so. The huskys seem a little cold starting. My Stihl 042 farm boss I bought in 76 would start on the second pull.


Oldminkman-

[Ipostbulls**t]

I run a husky rancher everyday during the winter from begining of november till the end of march, never had any serious issues just the safety I take the spring out because it like to sieze up at times. And they did have a recall on the oiler failing but took it in and tey replace it on both of the huskys I run.

[redtickman]

all home owner saws suck,i have a sthil ms 460 and a 2188 jonsered both are awsome saws

[minktracks]

Believe it or not, I think the one I owned was a craftsman and never had a problem. I cut wood for 3 years with it before I lent it to a friend. He still has it. I have used stihl and husk's, always had problems with the husk's starting and running, but they werent my tools either.
Like I say if you love her you'll lube her

[freerange]

Ive had both Stihl and Husky and liked the Stihl better. I always had trouble starting the Husky when it got cold out, which just happens to be the time of year I like to cut firewood.

[jessie]

I own all stihl equipment that I can. Not alot of experience with husky because Ive never needed to change from stihl. I am talking chainsaws, packpack blowers, trimmers u name it. I had my own bussiness using these tools day in and day out hard. Homelites would puke out at a stihls mid life time! They are easy to fix as well

[TRAPnHUNT]

Both of mine are Stihls and I wouldnt have it any other way!

[fishleclair]

I have had all 3, Still do not know what one is better then the other