On Sep 27, 9:13*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message

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"Steve B" wrote in message
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Anyone have one and can report on their likes/dislikes with it? *I have a
345, and really love it. *But, today, we were logging, and had a
"situation".

The best repairman here recommended against Husqvarnas because
he said all the Canadian models now come from the same factory in
Toronto, but are differently badged (Poulan, Husky, Craftsman, and so on.)
He now buys only German-made chainsaws. *I have tried those three
Canadian brands and now use a 14" Stihl (which seems to do more
than 18" models of cheaper lines, faster too.)
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

My friend took his Stihl to our local Ace because he was having some
problems since buying at a Stihl dealer. *He took it back to the dealer, and
the dealer said it had a six day guarantee.

My friend took it to this Ace manager who is very knowledgeable about these
saws and told him that he was having problems, and about the six day
guarantee. *The manager said if you use Stihl oil, there is a four year
guarantee. *If you don't use Stihl oil, two years. *They are supposed to run
the saw for two to four minutes, and adjust the jets. *They are supposed to
give you rudimentary safety training, none of which this shop did.

My friend is going to make one last request for his money back, and then we
will merely picket the shop, and inform the master corporation of our
intention to picket, just in case they can help, or perhaps want to pull
their dealership for violations of standard procedures.

A 14" baby chain saw would have been useless on the kind of logging we were
doing. *The tree hinging situation would have been much worse. *There was
down deadwood we were taking that was 18" in diameter. *Nothing like spiral
cutting it with a 14" saw. *The two huskies ran all day long for three days
now. *We went out again today where they have bulldozed an orchard. *The
Stihl ran only intermittently for the past two days, and not at all today..

I think I'll stick with the klunky Huskies. *And I'm ready for a 20" bar.