Chainsaws....

I have been using a Husky 460 Rancher with a 24" bar/slip tooth chain. Cut well, but when pushed it would lug down, compare it to an automatic trans running into the stall of the convertor. Have a crap load of trees to take down on the sides of our roads so I decided to look into a bigger saw. Well, bigger meant moving up from a "homeowner" rated saw to a "professional forestry" style saw. Stopped at a local dealer that sold Husky's and Stihl saws. After chatting with the sales guy I had decided against a Stihl. Was not really the sales man, it was more the guy that walked in and started talking with me. He rounds up 35-37 cords of wood a year, for himself and his family members. Was a diehard Stihl guy, until he bought a Husky 562 XP
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which just so happens to be saw I was looking at. Seemed like it was more saw for the $$. Saw is a bit tricky to get started compared to my old one. But once someone read the manual after he flooded it I had it running on the first pull. Even since I have zero trouble firing it up. Starts first/second pull every time. Cuts with a vengeance. No bogging down...at all. Very well balanced, and weighs no more than my other saw, which was important to me. Comparable Stihl saw were all a few pounds heavier. Really like the captured nuts that are used on the clutch cover, don't know haw many times I had to hunt for them after kicking them off the trailer when changing the chain.