My Dads Husqvarna 350 is a peice of crap!!! What would you do?

[skinnykid]

I am no expert, but i am gonna buy a better saw soon, I ruled out husky months ago after I was told that they are now made in Mexico. ( is this true)

To bad because I have used alot of Husky and Jonsered and I liked them.

I have been doing alot of research since Brian VT told me about Arboristsite.com and I am likely to go with the Dolmar. Sounds like a great saw but for alot less $$.

This doesn't help the OP any but I do help his Dad's saw gets straight!

 

[deadon]

I just purchased a Husky 350 and it was made in Sweden. the Husky web site states that their products are made in Sweden. As I said earlier I like my Husky ,no problems.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Yetty- it sounds like a load of BS to me too. If it all happened as you said, and even if the saw is f'd- do a search on Amazon for that saw and I bet you find every engine part there for reasonably cheap. A few tools, and a little time- you could rebuild it. Just need to find out what the problem really is.

Is your dad one of those folks that might just get frustrated when it keeps having problems and go buy another one?

 

[Fortunate Son]

I have worked on some 350's for friends, but no major problems. I will say that some of the older husky's have more power "by feel" than newer, emissions choked models. I run a 17-18 year old 36, which has just about no compression left, but still runs great and is dependable. Only repair on this was a new clutch a few years back.

My husky 575xp is a great saw, but I can tell you that the old 372xp (72 cc vs. 75) feel more powerful and were overall just super strong saws. Many times I can attribute the "this thing is a piece of crap" problems to those who go out and buy a saw and expect it to have power windows, a self-maintenance plan and complain when it "won't cut" after I watch them ground the bar repeatedly as they cut a log.