I have an Echo that I bought thirty years ago. It always cut well but I always had a hard time starting it cold or hot. When I moved to Alabama I had a lot of brush and some trees to remove and again it would not start. I put it in the repair shop and after a tune up and new chain, it still would not start. It now is retired on a shelf in the garage. Some folks love them, perhaps I bought a lemon or I am doing something wrong.TexasBred":g75sn401 said:I have an Echo but have always heard the Husky's were very good.
Also a hard hat and hearing protectionSRBeef":35dsrvqc said:Unless they've changed recently, Husky's have the chain clutch outside the chain and if trying to fell close to the ground they get dirt in the clutch. Stihls have the clutch inside and work much better cutting horizontally close to the ground. For cutting firewood verticalLy they will probabLy all work fine. Buy chaps if you don't have them. Saved my leg. Jmho. Jim
RD-Sam":14c5xn77 said:I was going to buy a 455, but went with a Stihl MS361 instead, don't regret a minute of it either. A friend has a smaller Husky( maybe a 345?) and it has worked well for him, but he doesn't use it that often. I've burned up at least 20 gallons in my Stihl so far.
cfpinz":3bwuee98 said:RD-Sam":3bwuee98 said:I was going to buy a 455, but went with a Stihl MS361 instead, don't regret a minute of it either. A friend has a smaller Husky( maybe a 345?) and it has worked well for him, but he doesn't use it that often. I've burned up at least 20 gallons in my Stihl so far.
The way it was explained to me, the 361 is a "professional" saw whereas the 455 is pretty much a lighter duty type saw. Stihl used to rate their saws in even numbers for heavy duty saws and odds for lighter stuff. ie, 036 vs 029. The 361 is the newer version of the old 036.
I'd like to have a 361 and a smaller saw like a 210 or close for small stuff.