moonmountainman
New member
Hi All,
I have moved to Santa Fe and on 24 fairly vertical acres, with I have no idea how many dead bark-beetled trees.
My tool is the already mentioned 445 Husky, which seems to keep running but it just never has flowed bar lube well.
It does not have an adjuster for the oil flow although having the place for one to exist underside, so it would appear some model using the same housing does have a flow adjuster. Would an adjustable fitting from another 4xx version fit as a replacement lube pump?
Or is this just a cheap entry level saw and I should move on?
(There is only a local Stihl dealer, who I'm told doesn't like to spend time on Huskys or other brands), and everyone else like ACE hardware that carry Echo and Stihl don't do local service.)
I'm tempted to do an overhaul of the Husky clutchhousing/chain drive because its grooved. It runs OK but it was "born" at sea level and now resides at 6700 feet, and i suspect it runs a bit rich, but idles fine and the like.
I'm thinking of a stihl 271 with a 16 inch bar, considering the trees I'm cutting down are fairly small diameter and working on steep hillsides a longer bar is a bit clumsier.
I'd like to spend less but so tired of that buy cheap and spend twice.
From what I see here on this forum there are plenty of saws from various brands that have good reps.
Thanks MtnMan
I have moved to Santa Fe and on 24 fairly vertical acres, with I have no idea how many dead bark-beetled trees.
My tool is the already mentioned 445 Husky, which seems to keep running but it just never has flowed bar lube well.
It does not have an adjuster for the oil flow although having the place for one to exist underside, so it would appear some model using the same housing does have a flow adjuster. Would an adjustable fitting from another 4xx version fit as a replacement lube pump?
Or is this just a cheap entry level saw and I should move on?
(There is only a local Stihl dealer, who I'm told doesn't like to spend time on Huskys or other brands), and everyone else like ACE hardware that carry Echo and Stihl don't do local service.)
I'm tempted to do an overhaul of the Husky clutchhousing/chain drive because its grooved. It runs OK but it was "born" at sea level and now resides at 6700 feet, and i suspect it runs a bit rich, but idles fine and the like.
I'm thinking of a stihl 271 with a 16 inch bar, considering the trees I'm cutting down are fairly small diameter and working on steep hillsides a longer bar is a bit clumsier.
I'd like to spend less but so tired of that buy cheap and spend twice.
From what I see here on this forum there are plenty of saws from various brands that have good reps.
Thanks MtnMan