Dftodd
Elite Member
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2014
- Messages
- 3,236
- Location
- vilonia, arkansas
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 1825E, Kubota Z121S
I have a Husqvarna 445 as well. I use the 18" bar. Finally killed the bar on it after about 6 years or so. But that was due to a pinch more than anything else.I've owned a Pioneer, McCullock and Homelite in the past. Always greased the sprockets and never had a problem. I bought the Husq 445 new five or ten years ago. It came with a 16" bar with greaseable sprocket tip. I usually grease it every day. I was cutting up a tree in January and forgot to grease the tip and it seized up. I was able to free it up and get grease in there and it's fine now. Surprisingly, the owner's manual says to grease it each time you refuel. I bought the 20" bar for a bigger job. It's the first I've ever seen that wasn't greaseable.
I ordered a new bar from Oregon for the saw this time around. I usually use the Oregon speed chain anyway.
I grease every time I fuel it up.