Husqvarna 550xp repaired-ish

[Oldpath05]

On the newer Huskys that isn't so much of an issue; after shutting it off the switch reverts to "ON" as soon as you release it. Besides choking it and priming "they" also tell you to use the decompression button for starting, but that's just too many things to do when I just want to cut a tree.
My spare saw is a Poulan that I bought new for a hundred bucks; it's nice to carry in the back of the truck for clearing trees out of the road, and nobody's going to steal it if I stop into Walmart on the way home.

That one switch does all has been in use for at least 6 years, and I always struggled with it so I'm not a big fan of the one switch does all, it's ok if you do a lot of stop and starting and dont ware gloves, other than that if I dont use it in 6 months I forget which way choke is and still if only used once a week suppose to pump push and pump push and pump push the primer bulb, diffidently not a fan of that. I like on, choke and start with gloves and START easy, once started, IDLE and IDLE good without chain turning running moving going, and stay going years and years down the road.


Now if saw company could do that and have top-end power and be light at the same time we'd be getting somewhere, and now we wait for the Battery saws to take over. I heard they idle great, start great, run great, the weight is great, it's just the battery is not so great..............

 

[Jstpssng]

It defaults to "b]on[/b]", if you aren't sure all that you need to do is hit the throttle. I've been priming my boat and snowsleds for years, so don't mind it that much.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I actually, prefer the Husky switch, it works perfectly for me.

As for the primer, I have no problem with that either. In fact, I wish my Honda 2000 generator had one, and I've been thinking of putting one on it.

SR

 

[Oldpath05]

I actually, prefer the Husky switch, it works perfectly for me.

As for the primer, I have no problem with that either. In fact, I wish my Honda 2000 generator had one, and I've been thinking of putting one on it.

SR

You might need a primer bulb on your tractor to...........:laughing:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You might need a primer bulb on your tractor to...........:laughing:

GOOD idea, I'll get right on that!

SR

 

[Oldpath05]

I finally did get my money for my saw couple days ago. What an ordeal to go through paypal, I got so frustrated because they are so freaken hard to get a live person on the phone, going through all those voice prompts drove me crazy and I'm almost there anyways.

I guess paypal has 21 day waiting period for new sellers, then when I got a hold of someone to find out why, wouldn't you know it the guy had a I think Indian accent or some accent and I thought my english was bad. Of course no one was around to help me out so they first tell me I need my checking No and routing No........ there was more verification aggravation after that but I got the money in the end.

Paypal and ebay are kinda intertwine but separate. So I put the price at $100.00 out of a total sale price of $136.90 paypal took $4.27, I'm ok with that, then two days ago ebay sent me a bill of $13.69, I thought that was a little high, so then I go read the fine print where they say they charge 10% of sale including S&H, so I ended up with $82.04 for all that aggravation but it was still $82.04 more then then the saw shop would give me..

So that's that and now I'll beat on my Echo/Shindiawa since those saws are a lot cheaper. I otta but up a raffle contest on how many cord I can cut up, so far I cut 1 cord and shooting for 100,000 more.........

 

[Jstpssng]

I think that you will be quite pleased with your new saw. It may be a bit heavier than the Husky and probably won't turn up as fast but they are good solid saws... for a lot less money than a Husky. The only saws I've ever owned which last more than 3 years were my 254 Husky (Even after I ran over it with the tractor) and my Echo CS520.

Oh yeah, I forgot my Homelite XL12. I had that puppy for years!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I still have my McCulloch pro Mac 55 I bought new in the 70's... lol

It was a heck of a saw back then!, but I haven't started it in years!

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

so I ended up with $82.04 for all that aggravation but it was still $82.04 more then then the saw shop would give me..

SEE, you should have taken my offer of 50 bucks and postage, it was a fair NO aggravation offer... lol

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

I still have my McCulloch pro Mac 55 I bought new in the 70's... lol

It was a heck of a saw back then!, but I haven't started it in years!

SR

My father had a Husky, a Jonsereds, and a Stihl. His go-to saw for a lot of things though was an old McCulloch 1010 that he bought when "Kings" department store when out of business.