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543 or 550?
« on: July 14, 2015, 09:11:28 pm »
Thinking of getting one of these. Anyone with some hours on the 543?  Know of 5 550's locally that have had the crank break on clutch side. Is this a wide spread issue? I have put 1000's of hours on 242/246/346, are the new ones as tough?

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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2015, 11:51:33 pm »
I picked up a 543 at the local dealership the other day and my first thought was it looked and felt very consumer grade.
The MS241 with the 63PS  b/c is alot more impressive.
My three 550s  I use as supplied saws for the last  3 years of speed cutting competitions are holding out great with no issues what so ever and they get abused.
Last February  mens  and  women's competition it was 55 below windchill and they didn't  miss a beat ;D
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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2015, 04:44:42 am »
I have a 241 now. We sell them with a .325 setup. May stop at the Husky shop and look at the 550.

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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2015, 08:47:42 am »
My local dealership  sells both Husky and Stihl.  He sells the 261performance kit which is a packaged two loops of 63PS  and a Picco rim sprocket for $99. The package looks like it would hold a 16" bar, but no bar inside.
He's selling them like hotcakes.

He had 4 new 562's  with the new style fuel/oil caps last week , yesterday  only 1 left.
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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2015, 10:25:16 am »
Are the new Husky fuel caps interchangeable to older models since they still screw in like normal?

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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2015, 11:02:16 am »
AFAIK I've been told they are but do not have any myself to know for sure.
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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2015, 12:42:25 pm »
Are the new Husky fuel caps interchangeable to older models since they still screw in like normal?

Thread on the husqvarna flippy caps. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/husqvarna-%27flippy%27-caps/msg24899/#msg24899

another with pics from 2013 also http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/more-flippy-caps-sort-of/msg15217/#msg15217

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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2015, 04:56:24 pm »
My local dealership  sells both Husky and Stihl.  He sells the 261performance kit which is a packaged two loops of 63PS  and a Picco rim sprocket for $99. The package looks like it would hold a 16" bar, but no bar inside.
He's selling them like hotcakes.

He had 4 new 562's  with the new style fuel/oil caps last week , yesterday  only 1 left.

 261 performance package does include a bar, 2 chains and rim. It does on the east side anyway. We sell two loops of 63PS and Picco rim for $46.00.

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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2015, 11:52:45 pm »
Thanks for the update. I thought there should have been a bar in that kit on display. Someone must have robbed it.
Bar, 2 chains and a rim for $99 is decent priced, probably  why he's  selling so many  of them.
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Re: 543 or 550?
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2015, 06:17:52 pm »
Thanks C4F.  I had thought that was how they were set up. Why didn't Stihl do something like that!  ::) I still like them on mine but that design does look better.