Chainsaw Repair

Sounds good Niko! Those 560 /562 sure are beautiful looking saws. The 562 is available here in Canada now, we have to wait another year for the 560XP . So I'll probably just get the 562 right now, but I'd prefer the lighter 560XP .

But............ my honeymoon with my "brand new" 272XP is not over yet and it might keep me in love with it for another year , which then I'll just buy the 560XP in a years time.

Well now 10 months later and seeing the 562 weighs 12.5 lbs and the 560 is 12.3 lbs according to the owners manual I see very little difference plus the 562 has slightly larger oil tank. So yesterday I went out and bought a new 562XP, 662 th unit built in the 8th week of 2012.
Right out of the box the saw runs like a well broke in saw, no throttle lag, just rips right to WOT. Ran it for 8 hrs yesterday and realized in all my life I haven't run a saw that runs this long on a tank of fuel. Feels real nice with a 18" b/c.
Besides how well it runs and it's ergonomics , the best feature I like is it's master control switch with the "auto on ignition" , just tap the lever with my thumb and it shuts down, ready to go with the next pull of the starter rope. This feature saves alot of finger work throughout the day compared to the older Huskies .

This will now be my main saw for my one man tree service, but will keep the 272, 372 and 395 for the heavier cuts.
Here's a few pics comparing my 562XP and 272XP. The 562 is a full 1 inch longer then the 272 from the end of the rear handles to the front of the crankcases. The 372 is 1 1/2 inch longer and fatter then the 272.
The 272XP is still my favorite old school Husky due to it's compact design, and the fact that it can out torque my 372XP.
I'm gonna have alot of fun with this 562XP , even if it's only a lb. lighter then the 272.

As far as I can find out, based on a lot of actual weightings, the true empty PHO weights are 12.3 lbs for the 560xp, and 12.8 for the 562xp.

As far as I can find out, based on a lot of actual weightings, the true empty PHO weights are 12.3 lbs for the 560xp, and 12.8 for the 562xp.

Niko there may have been a few changes in the Husqvarna camp. My 2012 562XP owners manual specs the 562 as 12.5 lbs, the 560XP 12.3 lbs.
In this situation the newer models are going on a diet, which is positive. Not like the early 1986 Stihl 064 for example going from 14.1 lbs to over 15 in the newer models.

Now I have only had this problem with the last 2 new 562's , you will be cutting fine then you run out of bar oil but you know you have bar oil in the saw , so you think maybe bar oil hole plugged up but what is going on is the rubber insert in the crankcase that passes the bar oil from the crankcase to the bar is folding over , the top part of the rubber is folding down ward and blocking the oil off ,  I just bent my rubber upwards and held it there for a while and so far no more troubles

I will have to checkas the saws are outside in the work truck  but I know I order the newest 562's I could get just to try the new carb setup , I pushed the rubber back in and have not had a problem sense and these 2 new 562s seem to run better to me than the first 562's