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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #60 on: January 13, 2012, 07:23:55 pm »
I know I'm going to catch hell for saying this but I never liked the 262 , I have owned 5 of them and found when cutting the hardwood from where I'm from they had no balls at all , sure cutting small stuff they worked great but we donot cut small stuff most of the times , I hope the new 562 is better than what the 262 sure was , I hope to have it next week and I got a stock 361 to compare it to

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #61 on: January 13, 2012, 08:13:42 pm »
I feel the same way Ed about the 262 being over rated. My 60cc Poulan open port  had no problem cutting with a 262xp I had that was like new with MM.   
At the end of the day 2 of us using the 2 saws both liked the handling, feel, and cut of the 3750 better then 262 after cutting hardwoods all day.

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #62 on: January 13, 2012, 10:19:22 pm »
You know I took one of those crap husky that was on springs mounts , it was a 45 and it would out cut the 262 in hardwood , sure in 8 by 8 the 262 was faster but in 20 inch maple it sure was not , that 45 was for some reason unreal fast for a stocksaw and it was stock as it was torn down lots of times , I sold that saw to a guy that races in stock class and its still kicking ass

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #63 on: January 13, 2012, 10:20:28 pm »
I just used them to carry on the skidder just in case I had a top to cut off

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #64 on: January 13, 2012, 11:45:44 pm »
When the 262XP came out in the late 1980s it was technology us loggers in cut and skid softwood never saw before. [hardwood was a weed, left on the ground to rot] The 262XP was a good saw, first with air injection and the first with spring anti-vibe. It was the new and improved 162 [a saw BTW that turned the chainsaw industry on its ear way back in 1976.]
 Stihl didn't have a good 60cc then, just the 034 Super. The 262 and the Jonsered 630 easily out muscled the 034S. I was running a 044 and 064 at the time and working for Stihl so I never had the chance to log with the 262XP.
I remember upper management at Stihl making fun of the spring anti vibe and air injection on the new 262XP. But look who's using it today. ;)
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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #65 on: January 14, 2012, 02:19:47 am »
Here's a You Tube video on the Strato system and its theory of operation. This example is made up much like the 562 with the transfers on the front of the engine except they show the air above the carb instead of below it. There is no sound


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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #66 on: January 14, 2012, 06:30:54 am »
softwood is a weed here , you walk right pass it , Mostly we cut high grade hard maple and oak , cherry , yellow birch , In the early 80's it was pretty much solid 2100's up north and most guys thought any thing smaller was a waste of time

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #67 on: January 14, 2012, 07:24:47 am »
The 262 was not a firewood/ hw log saw. Even the 61 Husky was better suited to that type of work. The 262 was a great pulp/ sw log saw down East. Good power, ok weight, and small bar made it a good saw here. The only trouble was the 254 could do the same job with less weight and was cheaper.

Alot of people put down the Husky 362 and Jon version but for here they were great. Outsold the 372 by a wide margin. Used ones still bring big dollars.

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #68 on: January 14, 2012, 01:46:34 pm »
I'm sure they sold more 61's up north than any other husky saw , next would be the 365 .

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Re: 560XP/562XP have a outboard clutch
« Reply #69 on: January 15, 2012, 09:02:48 am »
When the 262XP came out in the late 1980s it was technology us loggers in cut and skid softwood never saw before. [hardwood was a weed, left on the ground to rot] The 262XP was a good saw, first with air injection and the first with spring anti-vibe. It was the new and improved 162 [a saw BTW that turned the chainsaw industry on its ear way back in 1976.]
 Stihl didn't have a good 60cc then, just the 034 Super. The 262 and the Jonsered 630 easily out muscled the 034S. I was running a 044 and 064 at the time and working for Stihl so I never had the chance to log with the 262XP.
I remember upper management at Stihl making fun of the spring anti vibe and air injection on the new 262XP. But look who's using it today. ;)

I agree, except that the 262xp is a smaller and lighter saw than the 162 - it belongs to the 154-family, and not to the 162-family, despite the bore and stroke is the same as the 162 and 630. It also make more power than those.

The highly variable opinions on the 262xp is a bit odd..... :o

 

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