Chainsaw Repair

Apparently, corporate has decided to discontinue Red Max branded saws; both the Zenoah stuff as well as the re-labeled Huskys. Logic behind this is that with the Red Max distributors now also having Jonsered, there's little sense in putting further effort into the Red Max brand.

Makes sense to me. I know they have some fans on forums like this, but they never made the slightest dent in the real world saw market. Still, it's always a downer when a brand exits the market.

Basically JMO they have done to RedMax what they have done in the past to many others. Buy up get their technology, strip them.

Just a few off the top of my head. Partner, Poulan, Jonsereds, Skil, Jobu, Pioneer.

You guys are right, but..................they weren't selling. No business case can be made that they should be kept around.

Of all the brands Kevin listed, including my favorite Jonsered, it's fair to ask how many would have survived to this day on their own. Perhaps none. I doubt any of them were strong both financially and in market share. Look at some of the saws that Jonsered was coming out with between the classic 70E era stuff and the buy out. Hardly saws that make anyone's favorites list. Would what happened to Homelite or McCulloch have been a better fate?

Have never seen a redmax saw or any other of their products in person only on the internet. It is always fun to have some what of a no name saw that will go out and spank guys that say what is that thing, looks like a p.o.s

My question is if the Zenoah brand is being discontinued, or if it is just the US (or is it North America?) specific RedMax brand?