Chainsaw Repair
Husqvarna - Stihl - Poulan - Jonsered - Dolmar chainsaws and more => RedMax => Topic started by: Spike60 on January 29, 2014, 08:18:40 am
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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.
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I have had a gz4000 for 7 years and it has been a very good saw. Most Redmax dealers in this area have only had the trimmers and blowers, even thought the small engine shop that is about 3 miles away has carried the saws for about 3years.
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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.
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It is just a sign of the corporate world and global marketplace.
Get used to it because it isn't going to change. JMO
However I do agree that it is a shame!
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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?
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Spike60 +1. The reason most corporate takeovers happen or are even financially feasible is that the target company is weak financially, in brand recognition and market share.Perhaps I will be able to find a 7000 on the cheap, LOL!
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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
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It could surface again as a house brand: like Homelite, McCulloch, etc. Would have been better if they had given it to TSC and kept Jonsered 'clean'.
Philbert
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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?
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I'm betting just the Redmax brand in US. Hopefully Zenoah brand stays around for overseas markets at least.
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I think it's going to affect the US & Canada only. Redmax has been trying to push dealers to stock more of their chainsaws for the last few years.
I checked and I think we've only sold about 2 dozen of their chainsaws over the years not counting the pole saws.
Still have a G5000 and some GZ3500T's in stock along with a couple G3200's I've stashed for myself. One is a prototype serial # 0005.
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Isn't a G5000 like what the ported one you had for a couple years cut4fun?
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Isn't a G5000 like what the ported one you had for a couple years cut4fun?
yep http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/redmax/redmax-5000/
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Well, this is now confirmed as the saws are already out of the current Red Max catelog. There are still some in the distributor pipeline. I'm not really interested, but should they decide to blow them out at a discount............... ;D
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Redmax will stihl be with us in the form of some of the Husqvarnas just like the American Indian mostly just blended into mainstream society.
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I think it's going to affect the US & Canada only. .....
I'm betting just the Redmax brand in US. Hopefully Zenoah brand stays around for overseas markets at least.
I suspect you both are right - as far as I can see Zenoah is still marketing the saws on other markets. :)
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The Zenoah model airplane engines are still around.
I put a new cylinder on one three years ago and the cylinder box said Husqvarna on it. I was able to buy a cylinder without a piston.
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Our local small engine shop is down to 1 Redmax saw, but he now has a Jonsered for sale also. I hope he continues to add more Jonsered saws to his inventory.
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They are blowing them out on ebay....just picked up a 7000 for 429.99. Got it to play around with a logosol hopefully later this month. Nice to see made in Sweden all over it...
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The 7000 is a husky 570 in red. In case you didnt already know.
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They didn't exactly fly off the shelves in either color.
But grabbing one @ $429 is a nice deal. Lot of saw at that price.
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I know it's not one one of their most popular models...but cuts well and decent HP it feels..As soon as it's broken in a bit I will mill with it. :-X. I actually do not mind the feel of it cutting, maybe the Dolmar I have will make the Logosol instead?
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So who owned who? Are there some rebadged husky saws out there with Zenoah engines? Zenoah is top notch, I've used them on RC planes for years. All my engines are 15 years old or more so I knew nothing about the Zenoah/Husky connection. I've also heard just recently that Poulan and Husky are no longer affiliated? Apparently this is old news but I hadn't heard it. So who does own who right now among all the chainsaw brands?
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So who owned who? Are there some rebadged husky saws out there with Zenoah engines? Zenoah is top notch, I've used them on RC planes for years. All my engines are 15 years old or more so I knew nothing about the Zenoah/Husky connection. I've also heard just recently that Poulan and Husky are no longer affiliated? Apparently this is old news but I hadn't heard it. So who does own who right now among all the chainsaw brands?
The husky 543xp out now is Zenoah. Thread on it here 543 4300