cgraham1
Here For The Long Haul!
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So you're saying that if I were to buy a new 562xp, I could run it for four hours every Saturday, and it would last me approximately 18 months? Wow. I wonder how long a 262xp would last in the same conditions?Runs 562's and gets about 300 hours on them by which time they are begging for mercy.
Husqvarna knows that most of its pro saws will be sold to professionals (loggers, tree services, firefighters, etc.). They know that the few hobbyists who spend the extra dough on the pro saws will probably never run them enough to have any real problems with them. And they know that the professionals will just keep replacing the saws every few months because they can justify the cost as a business expense. They could build a saw to last 1000 hrs. instead of 300 hrs., but they don't want the saws to last too long, or they won't need to be replaced as often, and thus the company will make less money. Most pros are brand loyal and will buy whatever piece of crap Husqvarna or Stihl puts on the shelves (not like they have much choice anyways, once the older saws are phased out). If the quality is bad enough, a small percentage of saw buyers will switch to another brand, but most will just keep buying the same brand they've always bought.
Bottom line is this; neither Stihl nor Husqvarna could give two *s-words about us or anyone else that buys their saws... they simply want to make as much money as possible, and the quality of the saws will be dictated by nothing more than that.
Things aren't built to last anymore, they are built to last just long enough.