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Most Dependable Big Saw (90cc-94cc)?

Which of these saws are the most dependable?


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On the topic of employment: every job I have ever held was in the odd position of being overstaffed with underachieving (and thereby underpaid) people. As in, you might have ten guys in a shop and three of them are doing most of the work. Management thinks they are saving money by hiring 10 guys at $10.00 an hour instead of five guys at $20.00 an hour. This is a very self-defeating way to do business. With few exceptions, you pay for what you get. People at the lower end of the pay scale are usually less productive, have more absences, and change jobs more often. The cost of hiring a new employee and getting them up to speed with everybody else can be thousands of dollars. And, then when they quit a few months later you have to repeat the process all over again.

Pro94, sounds like you are more on top of it than most. Getting paid to have fun, that is a great attitude to have. People who go into business or choose a career based only on the money are, without exception, the most miserable individuals I ever meet.
 

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On the topic of employment: every job I have ever held was in the odd position of being overstaffed with underachieving (and thereby underpaid) people. As in, you might have ten guys in a shop and three of them are doing most of the work. Management thinks they are saving money by hiring 10 guys at $10.00 an hour instead of five guys at $20.00 an hour. This is a very self-defeating way to do business. With few exceptions, you pay for what you get. People at the lower end of the pay scale are usually less productive, have more absences, and change jobs more often. The cost of hiring a new employee and getting them up to speed with everybody else can be thousands of dollars. And, then when they quit a few months later you have to repeat the process all over again.

Pro94, sounds like you are more on top of it than most. Getting paid to have fun, that is a great attitude to have. People who go into business or choose a career based only on the money are, without exception, the most miserable individuals I ever meet.

I think some places of employment do that to show everyone that your not special and easily replaceable. But I learned from my first boss that it' cheaper to pay a good worker more than letting them go.
 

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On the topic of employment: every job I have ever held was in the odd position of being overstaffed with underachieving (and thereby underpaid) people. As in, you might have ten guys in a shop and three of them are doing most of the work. Management thinks they are saving money by hiring 10 guys at $10.00 an hour instead of five guys at $20.00 an hour. This is a very self-defeating way to do business. With few exceptions, you pay for what you get. People at the lower end of the pay scale are usually less productive, have more absences, and change jobs more often. The cost of hiring a new employee and getting them up to speed with everybody else can be thousands of dollars. And, then when they quit a few months later you have to repeat the process all over again.

Pro94, sounds like you are more on top of it than most. Getting paid to have fun, that is a great attitude to have. People who go into business or choose a career based only on the money are, without exception, the most miserable individuals I ever meet.

Exactly right. The cost of turnover is high indeed but is not easily quantified. If you ever find good people, pay them what they are worth and not what you think you can barely get away with just to keep them working for the time being. Another cost that is not easy to quantify is the cost of stress. Few things are more stressful than having to micro-manage half assed employees yourself because you were too cheap to pay the ones who would give a damn about what they are doing and the company they work for.
 

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Because we get to write off all the saws, and they would show up empty, with loose chains, dirty air filters. Just depends on the type of tree service. I take pride in my saws and work. They get blown off with air, filled up, chain replaced or sharpened at the end of every day when the guys have went home. Some are out to operate as cheap and make every penny as possible and do it only for the money. I love what I do and get paid to have fun. That's how I look at it anyway. And we are drug and alcohol free. You also have to realize many of the low end tree companies are drinking and doing drugs throughout the day. Lol they could care less about a dirty air filter.

I get stuck with our maintenance, the guy I work for is a great dude I've learned a ton from him, he's just not very savvy on the repair and maintenance part..just can't find good guys to work around here..it's sad.
 

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395 is clearly the winner, but if you combine 066/660 (it is really the same saw) the results are very close.

Likely they both "get it done".


Ah but you can do the same with the 394 and 395 which are largely the same saw too and the gap widens again! LOL! Just poking a little fun 'StangMike :)
 

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Because we get to write off all the saws, and they would show up empty, with loose chains, dirty air filters. Just depends on the type of tree service. I take pride in my saws and work. They get blown off with air, filled up, chain replaced or sharpened at the end of every day when the guys have went home. Some are out to operate as cheap and make every penny as possible and do it only for the money. I love what I do and get paid to have fun. That's how I look at it anyway. And we are drug and alcohol free. You also have to realize many of the low end tree companies are drinking and doing drugs throughout the day. Lol they could care less about a dirty air filter.
Are the low end tree company's hiring? Sounds like blast...plus I don't give a *f-word about air filters either.
 

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Ah but you can do the same with the 394 and 395 which are largely the same saw too and the gap widens again! LOL! Just poking a little fun 'StangMike :)

No problem. I just know you can bolt any 660 part on most 066s, and they have same bore/stoke, etc. I'm not as familiar with the huskies.
 

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No problem. I just know you can bolt any 660 part on most 066s, and they have same bore/stoke, etc. I'm not as familiar with the huskies.
The same is pretty much true of the 394/5 as well. Relatively mild modifications are all that are required to run a 395 top end on a 394.. Actually, I would more or less call them "updates" rather than modifications. It's actually a Husky sanctioned conversion or update (whichever you prefer to call it) for customers who have a 394 with a bad cylinder due to the 394 cylinder being NLA now. Biggest functional difference between the pair is the intake tract and impulse setup. Same bore, same crank, same bottom end. The port layout of the cylinders are different, 394 being a large dual transfer port and the 395 having the more modern quad port design. There are a handful of other subtle little differences too... But by and large, the 395 is really just a 394 with a face-lift, I'd bet their relationship is very similar to that of the 066 and 660.
 

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I'd bet their relationship is very similar to that of the 066 and 660.

There are no differences between a 066 and 660 jug or piston. The 661 (totally different saw) was first quad port in that size.

About the only thing that changed from the 066 to 660 is Stihl's numbering system. No updates at all.
 
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