New 70cc models from stihl and Husky?

[bwalker]

What ever happened with the rumours of new 70cc saws from Stihl and Husky?

 

[junkman]

the 462 and the 572 ?

 

[CoreyB]

It was a fad.

 

[KenJax Tree]

There are some 572xp's out there being tested.

 

[Gunn]

462 is supposedly November if rumors are true

 

[sawmikaze]

I think its gonna be a 441 version 2.0 .... but maybe not.

 

[rocco490]

They must be real pieces of crap if its taking this long to fix them there must be a ton of problems or some real serious ones they cant seem to fix.
Im just starting to get a little bitter as they have supposedly had test 572s for about the last 4 years now, I am tired of waiting and its not too confidence inspiring.....

 

[rocco490]

And lets not say they just want to test them above and beyond to be sure the saw is gonna last forever or some bs like that like they care how it will last years after there safely out of warranty. Maybe there having supply issues or retooling for the new model is talking forever its gotta be something like that or these new designs must be real turds!

 

[Onan18]

EPA, gotta get approved by the EPA.

 

[T.Roller]

Junk like most of the new ones have been lol

 

[bwalker]

And lets not say they just want to test them above and beyond to be sure the saw is gonna last forever or some bs like that like they care how it will last years after there safely out of warranty. Maybe there having supply issues or retooling for the new model is talking forever its gotta be something like that or these new designs must be real turds!

Lack of patience aside, maybe they are just waiting for when they need to release them. The 372 and 461 still sell pretty well, so there is no hurry.

 

[panteliss]

They come out only when the stihl and husqvarna decide to telling to us officially

 

[Jon1212]

New saws are a waste of money

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

I took this pic last week.

 

[bwalker]

Not

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Not many guys like the 441, but I am not sure why. I know a company that ran them for a few years with good results.

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

We sold a few 441c's and they have not come back with problems yet. Most loggers around here seem to prefer the 461 or 661 though cause the days of the good ol 044 are gone.

 

[rocco490]

Lack of patience aside, maybe they are just waiting for when they need to release them. The 372 and 461 still sell pretty well, so there is no hurry.

That could make sense but the way I see it both are selling well as one isnt clearly better than the other which is why they need the new models to try and one up each other and take most of the market share in a very good selling class I might add, big profits for whoever gets the lions share of the 70cc class.....there is plenty of incentive to make a saw that's clearly superior to the competitions unless these guys got some sort of frienldy gentlemens agreement going on we don't know about

 

[junkman]

New saws are a waste of money

Why is that sir ?

 

[Jon1212]

Why is that sir ?

Well, for firewooder, or hobbyist it seems like a waste. For the timber professional, buying new makes sense.

 

[T.Roller]

That could make sense but the way I see it both are selling well as one isnt clearly better than the other which is why they need the new models to try and one up each other and take most of the market share in a very good selling class I might add, big profits for whoever gets the lions share of the 70cc class.....there is plenty of incentive to make a saw that's clearly superior to the competitions unless these guys got some sort of frienldy gentlemens agreement going on we don't know about

Most companies that buy the majority of these saws are not going to flip flop from one brand to another