*Coming up on having had this saw for a year....am a casual user and bought it to cut up sections for bowl blanks. Easy to start, **Bestfor.Garden** also recommend even after storage for a couple of months. Simple chain tension adjustment. Just cut up some 20" Osage Orange, including ripping bolts in half (at an angle). Like butter!*
395Wi-Fi number of the beast.one of my favourite saws.just love the build and power.use it quite a lot"unnecessarily "as it save my back doing that little stoop thing when you're cutting on the ground.I'm a harness tree worker,and I've even used it up a tree to get a shoemaker down,which was above a stage at a music festival,as I also erect the big tops,lights and art instillations.nanyway,I used the saw hanging upside down.as was too heavy to stay upright.got the job done and audience safe.definitely my saw of choice.stay safe and lucky.maddog.off grid.West cork.republic of Ireland
I'm 56 years old and have always cut my own firewood, and for others too. My first good saw was a Husky 61, and for some years I have run a PS6400 Dolmar. The Dolmar is a fantastic reliable saw, BUT, when I bought the 395XP, and it blasts through wood, I cant help but get a big smile! It is incredible grunt! I currently have a 20"bar on it, it is ultra fast and what it spits out I can use for kindling!! Really good value for money, Dave and Debbie, from New Zealand
Debbie Wilson Greetings from the States. Totally agree! I still have a 1985 Husky 61, 20"bar (firewood beast), and a 1997 build 395XP , 28" bar, as my firewood home saws. Factory, no mods, never had to adjust the carb on either to this day. Cheers! Can't wait to visit Christchurch and Auckland!
My dad (71 years old) runs this saw with a 36” bar. His is 11 years old and burps cold within 3 pulls...such a nice saw. Using it really reminds you that this is men’s work 👌🐸
Love my 395xp mate, got mine in April this year. Just use mine for felling and firewood with either a 24" GB or 32" bar depending on the tree. I also run two 576xp's for the smaller stuff. I'm only 16 but once I save abit more a 3120 will be next, for no practical reason at all
Ever run the 346xp for limbing & climbing? Had one of mine ported, but love'm both, Power to weight ratio is fabulous for the "thousand" cuts to clean a trunk!
I brought a 395 to tidy up port and sell on. After I ported I decided I'll keep it. Like you this is by far my best saw. I actually look forward to firewood this year.
I agree I have a 372 xp, my neighbor has a 390 xp , he is helping me do some logging. I am 63 yrs old and he is 62 yrs old . A well experienced season logger. I let him try out my 372 xp w/24'' bar felling a 32" tree . He said it cuts just as good as his 390 xp.
Nice video. I too purchased a 395xp in 2002 to rip hardwood posts on a logosol mill for a vineyard using a 36 inch bar and 404 skip tooth carbide tip chain. Very hard hot work for the saw. Now 2020 and just put a carby kit in. Checked the bore, still has original hone marks. What a crakka of a saw. Originally was going to get a 3120 but was too big for the mill, pretty pleased I didn't.
If it had an inboard clutch and a side chain tensioner it would be. 372 is the best saw made. Best power to weight. Inboard clutch. Side chain tensioner.
Nice video, I currently use 2 orange saws and a little 33cc Homelite, but my favorite is my 1963 1-52 Mac. Heavy, big and bulky, but 80cc when I start it ... it's just like sitting on a Harley all awhile listing to "Born to be Wild", that ol' gal makes chips...
@@randystrand908 I can't say as I would pick it over a 395 if I was on a steady diet of big wood. But for the wood I am in most of the time witch is 2.5 to 3 foot trees. It is plenty of saw. I run a 30 inch bar with full comp square ground chain and a 8 tooth sprocket. And it pulls it like a beast. I have made my own dual port muffler and made some adjustments to the carb. Otherwise it's stock. I hope this helps in any discussions you may be making.
@@jakemesa3211 Appreciate the comments & help!... I need to try out that chain sometime, too. Was/is the 8 tooth sprocket standard? Just saw your channel! Subscribed.
I love my three 395xps two of which were ported by a company in bc Canada that them come alive. The best falling,bucking and all around saws I’ve come across.l also have three 372xps that were ported by same company that are used or smaller trees . Cant beat the reality of these saws
Only difference with the new ones here in canada is a 13,500 rpm coil instead of 12,500 rpm. But other than that exact same. I own two 395s, my favourite saw.
Love mine, too... But still need one bigger boy saw for that last low stump cut, I think.. I have to be careful to keep that chain running fast & free so as not to overheat the 372xp... (Using wedges ASP)
The 395xp is by far the best saw. I had a twin pair of 395xp when I logged back in 2015 it was a sad day when I sold them when I quit login it was like a death in the family
Totally agree. I now recently own one and can compare directly to a 661. They are both great but the Husky is better. Better torque. If you keep the revs up on the 661 it will cut the same but for those hard jobs pulling a long bar the Husky is hand down better. Better ergos also. Also better balanced so the extra 1kg I don't notice that much. Plus the 661 air filter is full of dirt after an hours use. Husky air filter is the bomb!😊. And so what about the front chain adjuster. Love the saw.
@@randystrand908 I was looking at the 390. I have a 576xp. Same design. Wanted something different and it is a more powerful saw. It has the outboard clutch which I wanted to run also. The reason for outboard clutch is so the bar sits closer to the midline of the saw. I've also heard it is meant to help with less heat build up around the case. If you look down the saw it is very narrow. There is a reason all the old loggers ran this saw. Tough, reliable and works.
@@leeting8590 Appreciate!! I hadn't even thought of your points nor seen them pointed out anywhere.... ALL makes good sense and I'm with you re chain adjuster. I keep an 18" screw driver in my tool bag for my 288xp anyway. A shopping I will be. Thanks!
The best saw ever made? That's a big call! The Husky's are good saws, the 395xp would be the saw of my choice if I had to buy one...but I am a Stihl man the MS660 being my saw of choice having 6 of them running 18", 20", 25" and 36" bars all 3/8" chain and ES Bars. Great channel Forest Floor Enterprises keep the Cool videos coming wish I could come and do some milling with you some time in the future.
You're right. I used many of the predecessors to the MS660, (066) and for me they were bullet proof and perfect 👌. However, I've been using a Husqvarna 395 today on windblown Poplar. The poise and balance aren't as good as the Sthil, but the engine feels like its come off a motocross bike.
Have to put in a plug for my husky 362xp 3.8 and 5 horsepower awesome power to weight ratio chainsaw. Purchased it when it first came out I'm going to guess 20 years ago would have to pull out paperwork to verify that but it's been a Workhorse all I've ever done is replace the bars chains and keep it clean I've never pulled the carburetor off of it it's never let me down on the other hand the little husky 335xp arborist saw does what it does very well but I've had a lot of problems with the recoil starter system. The pawls that catch as you pull the starter rope in there keep breaking. 395 is definitely a man's saw!!!
Can you do a video about the different Husqvarna series of saws. My dad had an old one, I believe it was a 55 Rancher. But I’m interested in a video on the 2,3,4 and 5 series. Also, as an amateur, I’ve always been keen on Echos price and reliability. Never really likes Stihl until I recently started working at a shop that sells them. Just got a 362cm and I love it. As far as Stihl’s homeowner and farm/ranch saws, I’d stay away from all of em except the ms250. They go on sale every year for $300.
I'm a Husky guy also, but my employer sells Stihl so I asked an arborist friend what he prefers. He said both, big saws always Husky, Stihls burn up to fast. Climbing saws Stihl, the Husky top handles are to torquey for one handing in a tree for him.
I would love to get my hands on your old 3120... I have a new 3120 and an old parts 3120 that I put everything new in and brought back to life... It was badly abused and neglected by its previous owner. What I do also is convert my units back to 32;1 fuel and they will outlive me. It takes some doing but worth the effort I think. jmho Cheers.
I will tell you the difference. They have been,from january 2017 made in Brazil !! I was gutted to find that out after selling my German made Stihl MS 660 and buying one of these. Mine has been in the shop more than it has been working,at least 3 times now. The chain oiler is not working correctly and the oil is circulating in the tank and getting very hot and aerating. After cutting some Macrocarpa logs (New Zealand) for firewood ,the bar burnt and the chain got blued very quickly. I run a 20" bar and 404 chain,so not as if the bar is too long. I am so disappointed. The shop where I purchased it has been really helpful,but the Husky rep is useless,I think I may end up demanding a refund and buying a Stihl MS 661.
That really sux man. I was planing to buy another 395 but I will have to think twice if they are not even made in Sweden anymore... Do you mind if I mention your comment if I decide to do a video on this topic?
Forest Floor Enterprises. Not at all. I was under the impression they were made in Sweden when I purchased it. The loaner that the shop let me have is Swedish and it's a beast !! This is only my opinion but isn't there a new model in the pipeline for 18/19. I wonder if manufacturing is being sent offshore to accomodate a new model being built in Sweden.
Eventually,after much fucking around,Husqvarna NZ gave me a new replacement for my other new 395 XP. It was obviously a Lemon. My new one absolutely screams through wet bluegum and dry Macrocarpa. I knew there was a reason i bought the beast.
I have always been a stihl man for chainsaws but my garden tractor is a husqvarna my weed wacker is husqvarna and i dont dought a husqvarna saw would be great but i have just always had stihl saws, so may have to get a 395xp before autotune and emissions screw up a good thing. Cause stihl 661 is already m-tronic crap.
AND Swedish Steel!... I'm two generations out of the Home Land, but 3 Swedes & 1 Norwegian for grandparents... (I wasn't around to keep the line perfectly pure.... Hahaha!)
I know that now thanks for input I have lots of saws now u can email me I give u my contact info we talk a lot of saw talk and trade and sell a lot of parts saws a lot of fun my friend
stick to a tried and trusted model.never been a stink man myself,always huskys,and see my mates constantly having to get their saws tweaked,whereas the old faithful starts everytime
