Climbing Saw

Stuart Primrose

Hey Willard,
what exactly did you do to the exhaust on the 338? I'd like to do something to my 338XPT California to get some more out of it...any ideas?
thanks

Cut4fun

Rbtree opened up a 2139 (I think it was anyways) and said it was a totally different saw too.

Willard Holmen

I would post a photo of my muffler mod but I can't because my wife and kids took the camera to the inlaws 600 KM south of here to see her Australian sister inlaw off on her trip back home to Perth.
But I can tell you what I did. I drilled a 9/16" hole 1/2" directly under the mufflers exhaust outlet and gas soldered a 3/4" long X 1/2" inside diameter thinwall steel pipe at a 45 degree angle to the muffler surface, pointing down and out through a hole I had to cut in the plastic screen cover. So now I have a dual port muffler.
You're "California" 338 is a 45cc saw where mine is a 39cc. The old 334 etc were 35 cc.
I don't know much about the 45cc California but I do know its rated the same hp as the 39cc but is "choked up" real tight to meet the US epa emission regs. Thats why they built it with more cc. If your saw has a white fuel cap like mine its non cat, if its a green cap its a catylatic muffler saw. If it is a cat don't open it up because of carcinogenic chemicals inside, buy a non cat muffler and modify like mine. Also richen up the carbs setting screws to compensate.
Willard.

Stuart Primrose

Cheers for that Willard,

Unfortunately i don't have the skills to do those mods and the husky shop in Hobart don't like tweaking the saws at all....I bought a dual port muffler for my 357XP from Canada and put the saw in for a retune after I fitted it, they gave it back to me and said " it is how it should be"....not quite what I was after, but still has a little bit more than it used to...they also couldn't understand why I would want to mod any of my saws, saying that husq would have already done it if they thought it was worthwhile.....I'll have to search for a backyard saw modder in Hobart......do you know where I can get a hold of literature on tuning saws?

Cheers Stu

Cut4fun

Here you go, just click on the links. Pro Saw Maintenance & Repair Menu

Stuart Primrose

Great site! thanks mate.

KevinE

I've been running my 350T stock for 2 years now & was very happy with it. All I really do with it is pruning & small tree removals. Well, I've been reading all the posts on here about how great 200T's are & how a 350T will run right with them with a muffler mod & I got sucked right in! I did a muffler mod on mine on the weekend, then ripped the limiter tabs out & re-tuned he carb. This saw is awesome now, heaps of grunt! It's actually got too much grunt for the more delicate pruning jobs now It runs alongside my 260 for take downs (actually, I think it out cut's it on smaller branches!), but is about as useless as the 260 for the more delicate pruning jobs now. What was that about being careful what you wish for lol!

Willard Holmen

Kevin then it might be time to do the delicate pruning with a Silky or Fanno handsaw.

Willard.

Joshua Rugg

i use a 330t for pruning and a 200T for removals. echo fired up first pull every time.

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KevinE

Hi Willard, thanks for your input mate, I'll take that on board. I've actually been thinking of a Silky for a while now. I've got a Makita 22cc top handled saw too, that I bought as a back up for when things go wrong and I need a saw there and then. I might give that a run on the delicate pruning jobs for now to see how it goes.

PaulSmithton

I have had Shindy, Echo and 338XP Husky top handle, all have there good points and bad points.

Currently [~ 5 months] own and using a Italian job called ACTIVE 39.39, very impressed with it, got it off Ebay

No matter what you get, gota look after it

Tony Knight

I just took delivery of my new Husky 338xpt. Assembled it tonight. As a first time owner of an all orange saw I am impressed with its size and balance. I paraded it, primed it, started it (started 4th crack from dry) warmed it up and then whipped out in the dark to find the log dump. After a few slow gentle cuts bedding it in I let rip through some 12 inch semi cured Manna Gum. What a little power house out of the box. Very impressed so far.
I'm asking those that know these saws, are there any do and don'ts, anything to keep an eye on etc?

Thanks

Regards

Tony