Stihl and husqvarna saws made of aftermarket parts. Anybody have one? They cost about 1/3 what the real ones cost. Im thinking about trying one. Ive been buying aftermarket stihl parts for several years and about 95% of the time they are good parts. I have rebuilt saw motors with aftermarket crankcases and piston/head assebblies and they lasted years. Wondering if any of yall have had any experience with one.

Never heard of em. But for less than $300 some good name brand saws can be bought.

$279 for a 440stihl is a great buy, I dont care if it says stihl on it or not. Like I said, ive rebuilt several 440s out of their parts and never had any trouble. These are not elcheepo saws. They are stihl and husqvarna saws, without their logo on them.

Probably made in China from counterfeit parts duplicated from stolen blueprints.

Well I just ordered one so ill let yall know how it goes. I make a living with a chainsaw and all ive ever owned is stihl saws, aside from my husqvarna polesaw. Ive been wondering about these aftermarket stihls for a couple years now. It finally got the best of me.

Keep us in the loop how it does. Hopefully it’ll pan out well for ya

Looking forward to your reviews.

Just unpacked my blue stihl aka holzfforma chainsaw and fired it up. It fired on about the second pull, cranked in a couple more. Sounds just like a stihl. Ive got a little job im gona do with it monday, ill let yall know how it performs. The initial unpacking and first cranking went well, a blind man couldnt tell it from a stihl.

How long did it take to get it once you ordered it?

How many CCs is this saw? I’ve considered getting one to do some ripping. Looking fwd to your assessment, i run Stihl and Echo. The reviews are really good on the saw.

Ordered it on 10/10. I read alot of reviews about their saws. The 388 is the model I bought. It is 1cc bigger than a 440stihl. I couldnt find any bad reviews on it. I run a stihl 441 and 660 all the time. I really like the 660. Thats what got me looking at the holzfforma saws. You can get a 660 for a little over $300. But there are some reviews that say it has a few inferior parts that will wear out or break(nothing major). They also said once these parts were replaced, it was a great saw. I probably never would have considered an aftermarket saw except for ive been buying their parts for years and have never had a problem with them. Im talking about internal motor parts, pistons, heads, complete crankcases, not just plastic body parts.

71cc

I gaulded a piston on a 440 a few years ago, stihl shop said the piston and jug would cost $378, for just the parts. I ordered the parts off ebay for $50. From then on ive been getting my saw parts off ebay or amazon. I ran 440s for years. I had a friend who gave me a bunch of junk saws and I rebuilt a couple of them with aftermarket parts and ran them for years. Every now and then youll get a bad part but for the most part ive been satisfied with them.

Im liking my echo 59cc. 5yr warranty

My new stihl blower and trimmer sounds like crap. Stihl aint what they were. Saws, i dont like the controls.

I have the Echo 590 Timber Wolf also, sweet saw.

Just curious, do you make mods to your saws? Carb and muffler?

No. I think that would be more of a competition type deal. I just make a living with a saw so im always trying to keep expenses down. Theres alot of things it just aint worth it to skimp on but ive found the aftermarket saw parts to be dependable. I had to replace 7 stihl saws when I got robbed a year ago, that hurt. Im a little thrifty. Im always looking for a cheaper way.

after my warranty runs out i might open up the exhaust a little. You can tweak the throttle up on them to tune them but i dont cause i think its too much for the saw. You can set them by ear and get more power out of them but they just arent designed to rev higher than the factory setting i believe. And the exhaust really aint worth fooling with in my opinion. Just buy a bigger saw if its that important ya know. Its not like its a small block v8. Even on a small block engine your only gonna get a few extra horse. So imagine a little 60cc saw. Probably not even any gain. Just the loud noise might fool you. On engines you can mess around with porting heads or exhaust and create a swirl of turbulence that actually decreases power if you dont do it correctly. By hand you can really decrease air flow by accident by using a dremel on heads or intake. Just like throwin a big cam in a factory engine. Creating lazy air flow. You lose instead of gain. Might sound good but in reality you lost power.

Ok, thanks, just been curious about that.