Picked a Husqvarna over a Stihl for my first climbing saw - 3 months in, here's the deal

Been running a 540 XP for 3 months now. Heard all the Stihl guys at the shop talk trash but got a killer deal from a retiring climber. 500 bucks with a 16 inch bar. Thing rips through oak limbs no problem. Only gripe is the chain tensioner feels cheap. Anyone else run into that?

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the_rose1mo ago

3 months in and that chain tensioner already gave me trouble on my 540. I had to tighten it twice on a big white oak job last week. Feels like plastic where it should be metal. Otherwise the saw cuts like a dream once you get it tuned right.

christopher3851mo ago

WHOA, @the_rose had to tighten it TWICE on one job?