basswidow said:
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How about a factory reconditioned 90 day warranty on a Husky 455? Should one be fearful of a remanufactured HUSKY? Theres an absolute ton of them forsale on ebay. Whats the deal with that? Why so many of this particular saw ? Husky 445 & 455?
I would not be too afraid of a "remanufactured" 455, if the price point was cheap enough. I think you can find new ones for as low as $319 from time to time at the big boxes; I sold what I knew to be a good, 2 year old one for $200 a while back, with 3 chains. I would think a remanufactured unit would be worth $250 or so.
I would speculate that maybe some of the remanufactured units are returns to the big box stores being put out by employees or other distribution channels that they use to dispose of the returns. This saw might be returned more often than others since Husky seems to ship them with 20" bars and they do not really have the power, in stock form, to cut well in hard wood with a 20" bar. I think if you dropped one down to an 18" or 16" bar, it would not be a bad saw, just a little heavy (13.2 lbs) for the amount of power that it makes.
My experience was that it is a very reliable, easy to start saw, based upon a sample size of one.