I've been on the hunt for a 70+cc saw for a little while now and my buddy offered to sell me a 570 that he recently threw a 575 top end on. The saw basically looks brand new and runs great. He brought it over and let me do some test cuts with a 28" bar on it. It seemed to pull the 28 pretty good, even buried in one of the big oaks i have here. IIRC he told me $450 for the saw including the bar. I did a quick search online and found a few forums with guys talking about the 570 having crank issues. Any truth to this?
Yeah. The 575 and 570 had some bad bearing/crank problems. I had a 575 for a little while. Until I read the same things. I then sent it down the road. Never heard anything bad from that member? So I don't know if it ever developed the problems. That's why that model was so short lived. It was quickly replaced by the 576/AT. $450 wouldn't be a bad price, but it should be pretty clean if asking that kind of money. Like almost new. For $450, you can have a lot of other nice saws. Heck, a Dolmar 7900 just sold here in our Classified ads for $450. That's 79 cc of raw torque. Buying from a respected member here will yield a good saw for cheap. I know Guido, KilliansRedLeo, and a few others (maybe myself ) have some currently, and will have others in the near future in our Classified section.
The saw is super clean, i mean brand new looking clean. The husky bar and chain are also brand new. Part of me wants to snag it and help him out but those crank issues are keeping me scared off.
It's hard to say if you'll have problems. If you do the bearings are cheap and can be replaced in an hour or so.
I had a 570 awhile back . It was a fine saw . I sold it to my uncle,,,,,,,who has successfully used it every year to cut about 15 cord of wood every year . Still runs great too ! Maybe we just got lucky If i was considering buying something for $450.......it wouldnt be a 570 or 576........especially with all the cool saws for sale on here right now
A couple of members of another forum I am on both had a 575 and liked them. The model was a smooth runner with more power than a 372. The 575 is slightly heavier than the 372.
The 570/575XP is a saw the Husky guys don't like to talk about I've noticed..... Kinda a Mustang II? Mike, under an hour to split and reassemble a 575? Are they built differently than a typical saw? The 575 was also one of if not the first of their pro saws to use X-Torq IIRC?
Yep first strato in the big saws. I can break down and split almost any stihl or husky pro saw in under and hour. It took about 10 minutes to split my 046 the other day. If the dealer had a gasket set it would have been back together.
Takes me about an hour also. IIRC, when the 570 first came out they had a problem with cranks breaking due to length/support issues. I personally have never come across a broken crank in a 570/75, just about everything else though. They run quite well andmake a little better power than a stock 372. Just rebuilt a 575 for a customer in MS who is a pro cutter and he loves the saw.
If I could automate the cleaning process, I would make much better time through my total rebuilds. Alas, until I get an USC in this joint, I'm stuck digging at the gunk in my parts washer. I may not be fast, but at least the f'n thing is clean. Even if you had to do nothing save blowing the saw off with compressed air; under and hour to split and reassemble a saw is excellent indeed. Love working on the 1125, 1128, and 1121 Stihls. So simple and easy to work on. No special tricks and fairly forgiving on the order of assembly.
