Good comment... have you tried the 550XP Mark2?

She doesn't have the word "quit" in her vocabulary, that's for sure. She's a happy camper as long as something is being hucked into the woods.

Thanks, I appreciate it. Yeah, they're great saws. They get overlooked a lot. People are catching on in my area, but one used to be able to buy them dirt cheap. They're a bit heavier than others in the same category, but not enough to deter me. At the end of the day, they'll put wood in the truck and a smile on your face. All for a decent price at that!

I’ve had the 455 two seasons this will be my third.. I’ve cut about 16 face cords 8 per year.. besides some sap I can clean off it starts like the day I bought it. Most reliable saw out there I’ve been told many times.. good video.

Right back at ya bud!! Always good to see you in here! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving!

Yeah it's a good firewood saw. It's slow and honestly, "mediocre" in my world, but it never fails to put wood in the truck ;) Those poulans are good runners!

He tuned it after the mod.

Haha I thought it was fun ;)

@@samishsawworks5870 you had me for about a second lol!

@@CSkwirl it was a random clip from a different day. Just happened to be wearing the same thing. I was like 🤔 I wonder if?.........ha! Had I though about it ahead of time, I would have swapped on the same 20" bar instead of 24" and put a half wrap back on it ;)

They do not share anything.

been running a ms362 with a piece of 2" box section as an exhaust for years and had no one problem with it except for it removing my hearing

If you ran a marathon, would you like to run it wearing a baffle plate (mask) or without a baffle plate? Which one would FORCE you to breath differently?

@@PapaFoxtrot2002 joe, I have ridden sleds, boats and fast cars. The modified rigs are fun but may not make a cross country trip. My stock rigs always will. I enjoy the dependable ones for the long haul.

The small mod he did will not cause "burn down," In fact, I've never seen any damage unless there is excessive back pressure and a leak at the exhaust to cylinder mating surface.

That’s an old wives tail….the only reason any engine would “burn down” after a mod would be because of an improper tune afterwards! Same with running an engine with open headers …many people have always said “You’ll burn your valves if you run open headers” ….again..only if it’s not properly tuned……not because of the open headers.

Got the same question? Do you know what size it's?

I explain it in the video. If you watch at the 12:40 mark in the video it shows this. I didn't open it any further beyond the deflector than the factory hole was. I think you're seeing the shiny edge on top that I touched/cleaned up with the burr. Underneath where the actual outlet is, isn't opened that far forward. The majority of the exhaust gasses hit the deflector and push ALL of the the charge (including any little bit that's trying to go straight up) out forward toward the front of the saw. Therefore, no melted plastics.

I never noticed before, but I just test fit it onto my 359 while I had it. It fits! I really like the chain tensioner system in the cover like that. I'm actually in the process of grafting one into a 3120xp cover to convert it to a side adjust. Just a couple things to "tweak" before it fits 😆

@@keithclark486 They are of completely different design. They do not fit.

I'm the luckiest man to have her ;) she's definitely "best friend" material. I'm wondering the same thing with an aftermarket muff. There's gotta be a better option for a muffler. At 19:10 it's a Husqvarna 359 that I ported

The stihl 026 came with a catalytic in the exhaust in my area for a few years. A chore to gut - chinese mufflers I've ordered for these are straight through. Definitely a big difference in quality though.

It's metric. It is a 5mm

Usually it will need high jet adjustment. It will not warm up as fast and may need a slight low jet adjustment and possibly an increase in idle rpm depending on the saw and how aggressive you go with the opening. Kind of a case by case deal.

By law it’s illegal to remove because of fire hazard, I cut in deep grass and weeds so I leave them in, it’s my pasture 😊

It's never easy, nor do I think it should be. They impact our lives far beyond what we ever expect. I lost a bloodhound years ago and it still chokes me up something fierce if we get to telling stories about him. I feel for you, I really do.

Most people don't spend money modding a throw away saw (plastic bottom end, when its cooked its not really rebuildable), so it wouldn't sell well enough to be worth it for him designing and tooling all the stuff needed to offer those components

Furthermore he's more of a stihl guy, I'm not entirely sure he makes bark boxes ANY huskys

​@@Hugh_Jarsolelol.... 🙄

I beg to differ, they will make more power if they breath better. Those stock mufflers are very restrictive.

i should take the headers off my camaro then

Four strokes are signifying different because you will burn valve seats without an exhaust of some sort

Wow...not a single "like" for a cautious, sensible reply. Noise does NOT equal power. These sorts of videos and their assumed-to-be-effective "hacks" do bring to mind "the blind leading the blind".🤪😂

@@apex107lrp Thank you.

Many times, this is done by the factory to meet emissions standards.

@@tylerheard1279Emissions are not a principal criteria of two stroke small machines as they will probably never meet the current requirements, hence the reason that many are moving to 4 stroke designs.

@clivewilliams3661 you are correct, it's tough to meet emissions with a two stroke. That's why they use all kinds of "tricks" to fall within what the regulatory agency considers acceptable for that model size during that particular production period. As you may have noticed, many people in the comments that own a 455 do not have the baffle plate installed from the factory. My guess is that husqvarna added it to improve emissions or removed it at a later date because they found another way to improve emissions without sacrificing power. They have to meet emissions yet constantly balance that with usability and output to stay competitive.

How do you come to this conclusion?