Husqvarna 455 Rancher Gas Chainsaw

This is a great chainsaw..powerful and easy to use and start..it does feel heavy at 20 lbs ..

Bought this for a large tree,that had partially fallen,through a storm. It was wonderful,did the job.

The Husqvarna 455 Rancher is truly an excellent saw. It came completely preassembled from Amazon ready to run. After a one tank break in, I unleashed it on about a 50 year-old white mulberry tree that had fallen in our yard. This is very hard wood and the saw performed flawlessly, hour after hour. The saw is well balanced, and starts easily cold or warm. I would highly recommend this or any Husqvarna product. Five stars all around.

I love this chainsaw. It's easier to start than my 450 R, the extra power makes it easier on my body because I don't have to work the machine in to the wood. I'm able to buy a skip tooth for it so sharpening is easier and cutting faster. It's a great strong woman chainsaw. I'm 72, I've had huskies for 30 years. The last 2 were somewhat disappointments but not this one. It rocks. I love the compression release and the way the choke is set up to use. The 20" saw chain and bar are the perfect counter weight to the machine.

The chainsaw itself is great, though it came out of the box with the chain on backward (the cutting teeth were facing the wrong way). Make sure to double-check this before you use it! The seller's customer service was fantastic, gave me a refund, and let me keep it. Now that the chain is corrected, it works well.

This chainsaw has some serious power! I've ran it side by side with a Stihl MS 290 and it definitely keeps up just as well in my opinion. I unfortunately had a chain come off one time, and the way that the catch is designed on this saw definitely trashed that chain... This only happened once, and I've used the saw for 20+ hours at this point, which is a lot of sawing! As such, I don't think that's going to be a continued issue or a flaw with the saw itself. Saws this size are going to be heavy, so keep that in mind depending on what you're planning on doing with it... but the compression relief valve makes it easy to pull start this saw, the fuel bulb makes it easy to prime the carb before you try to start the saw, and typically it fires up on the second pull

Bought this as we had several big trees to cut after a big stor. Got all the safety gear and once saw showed up followed instructions on how to get started. 1. No matter how tight, bar bolts always came off mid-cut(safer issue) I had to buy fresh ones from Home Depot that would prevent coming off from vibration. 2. No matter what I do, chain constantly gets loose, resulting in poor if any cut. Will tighten, run saw for few min and then Chain sags. Spend more time retightening, stopping, than getting actual work done. Have watched many videos and other day none of this should happen once saw is broken in. Friend of mine that used saws for years said same thing. I had to also clean the interior because no way after just a few minimal uses that got that dirty. Also had to replace the belt as original one came with just wanting cutting. Really hoped for better. Once I FIXED it seemed to run fine. However to invest more time/$$ n something that should have had minimal setup, new, and saved time was not good. Update Sept 2024 Still issues persist, chain flies off regularly now and basically useless no matter what I do. Unacceptable for ‘new’.

The 455 has plenty of power and not too heavy for most jobs. Easy start every time and cuts through trees like butter. The 20” bar is ideal for my main use which is cutting firewood and larger limbs. I was a Stihl user for years but now all my outdoor tools are Husqvarna. Highly recommended!