Husqvarna 966997203 T435 Top Handle Saw, Mid Size, Orange

5 reviews for Husqvarna 966997203 T435 Top Handle Saw, Mid Size, Orange

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Catherine H. Knoop – June 7, 2025

   We love this saw, but yesterday it started to lose power and was stopping and then was hard to start. My husband decided that the air filter must need to be cleaned. To his amazement, the new saw we received had no air filter so we have been running it without one. We hope this does not ruin our saw!

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Wallace – June 15, 2025

   I own just under 400 acres about 130 acres of mature timber and another 70 of brush. It had been neglected for a long time and the timber was high graded a few times. I am currently in the process of a doing TSI (timber stand improvement) on the property and some other work for an EQHIP contract. I also am constantly cutting firebreaks. I bought this saw as I wanted something light for girdling larger problem trees like honey locust and I didn’t want to carry a big saw deep in the woods. In over a year and a half of use, it has now become my favorite saw. (I own 5 chainsaws including some high end Stihls). I cut a quarte mile of firebreaks, yesterday, through my woods. Much of in in pole sized eastern red cedar and it absolutely murdered them. Limbing is also much less tiring. I can pack in oil, gas, and water to a central location off the trail and do everything I need to do without limiting myself to an area I can get my UTV or tractor into. One super unique feature I have found is that the gas almost always last about 3/4 load of bar chain oil. I worked (in the shade) in 85 degree heat all day. I would go through a tank, fill up on gas and oil and drink a quart of water and went back to work. Disclaimer: this saw is NOT for bucking large logs for firewood or dropping large trees. That’s why the big boys are still in my truck. IF you can find this. Buy it

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   John A. Benson – June 23, 2025

   Overall it’s a light well balanced saw. Out of the box it started in three pulls just like my 455 (used to) and my 460. For a “profession saw”, it really does not seem to cut as quickly as I assumed it would. The add sad it came with the x-cut chain but no way to really know when the saw arrived. I ordered an extra x-cut so will put that on it and see if I notice a difference.

   I am coming from the experience of using a 455 rancher for 10 years, updating to the 460 recently after the old 455 stopped running properly, using chisel chains and Ripping through logs in seconds – so perhaps my expectations are not reasonable.

   Husky has not let me down with a chainsaw yet. This is the first saw of this type I have used, so I am probably not the best person to evaluate it’s performance. It starts right up and it works fine. I am hard on my saws and my 455 rancher lasted 10 years – probably still runs fine after a new carb – just didn’t run right after bringing it home from the shop and never took it back – just bought the 460 (which is awesome!)

   I can’t believe I am rating a Husky a 4. I will put known X-cut chain on and use it for a while ( I have a rather large area to clear. My assumption is after that I will be coming back and changing my rating to a 5 )

4. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Nick D. – July 10, 2025

   This saw is severely underpowered in my opinion and had to make some adjustments to it but still did not perform to my expectations for the price point would not recommend this

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – July 20, 2025

   I love this thing! I have a 20″ Husky Rancher that is great for big jobs, but heavy for limbing a downed tree. Although there are probably plenty of 60 yr olds out there who could run the Rancher all day, I’m not one of them. We live on 7 ac and have a dozen large dead ash trees (Emerald Ash Borer) as well as others that constantly need processing. I’m definitely not a commercial user, but likely saw allot more trees than the average homeowner. So it was worth it to buy something better than big box store Poulans or Craftsman. Not that there is anything wrong with those for somewhat lighter use, but neither of my Poulans (20″, 16″) are built like the Husky’s or are as easy to maintain; the chains on both of mine have to be tightened regularly during even moderate use.

   Think about it, how many branches from a downed tree require a 20″ or even 16″ saw to process? The 12″ T435 is light and can be used one-handed (not recommended for safety reasons!) for limbing off the small stuff. I use it WAY more than the Rancher. My 30 yr old manly-man son was like, “That’s okay, I’ll use the 20″; until we were at it all day limbing and also cutting smaller trunks sections and large branches to 16” pieces to split for firewood. He converted to my way of thinking.

   Chain tension adjustment is also a breeze. Handy loop to carry by tool belt is nice if your are climbing. Its all good as far as I’m concerned.