Gonna retire my old Husqvarna 450 Rancher today after a solid 26 year run. She actually still runs perfect but it needed a whole bunch of small discontinued parts and I was able to pick up a factory reconditioned 2020 model 455 for $310 shipped.
I paid $100 for a box filled with two of the 1988 model Ranchers back in 96 and made one good saw out of all the parts. It did 3-5 cord of wood a season for a 10 yr stretch and has sat in the attic since I moved to the states in 08. I bring it out a few times a year and she’s always fired right up.
I’d say she will be missed but the new saw starts and runs so good, it would be a flat out lie.
It even shuts off when you hit the kill switch and you don’t have to choke it out every time, lol.