[ron mexico75]

Originally Posted by darryl gesner

There are a couple of threads on here in just the last couple days discussing these 2 blowers so I'm not going to go into details here except to say that the 8500 and 580 are pretty much the same except that the 580 has a different harness system that includes waist and chest straps, the air filter cover attachment is different and I think they have different fuel tanks.

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=388801

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=388761

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=388306

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=388793

Much appreciated Darryl. Im reading through the links now. I thought I stumbled upon some new blower that nobody else knew of. Apparently this Husky is becoming a real player with the other big ones.