Squidward
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Picked up new Echo 620 PW this week. I work full time 30 miles north of my little farm, so not much chance to use it yet.
Already have Echo 7310, little 2511T and an old Stihl Farm Boss, MS 290, with 20+ years on it.
Farm Boss has leaky fuel tank, scored piston (Possibly from being loaned out? Don't loan your saws, I learned hard way). Still runs, but to start it cold you basically need to squirt starter fluid in spark plug hole.
So this is my in-between saw, for stuff too big for 2511 but not big enough to lug the 7310 around.
Also, who ever felt like they had too many saws?
I considered the Stihl MS 261, same price point, lighter. I have not seen many side-by-side videos which may tell you something, Usually the 620 gets compared to a Stihl at a couple hundred dollar higher price point.
Husky-- nothing against them. I'm kind of intrigued by their really large displacement saws. But--dealers are very, very few. where I am at. And I've heard bad things from an outgoing Husky dealer about service.
And it would be rare for me to need something bigger than the 7310. But never say never.
Back to the Echo 620. Controls similar to 7310. Echos are heavy relative to Stihl. But lighter on your wallet for the same power. I'm 61 years old now, and if I had to wag the thing all through the woods to make a living, I might have opted for the Stihl. Echo is kind of dodgy about their power rating, but I've heard or read somewhere around 4.5 HP on the 620 PW. I believe it. The Farm Boss was around 3.9, and the 620 seems to cut quicker.
I ordered with 20" bar. Thought about longer bar; my 7310 has a 24", but going with this for now. It pulls the 20" with authority.
Cut up a decent diameter hardwood chopping block that I had in the house yard. Most likely ash; it had been deadfall when we bought the place.
I'm not anti-Stihl; previously had a 460 Magnum. But Stihl kinda ticked me off when their dealer charged me over a hundred dollars to adjust valves on backpack blower that was pretty new.
Told 'em at the time that was a good argument for Echo, they took my money and let me go out the door. And I am a man of my word, mostly.
I bought a Stihl hand auger, and it is well-designed and runs good. Other than that, all my purchases since the blower deal have been Echos.
I'm not great with uploading pictures or videos, but if I get some, I'll try in a future post.
Already have Echo 7310, little 2511T and an old Stihl Farm Boss, MS 290, with 20+ years on it.
Farm Boss has leaky fuel tank, scored piston (Possibly from being loaned out? Don't loan your saws, I learned hard way). Still runs, but to start it cold you basically need to squirt starter fluid in spark plug hole.
So this is my in-between saw, for stuff too big for 2511 but not big enough to lug the 7310 around.
Also, who ever felt like they had too many saws?
I considered the Stihl MS 261, same price point, lighter. I have not seen many side-by-side videos which may tell you something, Usually the 620 gets compared to a Stihl at a couple hundred dollar higher price point.
Husky-- nothing against them. I'm kind of intrigued by their really large displacement saws. But--dealers are very, very few. where I am at. And I've heard bad things from an outgoing Husky dealer about service.
And it would be rare for me to need something bigger than the 7310. But never say never.
Back to the Echo 620. Controls similar to 7310. Echos are heavy relative to Stihl. But lighter on your wallet for the same power. I'm 61 years old now, and if I had to wag the thing all through the woods to make a living, I might have opted for the Stihl. Echo is kind of dodgy about their power rating, but I've heard or read somewhere around 4.5 HP on the 620 PW. I believe it. The Farm Boss was around 3.9, and the 620 seems to cut quicker.
I ordered with 20" bar. Thought about longer bar; my 7310 has a 24", but going with this for now. It pulls the 20" with authority.
Cut up a decent diameter hardwood chopping block that I had in the house yard. Most likely ash; it had been deadfall when we bought the place.
I'm not anti-Stihl; previously had a 460 Magnum. But Stihl kinda ticked me off when their dealer charged me over a hundred dollars to adjust valves on backpack blower that was pretty new.
Told 'em at the time that was a good argument for Echo, they took my money and let me go out the door. And I am a man of my word, mostly.
I bought a Stihl hand auger, and it is well-designed and runs good. Other than that, all my purchases since the blower deal have been Echos.
I'm not great with uploading pictures or videos, but if I get some, I'll try in a future post.
) cut down two smallish ash trees this weekend with 620 PW, then scissored 'em up pretty good in short order. Quick enough to get done before dark with a late evening start and get back to watch football game. For once, I managed to cut the stumps off low without encountering barbed wire embedded in the tree. Our stand of woods had been bordered off by some previous owner, who used perimeter trees instead of fence posts. I've dulled a chain or three on those wire remnants, some of which are buried in there deep. 
