suprised at my echo

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due to the affliction my stihl has recently been suffering i have been forced to so my cutting with a echo cs 440 that ive had for several months and never put to a log (long story how i got it). to make a short story long i must say im taken back by how it runs how light it is and how well made it is. i see them in home depot so i always classified them with homelite and poulan. (junk) it rivals my 026. am i just crazy or these echos really this good ?

 

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whell i must say im impressed with it, im gonna keep it as one of my personal saws along with the 036 pro (if it ever runs again if not ther will be alot of low hours parts for sale) my weed trimmer is an echo (srm 5201) i fished that out of the county dump(along with a sorry looking but running 011av) had it running the same day but it needs parts and im not sure its worth it.i think my next saw will be a dolmar they any good?

 

[Sylvatica]

That Echo 400 backpack blower is a classic, and the hand held 210 is great too. Excellent units, survivors from a past era when machines were engineered to perform and last.

The Shindaiwa equivalents are the EB-45 backpack (discontinued, but it runs like a 65cc post-emission unit) and the hand held EB-240. Also great units. My EB-45 fell off my trailer (while moving) in 1991. Put on a new air filter cover, and have been running in since then. Blew my leaves with it this fall, runs strong.

 

[Jacob J.]

The Echo engines are Japanese-designed and run for years. The older engines were even better, but these new ones are good too.

 

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ill keep it as a backup saw i miss my stihl. believe it or not ive never owned a husky, i have a johnsered, 3 stihls an echo and 2 older than dirt macs. but ive never so much as run a husky (dont tell any one this ill deny every word) not many husky people here i guess this is stihl country. but ill never look at an echo as junk again. thats for sure

 

[Jumper]

I bought a 4400 last fall for a job I was doing clearing a pasture of some scrub and a few larger trees and was really impressed. Likely not the longetivity of a Stihl or Huskie, but good value for the money spent.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by Jumper
I bought a 4400 last fall for a job I was doing clearing a pasture of some scrub and a few larger trees and was really impressed. Likely not the longetivity of a Stihl or Huskie, but good value for the money spent.

It will if it is taken care of!!!

 

[max2cam]

The one big difference that I can see -- and I think I'm correct here -- is that the Echo saws have chrome-lined bores while the Stihls, Jons, Huskys, and Solos have Nikasil bores. I'll leave it to the experts to tell us what difference that might make.

I have CS-510 Echo and it's a fine chainsaw. I'll be putting it over the hurdles this winter. Just started using it the other day clearing shooting lanes for a deer stand...

http://www.atthecreation.com/

 

[Abbershay]

I really like my poulan , It is light and it takes a beating ... It cuts good always runs .. also its cheap enough to be disposable . I really dont care to keep an old saw , if they arent dependable i will throw them away or give them away.

 

[Tony Snyder]

I think Echos cylinder technology is solid. I have worked on many of them over the years. I have only seem one cylinder failure, and that was with a fellow who ruined more saws than anyone I can think of.

Whoever said, "Echos won't usually win races but they are solid saws, was correct".

P.S. One of the nicest little saws I ever used was the Echo 302S.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Originally posted by Abbershay
I really like my poulan

ROTFLMAO!

 

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i like poulsns too i gave one to my daughter last month. she loves it


if the fella likes em then bod bless em. theres a lil too much plastic in em and no parts available for my tastes.

 

[jbrody44]

I recently picked up an Echo cs-3400 for $40 and fixed it up a bit (thanks Mike Maas for the chainbrake assembly). I must say this is a really fun little saw to run. I am also impressed with it's performace for a little "limber" as we call them. I opened up the muffler a bit and turned the baffle around and I'll be darned this little sucker runs great! With Just a 12" bar and chain it makes pretty quick work of the branches and saves the back a whole lot. I will definitely consider another Echo in the future.

 

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im currently scouring the country side for a lil echo my self. keep youre eyes peeled.

 

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echo-poulan

the real sleeper here is the echo c 3000 @ under $200 bucks 14"bar get some 91vs chain open up the muffler sunaco 97 oc and mobil i @50 to 1 lite well balanced and a real cutter. keeping in mind iam so old i fart dust the little echos &poulans of 15-20 years ago were all metal and around here were all that was used by climbers i still climb with a poulan 25/da 10"bar no chain brake gutted muffler home made 3m green pad air cleaner never been afeared of droping it. as for new poulans no top handled saws but all the new pros are made in the same factory as husky i run a pp295,pp330 and app505 all are trouble free and good runing saws in a mid priced range! happy holidays:alien:

 

[buckwheat]

yup. count my vote, too. the other day a guy dropped off about a cord and a half of 4-8" locust logs from land clearing. Seemed like a perfect job for my 3450. Took about two hours of bucking them down and the saw never even burped. The more I use it, the better I like it.

I opened up the muffler, reversed the baffle, took the safety tip off, turned back the oiler a bit, and adjusted the high end screw because it really leaned out after opening the muffler. Always starts on the third pull and really cackles. And you can't complain about the 8 pounds, either.

 

[Sylvatica]

Isn't that a great design where the baffle can be reversed, and the flow characteristics of the exhaust are instantly and easily improved. Very handy 'feature'.

Another reason why I like my 340's.