Tried out some new saws.

[beastmaster]

Guy I work for went and bought two new trimming saws. I recommended the 201T but he has one and no one uses it. I offered to do the "Mod", but he's not really a mod type guy. I told him I heard good things about the echo 355 and he bought one of those. Nice saw, light and powerful. Echos bars are cheaply made though and this ones no different. Assuming it's really professional grade and will last, it's a nice trimming saw and is the one I grab when I work for him now. Looks just like the cheap echos though, so at almost twice the price of a regular top handle echo, it must be built stronger and better inside logic tells us.(lets hope)
The other saw he bought is a stihl 150. I saw that saw and first words out of my mouth were,"isn't that cute." I'd like to have one to mount on the front of my jeep as a hood ornament. I don't know if its the tiniest saw I'v ever seen, but it's close. Looks like it came from Toys R Us.
I had to trim a little plum tree, so I picked it up. All joking aside, its stronger then it looks. And is so light you can us it with one hand extended(but don't)all day. It's not going to replace a real saw, but on small detailed trims its perfect, it could replace a hand saw on small jobs. I'd like to have one(if I could get it for free)for those detailed trim jobs. It has a real narrow bar with really low profile chain on it, looks like a carving bar sort of. Its easy to make fine cuts on small limbs. Was nice to use on all those little suckers in that plum i trimmed with it. left nice smooth cuts, and no pecker marks from the weight of the saw grazing the branch.
Just thought I give a real world review from a working arborist point of view on these two saw.

 

[sgreanbeans]

In San Diego, I had to re-equip all the crews, they where working with one 191t on a truck with no big saws what so ever. I bought the 355's per Jeff's recommendation. The guys loved them, said they had just as much power as the 200 and they felt good in the hand. I ran one a couple times and thought it was good. When I came home, I bought a new 201, so far seems to be ok. Only issue is the bottom end, seems a bit doggish to get going. But once its at full throttle, works just fine. What is the mod? I was told and now I forgot. I see that they came out with the battery one, would be curious how that thing does.

 

[joezilla11]

Greenbeans on the 201 I found if I richen the l screw a bit I get a better trigger response despite other posts on here that suggest the opposite.

 

[beastmaster]

On the 201 mod. I advanced the timing, opened up the muffler(drill a hole)and remove the limiter caps on the carb. so more air can feed all that power it'll generate. My 201T runs harder then any 200 ever did.
How's things going Sgreanbean?

 

[climb4fun]

In San Diego, I had to re-equip all the crews, they where working with one 191t on a truck with no big saws what so ever. I bought the 355's per Jeff's recommendation. The guys loved them, said they had just as much power as the 200 and they felt good in the hand. I ran one a couple times and thought it was good. When I came home, I bought a new 201, so far seems to be ok. Only issue is the bottom end, seems a bit doggish to get going. But once its at full throttle, works just fine. What is the mod? I was told and now I forgot. I see that they came out with the battery one, would be curious how that thing does.

are you talking about the one that oregon just came out with? while those saws were still being tested i was able to get my hands on one because my mother works security for oregon chain and has some friends in the testing department. if you dont mind changing batteries fairly often, its a neat toy. unlike most battery operated stuff, when the power runs low it just turns off instead of slowly dogging down. batteries are crazy expensive, id suggest having 3 and 2 chargers. i think some even have the power sharp system built into the rear of the chain drive. i would never waste my money on it but it was interesting to play with one for a week. its got decent torque for a lil bugger which surprised me but i was using the double throwdown wizbang model... whatever that is lol.

 

[sgreanbeans]

On the 201 mod. I advanced the timing, opened up the muffler(drill a hole)and remove the limiter caps on the carb. so more air can feed all that power it'll generate. My 201T runs harder then any 200 ever did.
How's things going Sgreanbean?

Good so far, little sore from climbing a bunch right off the bat, but I'm getting back in shape. Glad to be back tho! Still getting everything back in order. I had to get all new equipment, so every extra moment I 'm out tweaking it to my liking. Went and had the trucks measured and laid out for new vinyl. New bucket is a white washed POS as normal, so fixing the normal crap that the dealers don't. KidCars in Chicago is a dirt bag out fit, no diff than the others. Totally lied to me about the truck, quick fixes that work during the demo, not so much after a 200 mile trip back home. Good thing I know these trucks and can fix it all myself. Going to letter it for this season, then this winter I am going to paint it my green like the last one, then re-letter it again.

Yeah, dont think I would buy the battery one either, but I sure would like to try it.