RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

This question is really like asking what brand of bow is the best or what kind of truck is the best. Both of them are good saws, but if the Echo is cheaper I'd go with it. I promise you that you wont be dissapointed.

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

Being an arborist I have tried a good many saws. I have 3 stihls and one huskavarna. I think the stihl has a slight advantage over the echo but they are both good saws. If they both had the same bar size andcc's I would just go with the cheaper of the two.

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

Wow... now that I read your response I remembered about 2 years after I bought my MS290 Farm Boss it too started to run rough and was suddenly hard to start after sitting all winter. I always run my small engines dry before putting them up and seldom have any trouble in the spring. I brought it into the shop and they said the fuel line had a hole in it and they quickly changed it out. You had the same experience so there must be a defect in that model. Mine is about 5 or 6 years old and I bought a Stihl weed whacker at thesame time and that has always run great.

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

to me you cant beat a stihl or a husky

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

Huskaall the way but if not in the cards I'd pickthestihl.

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

Can't and I mean cant beat a Husky, Echos kinda suck!

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

I have a Husky in the shed that is 7 years old.

I probably should have drained the fuel out before I stored it, but I didn't and it has gotten harder to start. It even fouled out the sparkplug one day when I let it run for about 5 minutes on the ground while I was dragging brush.

I bought mine at a local Sears Repair center for about 1/2 the price of a new one. The local Sears reconditions them back to new. They usually are ones that a customer bought and took home and did not run right when it was new.

Not something with 100 hours on it.

There was not a single scratch on this saw when I bought it.

18" bar - Rancher Model and I think I paid $150 for it - with no case or tools.

The new Husky's have a bulb on the side of the case that you have to prime before you start it. It seem's to have fixxed all the old hard start problems that they had before with their older models of saws - for a person that does not use it every week or even run a tank out gas out of it in 6 months.

Sitting with old fuel seems to have a bigger effect on them than running them everyday.

Huskvarna and Stihl and Johnsered are all made by the same company.
Just that one is a industrial model and the other ( Husky) is geared more towards the homeowner / weekend firewood cutter.

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

we have echos at work and they are always down. for occasional home use ive had several cheapies. bottom line is maitanance. oil- proprely mixed gas and sharp chain. drain when not in use. my cheapos always fire up.

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

TURN YOUR MAN CARD IN FOR ASKING SUCH A QUESTION! In this country STIHL reigns supreme! LOL

RE: I need chainsaw advice(Echo vs. Stihl)
 

Maybe in Alton but in the rest of NH Husky or Jonsered is what the big boys use!!!

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