Bad Boy chainsaw
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Kaveman
Treehouser
My MS500i, aka "Miss New Booty" is a bad bitch. This saw is a happy homeowner joke.
Bold or foolish? Gas tools are slowly dying, and dominated by the big two, with an also ran by echo. Not sure how you make money. It's priced about the same as echo, and made in Japan by an old company, so it's probably quality, but what about parts? Too expensive for homeowners, and not well known by pros. Who are they selling to?
Kaveman
Treehouser
Happy homeowners. The same folks that buy no drip paint rollers that are essentially a giant syringe.
Kaveman
Treehouser
See my earlier post re: the giant paint enema stick. People with more dollars than sense. What's the old saying, "There's one born every minute".
There's no accounting for stupid people, Brother John. That's where their accounting department saw dollars.
Someone who likes our mowers, or our white labeled compact tractors likely has use for a chainsaw. They bought our other, very expensive product, they bought our product because they don't hire such work out, that means they're likely to want to save money in other ways. Arborists and landscapers are expensive, let's brand a Japanese chainsaw with our stickers. We already got them to buy an Indian tractor with fancy stickers.
Echo makes very nice stuff. I'll fight about it. Screw Sthil's top handle saws...
flushcut
TreeHouser
If they are good they will find their market space.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
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I think they are trying to break into the landscape market. The mower dealership can have the BadBoy chainsaw, weed eater, and hedge trimmers. 🤷♂️
flushcut
TreeHouser
On the same note Echo was considered landscaper use only back in the day.
Kaveman
Treehouser
How long ago was that? My first chainsaw was an Echo CS-440, back when Echo saws were grey, 20 years ago. It was a damn good saw, starting easier and running just as strong as any saw in its size class.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Early 90’s for me
Nutball
TreeHouser
As far as I know, all echo saws were pro grade, but now they are trying to emphasize pro grade with a different look, and calling them X series.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I don’t have any complaints about Echo, they have always been good dependable gear. Saws, blowers, hedgers, strimmers all solid.
Ed L
Treehouser
Lol....My first saw was a Deere labeled Echo, mid 80's.
Danmed good saw, always started easy, ran great.
Sadly it was a low rpm saw, took a while to cut stuff....went down the road around 97 for a new 026.
Ed
