Good stuff Roger. My Dad ran Super EZs when I was a kid. When I started up I got a Poulan S 25 and stuck with them until I got a Stihl 191T. I tried some other tophandles along the way but they all had lousy balance/performance compared to the Poulans.(yeah, even the Stihls) Things are much better now.
What do you currently run?
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HolmenTree
Banned
Yes I agree Stig......but that Redwood is a "giant" to that "midget" 30cc Echo.
Moparmyway
TreeHouser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDsCF21ZDiY
If I need to climb, I use a MAC110 ...... no kidding, but I dont climb much at all
Steve Mack
Life Member.
With all the talk about the Stihl 150 I dug out my little Echo 260 a few weeks ago, it's been sitting in the shed for years. A big drop from a 200 so I never used it much after I bought it.
Pulled the spark mesh, gave it a tune and made a new chain up instead of the safety chain it came with and it goes pretty good. Been using it a bit lately, it's light 2.9kg or 6.3lbs. 26cc and .9kw, the Stihl 150 is 1Kw so they are pretty close.
Pulled the spark mesh, gave it a tune and made a new chain up instead of the safety chain it came with and it goes pretty good. Been using it a bit lately, it's light 2.9kg or 6.3lbs. 26cc and .9kw, the Stihl 150 is 1Kw so they are pretty close.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Cute 'lil thang!
Mick!
TreeHouser
Little echos are great, I don't understand why the 150 was viewed as something new, I've used an echo on a light trim and it was great, costs buttons as well.
Steve Mack
Life Member.
Buttons? Maybe in Europe but that thing cost me $500 about six years ago. The lightest chainsaw ever at the time, now you can get a Chinese copy for less than $150, so no resale value really.
After running 020T's & 200's for years before I didn't like it and it wouldn't idle so it went on the shelf. I was planning on selling it to Bermy but I couldn't get it running right and she bought the 150 before I did.
Just hadn't done enough work I think, only reason the paint is gone from the bar is from cutting palms, it still had the original chain. Once I pulled the screen and used it a bit it came good, well good enough for some of the things I have to do these days anyway. Most of the native hard stuff is gone from around here now.
After running 020T's & 200's for years before I didn't like it and it wouldn't idle so it went on the shelf. I was planning on selling it to Bermy but I couldn't get it running right and she bought the 150 before I did.
Just hadn't done enough work I think, only reason the paint is gone from the bar is from cutting palms, it still had the original chain. Once I pulled the screen and used it a bit it came good, well good enough for some of the things I have to do these days anyway. Most of the native hard stuff is gone from around here now.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
I run a ms300T and and a 044 with a 036 back up for my limbing saws.....like a 066 for a bucking saw.....
Generally rather double cut faces with the 44 than carry the 66.
Generally rather double cut faces with the 44 than carry the 66.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Scratch that typo, 200T.....
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
I double cut most faces anymore unless I'm feeling froggy. If I could get away with using a Swiss Army knife, I would. I still get a big sword out, but less then I used to.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
FWIW I have an Echo 302 .Tom used it when he first went in business .It got dropped and I fixed it .
It's not a 200T by any means but for a tiny little thing it doesn't do bad .
It's not a 200T by any means but for a tiny little thing it doesn't do bad .
Burnham
Woods walker
Jed
TreeHouser
Man, that's a beautiful square grind in your avatar. Hungry side plate with a perfect beak. Doesn't that beak dull a bit fast in your "hardwoods" though? Why do you hog your gullets out so far?
Burnham
Woods walker
Orrrr....
" The smaller the penis, the bigger the saw"
Maybe???
Maybe it's..."bigger the wood, bigger the saw should be to do the job properly"
.As to your premise, Stig...I wouldn't know
...as I rather suspect you wouldn't either 
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timbertramp
TreeHouser
I have a 338xp California for climbing (good saw just real cold blooded) any other time I have my 395xp. I love that big heavy anchor. Used it everyday logging and even took it up trees when I first started climbing. I put a big bore kit on it and put it up to 125 cc.
ch74
TreeHouser
I have a ms201t with MM. A Echo cs-450p with MM. and a Echo cs 590 with MM and I ordered the 620pw wrap bars for it ill keep ya'll posted on the fitment/mod for getting them to work. I'm thinking im good on saw's for awhile.
ch74
TreeHouser
So, I should buy the same three again? If I had the money I guess that would be the best plan. But, im impressed with the echo products there sturdy. I was also wondering if im the only one on the forums that runs pretty MUCH only echo? lol. Squisher how man back up / saws do you run, just asking so I can get a idea how many I might need or plan for in the near future.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
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I roll with two 200ts or a 201 in the mix, two mid size saws 460 or 461, and one 660. If the trees are big, I'll bring more big saws. And because I'm a Stihl nut bar, I've got back ups for the backups and then some.
I'd strongly recommend a min of two tophandles, easier to get by without any other size/style than that.
I'd strongly recommend a min of two tophandles, easier to get by without any other size/style than that.
ch74
TreeHouser
I will keep that in mind, I might try a echo top handle and get it ported for my back up. And yes you do sound like a stihl nut...lol... I like whatever I don't have to work on...lol...and whatever is built up to pro grade standards.
ch74
TreeHouser
I have worked on stihl's here lately for my neighbor and my boss. There easy. Boss's was a older 260 or 261 I put cranck seals in it and my neighbor's is a homeowner stihl I cleaned the carb on and resealed the base on the cylinder. The carb had clear plastic in it I still have yet to know were it came from. lol...But they both run like a scolded dog now.
