Echo 360t sluggish in the cut

[tim361]

When all my kit was stolen I replaced all my saws with echo kit. My 200 was replaced by echos 360t. Biggest problem with the saw is it seems lazy while cutting. Mine has a 14” bar on it and when we were chogging down a chestnut cutting the full length of the bar the saw almost seems to give up in the cut. It’s still running the standard echo chain and bar. I’m sure I read somewhere that people have replaced the echo/Oregon chain with a stihl one which is meant to make some difference, but it just doesn’t seem to have the power to pull a 14. Anyone have any advice, apart from buying another 200?

 

cheers all

[billpierce]

When all my kit was stolen I replaced all my saws with echo kit. My 200 was replaced by echos 360t. Biggest problem with the saw is it seems lazy while cutting. Mine has a 14” bar on it and when we were chogging down a chestnut cutting the full length of the bar the saw almost seems to give up in the cut. It’s still running the standard echo chain and bar. I’m sure I read somewhere that people have replaced the echo/Oregon chain with a stihl one which is meant to make some difference, but it just doesn’t seem to have the power to pull a 14. Anyone have any advice, apart from buying another 200?
 
cheers all

How long have you been using it tim? Mine definately felt stronger after it had seen a good few tanks, maybe a few weeks work. I bent the chain it came with as it got snatched in a chog early on, and replaced with oregon ( cant recall which ) so cant advise on best chain in comparison.

Found mine fine, but a bit unremarkable. Have drilled out the cat of the exhaust and opened it up a little and retuned and made a decent difference. Reckon mine isnt far off my 200 if not the same. I have both and pick the echo up over the 200 for some reason! So dont reckon its thay much slower! Bought mine in 2016, no issues with it all since then

[tim361]

It’s probably had 6-8 tanks through it. I always pick the 2511 up and only grab the 360 when it’s needed for bigger timber. I’ll give it a bit more use and see if that helps all. 

[markrufrider]

pull the spark arrestor out and muffler mod it retune and she will open up after several tanks first iv heard of a 360t being that sluggish 

[carlos]

mine came with a 14inch bar and i found it a bit slow too, so i swapped it out for a 12" cheap enough bar and a full chisel chain, its much better although it doesnt rev up loads but doesnt die off to much either, i use the saw for my own jobs and at the price i paid for it i love it but i think it does fall a bit short of the work stihl  201tcms in terms of performance.

i havent tried drilling or modding it.

so id try a shorter bar first.

carl

[wicklamulla]

converted my 360TES to run the tiny stihl 0.43 chain and bar. This improves things but they are a bit sluggish compared to Stihls 201T.