HITACHI chainsaws

[dangerous brian]

Give that top handle a wide berth ive got one and its sh.t,stick with what you know,id rather put my trust in a second hand ms200 that a brand new tanaka/hitachi thing thats how crapp they are.

[Magnus]

What has gone wrong on it?

[dangerous brian]

Nothings gone wrong it just aint up to the job very feable build quality its just in a nut shell rubbish,low on power supposed to be on par with a ms200 no where near it mines done less than a days work and aslong as i own it it will never do another,i used it a while back to cut up a pallet and that took forever,just save your money buy a stihl we run 4 of them and they are wicked.

[Magnus]

The price tag is about half here so I don't think many can be fooled in thinking they are equal in all aspects.

 

Do you run same chains on them?

[echo nut]

the japs have been making chainsaws for years, im sure echo have been about from the 70s and probably earlier

 

pete

 

Echo started making saws in 1963 with the CS-80 then the CS-60 in 1965. I have 10 CS-60S's and love them...Bob

[WoodED]

the problem with most of these saws u buy from screwfix or anywere like that is the ease of getting spares like stihl and husky.. i no if someit goes with my saw, i drive 2 mins up the road to briants, get my part (because they stock everything) go bk to the job, and carry on for rhe day...

[s.varty]

the problem with most of these saws u buy from screwfix or anywere like that is the ease of getting spares like stihl and husky.. i no if someit goes with my saw, i drive 2 mins up the road to briants, get my part (because they stock everything) go bk to the job, and carry on for rhe day...

 

Well your spot on there mate, i live between luton & bedford and i will only use briants (princess risborough) 2 hour round trip, but they always have what you want & you deal with professionals who know what their talking about.