Small Echo's

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

543xp spec is 2.2kw @ 4.5kg

 

HUSQVARNA 543 XP® - XP® saws

 

and not available in the UK

[michaelknapp]

the echo 270 is on mow direct for 279.00 inc vat and delivery i can get the 280 for 288.00 pounds

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Dumbest thing I ever did - selling this saw; want another one now. Constant hassle and horror stories with 261's and 550xps; :001_rolleyes:

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/trading-place/7941-echo-cs-510-chainsaw-sale-new.html

[tractorboy1]

Dumbest thing I ever did - selling this saw; want another one now. Constant hassle and horror stories with 261's and 550xps; :001_rolleyes:

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/trading-place/7941-echo-cs-510-chainsaw-sale-new.html

 

Im sure i have heard you say that about other kit:001_tt2:

[Ty Unnos]

Got myself an echo 280wes. Had it in the woods cutting hazel coppice today. First impressions are good. I mean it is way less powered / slower than my 346 but boy is it light!

 

To be honest I had a hard time taking it seriously it is so light . I feels like a toy!

 

Anyway it did well. I have put a Oregon 91VXL chain on it but still not the smoothest.

 

I might be tempted to put a smaller bar on it. A carving bar looks like an option but is it really going to work for coppice / small tree felling? Or are they only for carving?

[Charlieh]

mines on an 8" cannon bar for coppice work and riding on the forwarder does everything i want of it interms of cutting smaller stuff and delimbing bits that have been missed

[geoff]

Old thread here.. I have been using the cs 352es quite a bit,cheap saw to buy & it performs really well for a light 35cc saw, like all Echo's it takes a minute to warm up from cold,then its a little screamer, good quality chipper saw, & works well strapped to my saw bench for logs up to ten inch.

[Big T]

I have a cs280 wes and overall I'm pleased with it! It does cut very slow compared to my ms260 but to be fair it's a different league of saw. Put a smaller bar on mine, think it's a 10" or 12" from chains direct. Makes it cut a little faster. Still have an issue of it not wanting to "rev out" though, despite being tuned by an echo dealer, it always feels like it needs to clear it's throat! Overall a nice light saw and ideal for the smaller stuff, I climb with mine and it's fine if you consider it to be a powered silky!

[Big T]

Meant to say 10" or 8" bar!

[peatff]

Still have an issue of it not wanting to "rev out" though, despite being tuned by an echo dealer, it always feels like it needs to clear it's throat!

 

They will have tuned it rich at the top end, does it clear up when cutting/under load ? If it does they have got it right but if it doesn't it may need weakening off a bit more but it's better running a bit rich as it will overheat and seize more easily running lean.