Echo CS360Wes

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I'm looking for a bigger-ish saw, thinking about the Echo CS8002, anyone had/used one? What bars can be used with them, I'd like the saw to be able to double up and use with larger bar for milling

cheers

 

I'm also interested in the cs8002. One website says it can take 18 - 28" bars and its around £650 Inc vat.

 

All Torque. As good as a Dol 9010 imo.

[TurtleWoods72]

TCD, which would you plump for of pushed to choose one, the Dol 9010, equivalent Makita or the Echo?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

TCD, which would you plump for of pushed to choose one, the Dol 9010, equivalent Makita or the Echo?

 

Well not the Mak cos that would be sacrilege; why buy what is actually made by Dolmar but the wrong name and colour lol?

 

I've never owned the Echo, only the Dol 9010. Officially the Echo is a whole 1kW less output but then it's 1kg lighter and 10cc under at 80cc vs 90cc.

 

I'd go for the echo as it's more suited for my work (I don't do milling) and have had one buried in oak on a 28" and the torque seemed greater than the 9010 despite the smaller displacement. No top end power tho.

 

Both are flippin heavy and built like tanks. The Echo has the old-school advantage of a manual oiler and boy does it chuck out the oil - perfect for milling.

[Hotrod81]

Well not the Mak cos that would be sacrilege; why buy what is actually made by Dolmar but the wrong name and colour lol?

 

I've never owned the Echo, only the Dol 9010. Officially the Echo is a whole 1kW less output but then it's 1kg lighter and 10cc under at 80cc vs 90cc.

 

I'd go for the echo as it's more suited for my work (I don't do milling) and have had one buried in oak on a 28" and the torque seemed greater than the 9010 despite the smaller displacement. No top end power tho.

 

Both are flippin heavy and built like tanks. The Echo has the old-school advantage of a manual oiler and boy does it chuck out the oil - perfect for milling.

 

So does that mean the 9010 is crap? Only reason I'm asking is thinking of buying one and not found many reviews of them.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

So does that mean the 9010 is crap? Only reason I'm asking is thinking of buying one and not found many reviews of them.

 

Not at all! I just said I'd buy the echo cos I don't do much big timber or milling and would prefer to have a kg less. Plus I've never owned one so could add it to the "owned & experienced" list.

[Chopper Edoff]

 

Both are flippin heavy and built like tanks. The Echo has the old-school advantage of a manual oiler and boy does it chuck out the oil - perfect for milling.

 

Thanks for that, weight not a problem but the "built like a tank" is as I wish to get longevity from my bigger saw. I was going to go for one of the bigger husky's but from reading threads, the tank like bit seems to be missing from the newer models. I'd rather have a reliable donkey than a fickle racehorse. Do you have any idea of the bar mounts on the CS8002, can large husky bars be fitted? I ask because I want to mill a load of 18 - 20" larch for a pole barn I want to build.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I don't climb or do much arb anymore but got a couple of guys who top plantation outlaws for me when the inclination arises. According to them: Stihl MS201T; just awful - flat, chainbrake dangerously stiff / useless, drips fuel, gutless doesn't rev out. Followed by husq 540; better but developed engine autotune issues - got fed up with that. Poets day so went up to Radmore & Tucker and bought the Echo CS-360-WES. PDI'd properly so no "out of the box" issues; starts on the second pull, takes a little warm up, revs right up to the mark and cuts a dream. Very comfortable, good chainbrake, good balance, feels much lighter than the Husq. Very happy (more so for the lad who'll be using it). :thumbup::thumbup: