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660/661 or 390/395 will cover most bases i reckon. I considered a 3120 recently but opted ferra 395xp instead as it'll get more use.

fair play to ya Wes. I own tree Echo climbing saws but not one single ground saw. I do like the look of the 390 and 501, 620 etc. What irritates me is Echo sells climbing saws with 'lumpy and aggressive' cutting gear which can make them a pig to use. I bought a 280 TES and i hafta say it is quite frankly a horrible little saw which appears quite gutless as it was on 3/8ths which caused it to really struggle, i converted it to 1/4 pitch and fitted a 0.43 bar and chain which helped so calm tings down. I reckon a de-catted muffler and a re-tune is the way ta go. My Echo 2511, 280 & 360 climbing saws are all sporting 1/4 pitch 0.43 chain and bars. Anyway i need ta rebuild me 2511 after it got destroyed a couple of weeks ago as it tried to leave me with a massive poplar limb that was earth bound, bar retaining stud get pulled out and the AV's got all twisted up and crooked looking but i reckon it's fixable. @spudulike You 'pepped up' my Echo 360 TES a while back by fitting a de-catted muffler and re-tuning it for me, but would you be interested in having a go at porting it and an Echo 280 TES too as you ran out of time previously due to work load / demands on your time?

New Order.

Just converted the 360TES to 1/4 pitch. I cud only get the .043 bar at a max length of 14" and not 16" as I originally stated but I did get a 16" .050 gauge too so let's see how they perform. Oil test it on the morrow as I have a big job starting locally. Bought this clutch removal tool from Rob D as it makes it a super easy job to remove them for re-greasing or in this instance to upgrade to the 1/4 pitch sprocket. The 360tes is nice n' smooth in the cut now. A decent upgrade.

Good vid Reg, any idea how long ago it was cable braced? Did ya have to return to ring it up and clean up the next morning as daylight looks to have deserted you?

F650 !!! yew guys don't mess about! Keep us updated with pics. please and feel free to tempt us all with regular updates.

How Ya Paddy, How come yer downsizing as i assumed everything was bigger and better 'over there' or is it a case of you running 1 large and 1 small chip truck to cover all the bases?

Wes i'd love one of his modded 395XP's.

Bill it was fairly simple to do on the 360, BUT there are at least 2 different types of muffler available for the 360 and one is easier dan deudder to cut open and extract the 'Cat'. If ya remove the muffler and put it on the bench and remove the silver coloured exhaust gas deflector it will expose an area large enough to cut with a dremel and remove the 'Cat', i then simply refitted the silver coloured deflector without welding or brazing the slits created by the dremel. As Spud or someone else said previously there is a 'Cat-less' muffler available for another brand which i believe is a re-badged copy of the Echo.

15 plate Isuzu Dmax?

are you limited to 1 truck then or can you expand the fleet by applying to DVSA etc?

Bill i managed to cut open the exhaust and remove the Cat. I suspect you may be able to partially drill thru the exhaust and the cat inside if you don't fancy taking the dremel to it. I agree on sharpening the tiny 0.43 chain, it is fiddly and easy to snap the file in half. I also ordered a 0.50 chain so i'll see how i get on with them and report back. I find i generally prefer Echo climbing saws to be on the tiny chains as they respond well to them for operator safety and clean controlled cutting. Some of the 3/8ths Lo-Pro chains i ran were downright dangerous in my opinion. I reckon the 360 will pull the 16'' bar and chain ok as the cutters are smaller and this should reduce the physical drag on the saw. So hopefully it'll be nicer for bigger dismantles and blocking down main stems. I would love to have the 360 ported though.

ahhh yer stihl living there then? I'm originally a Greystones lad, my parents are living in Kilpedder now though. I have a few old school friends from Enniskerry. I used to love the road from the N11 into Enniskerry as i used to ride it every morning back in the early 1990's, sooooooo many bends!

oil come and visit ya when i'm next back in Wickla (Wicklow, The Garden County of Eire)

Hello Wes, long time no see. I had Spud fit a de-catted 360 muffler to my 360TES and he tuned it up fer me, it's a good improvement. I'm waiting to hit him up at some point to see if he wants the saw back with view to porting it for me. Literally about to order a 14'' and a 16'' bar and chain in the tiny 0.43 size for my 360TES from RobD as the stock cutting gear is 'a bit too chunky and lumpy' in my humble onion.

How ya George, I hafta agree with ya there as i reckon them Isuzu Rodeos be it the 2.5 or the 3.0 are great value fer money, but i do think that one on Ebay is way over priced as it's already very old in my opinion. Single cab Rodeos are getting tricky to find though.

ya the sloped one is supposed to help prevent stones/gravel from getting pulled thru the feed rollers, as they vibrate downwards and fall out of the infeed hopper. But loike yer lads i prefer the folding infeed hopper with the flatter base, small things can wind people up!

Hi Stew, It looks as though i have sold it to a lad that subs to me but if he backs out i'll let you know. K

good tip, but there is so little 'meat' left on the U shaped bracket where you have enlarged the holes i can see problems with it fracturing.

@billpierce he's built them up, muff modded them and some are moderately ported. He sells them as 'display models' only as the emission feds (EPA) over there would try to ban the sale if they knew people may try to actually use them! So you buy one knowing it's strictly for 'display use only' and it's then up to you as to whether you want to break the rules or not...

George look at this clip, the US ones have X on the side cases, i have no idea what if any differences there may be with these versions and the ones we get here in the UK.

can ya put of a pic. of both saws please. i doubt there is a difference between them unless one is running different cutting gear to the other?

ordered once from Saturn with no problems and once from Northern Arb again with no problems but man they get roasted on social media quite a lot for poor service.

Thanks Bob, this is gonna be better dan that Lamp Lovers ?

Mark, there is a just the machine ya need sat in my yard. A diesel Kubota powered Bear Cat, it's cheap too.