Chainsaws

[Hooper]

The place I bought my Stihl now pushes Echo. I’m leaning towards buying an Echo weedeater to replace my Stihl weedeater that’s busted with extended Stihl warranty that Stihl won’t honor.

Always look on the local yard guys trucks and see what they use, I think most use echo now.
You know they are gonna use the most reliable weed eaters I would think.
I have a stihl its okay, my next one will be operated by a lawn service, while I watch.

 

[Hooper]

Stihl MS310, MS017 and a MS170. These replaced two worn out old Stihl 031s and a 040.
Stihl products has been very good to me. I did learn something about seasonal equipment back in the 70s. Always store them dry tank and dry carbs. And 100% fuel.

And @swampratt hell yes on the oiling. They are adjustable and I do make them run wet. And mine are loud as hell too! Drill out that exhaust and they will run better.

I always put some moly mag grease in the groove once in a while to go with the oil. A plastic cow syringe works pretty good to put it where you want it. I think it helps the oil stick in there a little better for a while.
I figure ole swampratt uses methanol race gas in his with a baby header and a straight pipe

 

[Chaparral]

Battery does not seem the path. Four pastures and large trees. Battery will not last me.

The Echo I looked at last night were cheap, flimsy, scary. The Stihl lower grades are a no go, no protection to the bottom of the motor, open bottoms. Husquevarna seemed ok but no real good service center for when I cannot fix on my own.