After many years of using a motley assortment of old Stihls to cut firewood I decided to sell a bunch of them and buy a few new saws. Goal was to reduce overall numbers of saws, variety of spare parts/chains etc...that I have to keep on hand. I was able to get the old Stihls sold, mostly on local Facebook Marketplace, for enough money to fund several brand new saws.
As replacements I bought a "used" Echo 590 (VERY funny story on that) and a brand new Echo 590--20" bars--Also bought a new Husky 562xp....... Before buying I did research, read up etc.....I knew that the Echos used a 70 Drive link chain- kind of an oddball so I planned on replacing the bars right away to use standard 72/3/8/.50 chains. I bought a pair of Tsumara bars....planned to sell the two Echo bars on Ebay to recoup some of my set up cost.....
Imagine my surprise when I actually look at the bars/chains on the two Echos....Yes, the factory Bar says 70 Drive links....but BOTH SAWS were hung with identical Oregon 72 Drive Link Marked Chains from the factory! WTH?
Did I buy new bars for no reason?
As replacements I bought a "used" Echo 590 (VERY funny story on that) and a brand new Echo 590--20" bars--Also bought a new Husky 562xp....... Before buying I did research, read up etc.....I knew that the Echos used a 70 Drive link chain- kind of an oddball so I planned on replacing the bars right away to use standard 72/3/8/.50 chains. I bought a pair of Tsumara bars....planned to sell the two Echo bars on Ebay to recoup some of my set up cost.....
Imagine my surprise when I actually look at the bars/chains on the two Echos....Yes, the factory Bar says 70 Drive links....but BOTH SAWS were hung with identical Oregon 72 Drive Link Marked Chains from the factory! WTH?
Did I buy new bars for no reason?
