Hi everyone...
A buddy of a buddy of mine works at a Husqvarna/Dolmar/Echo dealer in NE Ohio and he arranged to have a small GTG for his friends to try out their entire line of saws. Also he was motivated by donating all the cut wood to a farming family who's father was killed in a recent tractor accident, and to a family who's father is dealing with a terminal health prognosis. I jumped at the chance to help out some local families in need and also a chance to run a bunch of cool saws. We started a noon and ended around 5pm. I counted 7 truck and trailer loads of wood go out to the respective families. Here are some pics of our day.
A lot of family came and provided venison sloppy Joe's, beverage, and snacks. Everyone chipped in pulling branches and keeping the pile burning.
Here is a shot of the guys cutting and lugging.
Here is a line up of some of the saws. They are, on the ground from left to right...Echo 6000, Echo 450, 385XP, Husky 450, I think a Husky 55, Dolmar 7900 in front. On the wagon is a Husky 336, 346XP, and the Dolmar 5105. We also had an Echo 340 Top Handle, Dolmar 420, a couple Stihl 290's, and another, well broken in, Dolmar 7900.
Here is one of the guys running a 385 XP with a 32 inch bar. This saw belonged to one of the attendees and he was gracious to let others run it.
We had some big saws at our disposal this day but I noticed the one getting the most use was this little Dolmar 420. I have to admit it is a nice little saw, very zippy and is a pleasure to limb with.
I ran both the Echo's and even though they were new out of the box, I thought they were nice. Honestly, even though its not fair to compare the Echo 6000 against the 7900 (the Dolmar destroyed the Echo) the 60 cc Echo did pretty good cutting oak cookies. I liked its AV and I thought they were, by far, the easiest to start of all the saws. I think the most impressive saws were the 7900, 346 XP, 5105 and the 420. I think my next saw will be the 420. BTW, Echo makes a great running Top Handle saw. I'm sorry I didn't get a pic of it.
This was a blast of a day. I cut a lot of wood and pulled a lot of branches. As I drove off I knew I spent the day cutting wood but didn't have a single log in my bed to show for. I was happy I could help neighbors facing adversity and also having the chance to run some cool saws.
A buddy of a buddy of mine works at a Husqvarna/Dolmar/Echo dealer in NE Ohio and he arranged to have a small GTG for his friends to try out their entire line of saws. Also he was motivated by donating all the cut wood to a farming family who's father was killed in a recent tractor accident, and to a family who's father is dealing with a terminal health prognosis. I jumped at the chance to help out some local families in need and also a chance to run a bunch of cool saws. We started a noon and ended around 5pm. I counted 7 truck and trailer loads of wood go out to the respective families. Here are some pics of our day.
A lot of family came and provided venison sloppy Joe's, beverage, and snacks. Everyone chipped in pulling branches and keeping the pile burning.
Here is a shot of the guys cutting and lugging.
Here is a line up of some of the saws. They are, on the ground from left to right...Echo 6000, Echo 450, 385XP, Husky 450, I think a Husky 55, Dolmar 7900 in front. On the wagon is a Husky 336, 346XP, and the Dolmar 5105. We also had an Echo 340 Top Handle, Dolmar 420, a couple Stihl 290's, and another, well broken in, Dolmar 7900.
Here is one of the guys running a 385 XP with a 32 inch bar. This saw belonged to one of the attendees and he was gracious to let others run it.
We had some big saws at our disposal this day but I noticed the one getting the most use was this little Dolmar 420. I have to admit it is a nice little saw, very zippy and is a pleasure to limb with.
I ran both the Echo's and even though they were new out of the box, I thought they were nice. Honestly, even though its not fair to compare the Echo 6000 against the 7900 (the Dolmar destroyed the Echo) the 60 cc Echo did pretty good cutting oak cookies. I liked its AV and I thought they were, by far, the easiest to start of all the saws. I think the most impressive saws were the 7900, 346 XP, 5105 and the 420. I think my next saw will be the 420. BTW, Echo makes a great running Top Handle saw. I'm sorry I didn't get a pic of it.
This was a blast of a day. I cut a lot of wood and pulled a lot of branches. As I drove off I knew I spent the day cutting wood but didn't have a single log in my bed to show for. I was happy I could help neighbors facing adversity and also having the chance to run some cool saws.
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