John Deere 70v

[BigDee]

Hey look what I got to play with today



Auto oiler adjuster on the top behind the handle. Compression release lever above the muffler. Fast idle trigger lock by the trigger


Manual oiler by the kill switch. Kill switch requires extra jiggle sometimes. I guess the idle adjuster behind the rope handle once had a bigger knob.


All that stuff, No wonder it weight a ton. The bar is bad so I did not get to cut but it fires right up, revs and idles on and on. It has a spur sprocket and a very simple-looking filter. Where the JD yellow is thin you can see Echo red showing through. When I find a bar I will run it by a Homelite 925 for comparison.

Does anyone know of John Deere fanciers' club? Don

 

[Guido Salvage]

I have a number of the Echo built John Deere saws (including a 70), though I do not get to run them much. When I move my saws to my new house I will get a "family" photo.

 

[BigDee]

Guido, you are everywhere, man. And you make great posts...

And my first ex-wife went to school in Moorehead, not far from you in Lexington. Beautiful.

And your saws are much brighter than the one I came across.

I have a modern 80cc echo that began life as a quik-vent, thus bigger carb and extra zoot. I guess that would not be a fair comparison for this one. Would the 80v jug go on this 70v body? Not that the 70 needs any help.

 

[BigDee]

I cannot see the idle adjust on the beautiful saws, Guido. Do you have another view? Maybe a little on #9. Is it dime-sized?
Don

 

[Guido Salvage]

I only have 2 saws with me at my new house, all the rest are in storage. I hope to be able to start moving them this weekend. This is a shot when I had the unit about 1/2 full, the saws are piled 3 rows high on the left.

 

[jhellwig]

It almost looks like it started life as an echo saw and then someone repainted it and stuck the john deere emblems on it. Maybe that was the way they did it at that time.

 

[BigDee]

That's exactly what it look like to me. Can you imagine? Echo sells the idea to Deere and JD says ok we need them like now. So Echo paints up its stock on hand? Wha?

 

[BigDee]

the saws are piled 3 rows high on the left

And three rows high on the right too. I see a lot of green, some yellow mixed in with the reds and orange. That's a whole pile o saws. And some room for more. What is that green cinder block in the foreground on the right, center shelf?