UnderDawgAl
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Hello, all. Longtime lurker who just joined recently. New firewood hoarder here because we recently moved into a house with a Jotul F500 woodstove. Bought this chainsaw earlier in the week. It's really an Echo CS-620P in a Shindaiwa disguise. I'm hoping to cut with it within the next couple days. I've been heating with hardwood pallets and scavenged wood.
Needing only 2-4 cords per year, I could have saved money buying the Echo 590 for $400, but I decided that I would probably later wish I'd paid more upfront for the additional torque and the aluminum handle. There's no financial argument for getting this one over the 590, because you pay just over 50% more to gain 25% add'l power. However, in the long run, if I start cutting more, I figured that any mods would gain me even more power, and I wanted the better bar and handle.
Poor pics, b/c it's just too cold and windy to open the garage door right now. Normally, of course, the garage is immaculately organized.
I bought the 20" bar. Local dealer had a 27" bar also, but I won't be needing that anytime soon.
Needing only 2-4 cords per year, I could have saved money buying the Echo 590 for $400, but I decided that I would probably later wish I'd paid more upfront for the additional torque and the aluminum handle. There's no financial argument for getting this one over the 590, because you pay just over 50% more to gain 25% add'l power. However, in the long run, if I start cutting more, I figured that any mods would gain me even more power, and I wanted the better bar and handle.
Poor pics, b/c it's just too cold and windy to open the garage door right now. Normally, of course, the garage is immaculately organized.
I bought the 20" bar. Local dealer had a 27" bar also, but I won't be needing that anytime soon.