jbrewsaw
New Member
Hello all, New member today but I have been searching on here a bit. Some background, I Have about 3/4 an acre of trees to clear. About 40ft tall, 14-16” diameter at max, mostly tulip trees, but there are other species mixed in, and different sizes as well. Have dropped about 15 trees so far, still have probably 30 or so left mostly on the bigger side.
Been using an echo cs310 14” that was bought as a gift for me about 10 years ago, and a ryobi 40v 14” cordless saw. The ryobi does well and can cut thru trees without issues, but is mainly used for trimming and limbing and last minute touch ups, to try and conserve battery. The echo has been the main workhorse and has been awesome, but definitely way underpowered for what I’m doing, and for the amount of work I’ve been putting it thru, I’m surprised and glad I have not blown it up yet.
As for my question: been looking at 18-20” saws. My budget is absolute $500 at the highest and I’m much more comfortable at the $400 mark. Been looking at the:
Echo Cs-590 18”/20” (will probably get the 18” to have the 18” bar on hand and add a tsumurmura 20” bar so that I can run the more common 72DL chain)
Husky 445 18”
Husky 450 rancher 20”
Husky 455 rancher 20”
My main concern was more power, so my first choice was the 590, plus I’m a bit of an echo fanboy. And everything I’m reading is saying the echo is probably the best for the price and motor size, But I can’t get the husky saws out of my head.
As I said I’m looking for a good sizeable power increase over my cs310 but I’d like better availability to other chains, like chisel chains etc, and it seems the echo tends to run less common DL size.
The thing about the husky saws, is they are priced higher for less cc, and the plastic crankcase scares me a bit. Does the husky offer better qualities to justify the higher price for less motor?
I have multiple echo dealers near me and I believe I have a husky dealer as well, so both are available to me.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks all.
Been using an echo cs310 14” that was bought as a gift for me about 10 years ago, and a ryobi 40v 14” cordless saw. The ryobi does well and can cut thru trees without issues, but is mainly used for trimming and limbing and last minute touch ups, to try and conserve battery. The echo has been the main workhorse and has been awesome, but definitely way underpowered for what I’m doing, and for the amount of work I’ve been putting it thru, I’m surprised and glad I have not blown it up yet.
As for my question: been looking at 18-20” saws. My budget is absolute $500 at the highest and I’m much more comfortable at the $400 mark. Been looking at the:
Echo Cs-590 18”/20” (will probably get the 18” to have the 18” bar on hand and add a tsumurmura 20” bar so that I can run the more common 72DL chain)
Husky 445 18”
Husky 450 rancher 20”
Husky 455 rancher 20”
My main concern was more power, so my first choice was the 590, plus I’m a bit of an echo fanboy. And everything I’m reading is saying the echo is probably the best for the price and motor size, But I can’t get the husky saws out of my head.
As I said I’m looking for a good sizeable power increase over my cs310 but I’d like better availability to other chains, like chisel chains etc, and it seems the echo tends to run less common DL size.
The thing about the husky saws, is they are priced higher for less cc, and the plastic crankcase scares me a bit. Does the husky offer better qualities to justify the higher price for less motor?
I have multiple echo dealers near me and I believe I have a husky dealer as well, so both are available to me.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks all.
