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Since this came back to the top, I did hear recently that the Echo/Shindaiwa merger would indeed produce Shindaiwa saws but they would ALL wear the Echo nameplate since it has better name recognition.
Do you see this affecting your business at all or will it be business as usual? I see the local dealers here going away if they don't get the same service they got out of Tualatin, which is just up the road.
ECHO and Shindaiwa are two of the top 3 NINJAS from 3 different clans in Japan...Europe better watch out...
Sounds good to me. I think Echo's new line of saws cs 450 p, cs 500 p cs 550 p and cs 600 p look really similar to the Shindaiwa saws with maybe some echo modifications and so forth. I'm anticipating getting my hands on one of them. Also they are selling the echo weed eaters with the shindaiwa spools so it looks like they are crossing design.
I'd rather see more Echo in any saw , I think the cs500 has some Shinny in it but hopefully some Echo porting. Steve
I'd rather see more Echo in any saw , I think the cs500 has some Shinny in it but hopefully some Echo porting. Steve
I hope in the new designs they put some torque back in em. Those older echos vls and evls had some torque. If they could make decent midrange torque and nice strong top end instead of just screaming like some of the manufacturers do it would be music to my ears. I can't wait to get my hands on a 500p
Echo just came out with the new line of saws, will they be dropped or painted red and sold under Shindaiwa?
Both are totally uninteresting brands, so why care at all? :msp_rolleyes:
As I understand it, the Echo cs500 simply is a rebranded Shindaiwa.
Looks like it is more the opposite that happens, but who cares anyway? :taped:
Shinny make solid, reliable gear Niko.
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I may be wrong about the model number of the larger saw, maybe it was 757? At least it was a 73cc (or so) saw......I've run a few of the 488's and find them to be good saws for the average firewood cutting chores. I can't see any issues with the ergonomics.
I could be wrong but I believe the 575 was an older saw that had been replaced by the 577 by 2005.
But I really think the best of the bunch were the old 500's which were built like tanks and have proven to be very reliable.
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I may be wrong about the model number of the larger saw, maybe it was 757? At least it was a 73cc (or so) saw......
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