New chainsaw brand

[Sapo_feo]

Since I woke up in the middle of the night I figured I'd do what any sane person does at 1:30am on a Saturday; try to find a better carb for the echo 620pw. While looking at my favorite Irish website I saw this:

Look familiar? I thought I saw one with an orange top cover once.

 

[alexcagle]

Good old clone 038?

 

[Stihl working hard]

Good old clone 038?

It's a crying shame isn't it

 

[pioneerguy600]

Look here,

http://www.tillotson.ie/products-chainsaws.php

 

[Stihl working hard]

This is a genuine MS 381

 

[bennn*e]

I have seen those blue 38's on eBay before. Not branded as tillotson though

 

[rynosawr]

Even the Irish are getting into cloning???

What is the world coming to?

 

[SEAM]

[Quote from Tillotson website]
Our new line of chainsaws is ideal for the professional semi-professional user.[/Quote]

Only for professional semi-professionals...

 

[ssm1699]

Yup, it looks like an 038 super clone to me. All three that they list on the website are stihl clones.

 

[Chris-PA]

The blue is an improvement anyway.

 

[bennn*e]

Don't know why you would fake a ms 270/280 though. Not the best they could have done. Very few of them over here. 260 would have made more sence

 

[MountainHigh]

M a d e i n C h _ _ _

 

[wombler]

Not exactly subtle about it, are they?

 

[GrassGuerilla]

Complete with flippys?

 

[rynosawr]

Complete with flippys?

The big 91cc (T9000) has screw on caps, but yes, the other two smaller saws have flippy caps

 

[rynosawr]

I would personally be interested in the 91cc saw, just to see what the quality is like and how it runs..... Depending on the price of course

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Pure speculation here but I'd check to see if Stihl is involved before I say it is junk because Stihl might actually be the manufacturer since the parts are of the same mold and tillotson has a history with Stihl.
One example....Pepsi let's Costco sell their product cheaper but they aren't allowed to use the name Pepsi.

 

[Big_Wood]

i don't believe tillotson would be able to advertise clones of stihls. they must have some kind of deal with stihl that they get to use old stihl saw designs.

 

[weimedog]

uh oh.. I think I've seen the parts required to build the 91cc version .... bet it's chain adjuster and the rubber seals under the caps need to replaced with Stihl parts. AND I bet the pull start needs a drop of oil on the bolt/washer arrangement.... and if that is what I think it is, that's a lot of saw, if done with the right tweaks; regardless of price. Wonder if they come debugged or is the price low enough no one cares. And can they even sell them as whole saws in volume here in the US?? I have my doubts.

 

[Big_Wood]

uh oh.. I think I've seen the parts required to build the 91cc version .... bet it's chain adjuster and the rubber seals under the caps need to replaced with Stihl parts. AND I bet the pull start needs a drop of oil on the bolt/washer arrangement.... and if that is what I think it is, that's a lot of saw, if done with the right tweaks; regardless of price. Wonder if they come debugged or is the price low enough no one cares. And can they even sell them as whole saws in volume here in the US?? I have my doubts.

tell ya one thing, if that 660 copy made it hear and proved to be reliable like a real 660 then stihl may as well just stop producing the 661 for the canadian market. everyone here hates them. i bought one new when i was on a stihl kick. was cool to have a new saw but i sold it before that shift was over to another guy who has actually had decent luck with it compared to most. i hate the handle bar on them and they suck for everything but bucking when compared to the 660.