Well, I made it through the expo. There was a lot to take in, so I will keep it to the saws here. You could run any saw you wanted as long as it was a Jonsered, Husqvarna, Stihl, Dolmar, Solo, or Efco. I did not run any, as I was using this as a fact finding mission. I did have pictures, but somewhere between the camera and computer they became "invalid files". It's too bad because there was a good pic of the girls at the Eager Beaver Trailers tent.
First stop was the Tilton Jonsered Camp. The rep on hand was very friendly and could spit out specs like SawTroll, but only on Jonsereds. There were a couple of guys that wanted to know how the model numbers compared to Stihl and the guy was clueless, so I helped out. I tried to get some info on future models (2275, 2190, etc) but he didn't even know what I was talking about. So I moved on.
Next was the Stihl Camp. What a bunch of AH's. It was like they were doing me a favor even speaking to me. So I moved on.
I was suprised to see a large tent of Solo and Efco's. A nice display and several reps. Too bad they were all too busy looking at and talking on their cell phones. When I would look at one of them they would turn around. So I moved on.
The Husqvarna Camp must really be trying to be like Stihl. The rep treated me like dirt. I wanted answers on the 575XP NE. He told me they were all NE's. Both 575's they had on hand were wearing the orange clutch covers, and the demo model was and early 2007. And then a couple of guys with So and So's logging on there shirts came in and he left me mid question. So I moved on.
Last on my chainsaw stops was the Dolmar Tent. The rep was the nicest guy there. He was the only guy who offered to let me run a saw. He wanted to know what I had for saws, and how I used them. I was impressed with his knowledge and ended up with a Dolmar hat. When I asked him about new models, he said probably nothing until 2010 and then, as with everyone else the line-up will be "all new".
This is just my impression of the chainsaw reps at the show. The show as a whole was great. They had live demos from chippers to swing machines to log loaders and everything in between. And the best part was I got paid to go! There wasn't much in the line of timberframing, but how was I to know
First stop was the Tilton Jonsered Camp. The rep on hand was very friendly and could spit out specs like SawTroll, but only on Jonsereds. There were a couple of guys that wanted to know how the model numbers compared to Stihl and the guy was clueless, so I helped out. I tried to get some info on future models (2275, 2190, etc) but he didn't even know what I was talking about. So I moved on.
Next was the Stihl Camp. What a bunch of AH's. It was like they were doing me a favor even speaking to me. So I moved on.
I was suprised to see a large tent of Solo and Efco's. A nice display and several reps. Too bad they were all too busy looking at and talking on their cell phones. When I would look at one of them they would turn around. So I moved on.
The Husqvarna Camp must really be trying to be like Stihl. The rep treated me like dirt. I wanted answers on the 575XP NE. He told me they were all NE's. Both 575's they had on hand were wearing the orange clutch covers, and the demo model was and early 2007. And then a couple of guys with So and So's logging on there shirts came in and he left me mid question. So I moved on.
Last on my chainsaw stops was the Dolmar Tent. The rep was the nicest guy there. He was the only guy who offered to let me run a saw. He wanted to know what I had for saws, and how I used them. I was impressed with his knowledge and ended up with a Dolmar hat. When I asked him about new models, he said probably nothing until 2010 and then, as with everyone else the line-up will be "all new".
This is just my impression of the chainsaw reps at the show. The show as a whole was great. They had live demos from chippers to swing machines to log loaders and everything in between. And the best part was I got paid to go! There wasn't much in the line of timberframing, but how was I to know
