Post #663471 by pjc5150 on Tue, Jan 8, 2013 3:10 PM

new toys!!!

ok, so today it got serious....

after some research and comparing prices and stuff, I decided to buy another Echo. I was going to buy a pretty nasty Stihl for 7 bones, but this had a bigger motor & cost $150 less....so this is what I got. My first gas saw (I had a few electrics first) was a sputtering little homelite ranger with a 14 inch bar that a friend of mine gave me after he threw my cast net onto a piling full of barnacles and couldn't recover it. It was a home saw and I killed it pretty quick. My second saw was the Echo CS450 that I bought used at a pawn shop for half what is cost new (I paid $200). I have been using this saw for 2 years and have essentially built a business on it's back. It is still in service, but it's lost a little "umph" after being beaten like a red-headed step kid for the last 2 years, so I'm ready for something new and nastier...

so I bought this Echo CS600P. Compared to previous saws it feels like a DESTROYER of WORLDS!!!!

don't mess with me or I'll CUT YOUR HOUSE DOWN!!! lol...

I'm a happy guy right now.

I'm also buying the makita electric carving kit from Baileys, a brand new tormek sharpener (if you haven't seen one, check 'em out on youtube - they're AWESOME), and a log master de-barker...