I just bought an Echo 2511t clone for $99. What was I thinking?

[2manyrocks]

$15.99 for an air filter v $99 for the whole saw.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

The saw was cheap... Everything else will seem expensive in comparison. It is silly.

My bar/chain conversion was $55

 

[2manyrocks]

Maybe there's a reluctance to mess up a $500 Echo with modifications or maybe there's no budget for mods left after spending $500, but I appreciate the temptation to experiment with a $99 saw.

$55 for bar/chain, ? for OEM air filter mount, ? for Egan...aren't you past $99 in mods?

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Maybe there's a reluctance to mess up a $500 Echo with modifications or maybe there's no budget for mods left after spending $500, but I appreciate the temptation to experiment with a $99 saw.

$55 for bar/chain, ? for OEM air filter mount, ? for Egan...aren't you past $99 in mods?

Yup, still a lot less than an Echo. A lot less.

 

[xyz123]

I timed both with Egan pipe oem and clone.

Farmertec clone isnt broken in and oem is broken in. Fastest cuts in 9" round around 2 seconds difference. Not bad for saving 400 clams.

The small apple wood for smoker I couldn't tell any difference zip zip both of them.

I ended up putting the PSS V2 on my clone. Egan back on the OEM rear handle.

 

[2manyrocks]

Got a second G2511 from Az. Unlike the first one, the brake properly actuated right out of the box, the air filter element doesn't have any obvious gaps (but will need an O ring to take up the play in the mount), and the overall plastic seems to have fewer sharp edges. Haven't tried removing the spark plug.

I guess the first one I got was made very late on a Friday near closing time.

 

[JeepHead]

Did you send the first one back?

 

[2manyrocks]

They refunded and told me to keep it. I really don't know if I will be able to get the spark plug out of the first one without stripping it. Probably need to run it, soak it, run it, soak it...and then see if it can be removed. I thought about running the saw with it as it until I have to get the plug out, but maybe the longer it stays in the saw, the less likely it will ever come out without stripping the threads?

edit: I should mention that these saws are nonreturnable through Az apparently even if they haven't had gas put in them.

 

[xyz123]

I've never tried to take plug out of the farmertec one. Runs great, run the dang saw.

I replaced the one in vmodest and saw no difference. I dont replace anymore till needed on any clone.

 

[xyz123]

Husky has the Friday built saws too. Was alot of them too.

Stihl too. Friend just showed a new stihl the squish was off and hitting on one side. Needed lathe work to fix it.

One thing I can say. I have yet to see a piston installed backwards in a clone. Like oem has as shown below.
But have see clones with brake spring deal installed backwards.