Chainsaw Trouble - I took Stihl & Husqvarna Chainsaws from a Tree company for 30 days

I took it all away. I went to a professional tree company and I removed all their steel and Huscoarna chainsaws and I gave them Echo for 30 days. You see, Ekko wants me to be part of an advisory group that gives them feedback on how they can improve their equipment. I think they're going to get more than they bargain for today. There's two parts to this video. In the first part, we get to meet up with Scott on a big tree removal project using a crane. In the second part of this video, we get to hook back up with Scott after he's ran the Echo chainsaws for 30 days. Let's see how this goes. We own this company. We started in 1993. You know, our main chainsaws are all steels. What else do you bring into the bolt to run a tree company? You got to have a loader, a bobcat, or we use a swinger. You got to have a chipper chip truck. You got to have a log truck. Otherwise, you're you're just spinning your wheels. [Applause] So, why do you have to roll the blade like that? I loaded up with sawdust. It's cutting so fast. It's so much more than the sawdust gets built up underneath the chain there. So, you charge how much? 6 to 650 an hour for the crane and for the guys, correct? So, this job is bid by the hour. Yes. Okay. We pretty much do all our work by the hour. So you come in, you look at a tree like this one right here, but in front of your swinger, right? Yep. I'd probably figure three man hours to get here, do the work, and then be driving down the road. Always thought you guys would bid just look at a tree and go, "Oh, that's a $1,000 tree." You know, it might be 50/50 where some of the companies do it that way, but by the hour fair, they're paying for exactly our time here. Could you have done a job like this without the crane? Yes, we would have done a ton of property damage and it would have taken about five times longer to get it done. So, even though you have the additional cost of the crane, generally the cost comes out either cheaper or about the same, but it's so much safer for the guy up in the tree and for the guys on the ground. That was well said. It's almost like you know what you're talking about. Almost. So, it's been 30 days. Let's find out how this went. I put all four on my uh garage floor last night. Yeah. Two smaller ones are leaking oil. They get a lot of abuse. They're brand new. It's not surprising that something would have loosened up. Okay. But but they shouldn't be leaking oil, right? It's not surprising with a new saw that gets used and abused. But when you're trying to convince someone who's using a Porsche to kind of take a step down to save the company some money. So the guys, they wouldn't go from a steel to an echo. They would be pissed. They would feel like, why am I being treated this way? Let's look at it this way. You can't put a wadded up pile of newspaper covered in duct tape and give it to Tom Brady and say, take me to the Super Bowl. Can't take a professional foreman, okay, who knows what he's doing, and give him subpar equipment and then expect top-of-the-line results, quality from it. But when you take your climbing saw, half a pound, a pound makes a difference. Balance, the feel of it, all makes a difference. And it's the difference between this saw being an an extension of the foreman's hand and he's an artist up in the tree, or this saw being a boat anchor. I'm going to play devil's advocate. They have only ran steel. They had started out with echo. Do you think going to the steel would feel unbalanced? There's there's subtle differences. Uh-huh. But again, we're talking professionals. These guys are going to pick up those subtle differences. Anyone who has experience with saws, as soon as they see this, it's like, "Oh, if you've used one of these, at some point you've gotten zapped by that." Okay. And now every time as soon as you pick it up, that's the first thought in your mind. It's like, you know, am I going to get that electrical charge? Okay. And I'm sorry, but as soon as I see that little dinky thing, the choke. I can't believe it hasn't been broken off already. I mean, it that's not what I would expect with professional grade. You know, another thing, fact that I need a tool to get into my gas and oil fill. What is the point of that? You either don't put these back on tight enough and then they loosen up while you're using it. Next thing you know, you your pants leg and the tree is covered in gas or oil. Or you put them on so tight now you got to get a wrench or a pliers to get them off. The other thing is that's a small hole. Seriously, do I need to carry a funnel, too? The clip is great. An advantage over the steel is it'll lock into place. The steel is real loose and you kind of can fight it to keep it open as you try to clip it. This saw doesn't have the clip. It just has the hole for a lanyard. Well, not everyone uses a lanyard. A lot of guys just have a carabiner. Echo makes some quality equipment. We've got Echo head shears. We've got Echo blowers. We love them. Absolutely no problem with them. The chainsaws for a professional. They're not quite there. So, the first thing I want to say is kudos for Ekko for stepping up to the plate. When I contacted both Steel and Huscoarna, I couldn't even get a response back. Ekko was at least willing to take the challenge on. Now, I've ran Echo equipment for 3 years and never had a single mechanical breakdown in any of their blowers or trimmers, but not every piece of equipment is the same. If this test has helped you guys out in some way, shape, or form, let me know in the comments down below or give me a thumbs up. Thank you. God bless. Go get them. Kyle, what do you think? Hey, Kyle. Sir, what do you think of that saw now that you've been using it? I think it's very powerful. Got good weight to it and uh it's it's a very nice saw. I like it a lot. Okay. But what are you used to using? used to use it on the ground here. Uh what do I 455 or steel uh 029 028 something like that. So I've been running steel for 16 years. So to go to something else, it's a little bit different to get used to the weight distribution, but other than that, I think it's across the board. It's a good saw. It's good. Okay. Y good to know. We're riding in the bucket. Yes, sir. You'll be okay. I know, BUT [Music] Heat.