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Echo trimmer 210 or 230?

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DC

04-08-2004 23:24:01




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Looking at the Echo 210 and 230 for the usual yard trimming chores.Any experience/preference anybody has with either one would be helpful and greatly appreciated.Gonna go with Echo because I have a good dealer nearby.
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James in MO

04-10-2004 13:59:57




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 Re: Echo trimmer 210 or 230? in reply to DC, 04-08-2004 23:24:01  
When I bought mine (I can't remeber what model) I had been through several 100 dollar cheapies. I went down to the mower and saw shop and he recomended this trimmer, it was 300 and I balked (it has a straight shaft and you can take the head off and get a pole saw or a catail trimmer or lawn edger anyway) about that timew the public works head honcho walked in and the guy said don't beleive me ask him. As it turned out the City had four of them and the only folks who use them are people doing community service he said the only thing he had ever done to them was bring them in in the spring to get serviced and they had had them 10 years. Well that convinced me right there I have owned it 6 years now and it has never given me any problems I keep the air filter clean and the head packed with grease and I have replaced the spark plug once. I keep stabilizer in my two stroke gas and yesterday I fired it up for the first time this year it started on the 3rd pull if it died tomorrow I would go buy another one in a heartbeat becasue I never had a 100 dollar cheapie last longer than 2 years. The other thing I have been told to do is take your oil that is supposed to make 2 1/2 gallons of premix and only add 2 gallons that reduces your ratio and makes everything last a little longer. in other words buy it you won't regret it.

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john in la

04-09-2004 05:32:52




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 Re: Echo trimmer 210 or 230? in reply to DC, 04-08-2004 23:24:01  
I have a SRM 210 with trimmer line and 8" brush blade attachment. I think the 230 is the same with a little bigger motor.
I love mine. This is my second year with it and it is great. I live in a rural area and keep up about 1 acre with it. Plenty of power for even the heavy jobs like blackberry bushes that pop up every where. The line feed works great even under hard use. I had one of those $99.00 red ones before this and it was a piece of junk. The echo is well worth the extra money to me. Paid $199.00 at the big orange hardware store for mine.
The only down fall to the echo that I have seen is in the manual it says under commercial use you should replace carburetor yearly. While I use mine like you only for home use it did make me wonder on the quality of their carburetors. Mine sat all winter with fuel and stabilizer in it and started on about 3rd pull this spring and sounds like new. Just makes you wonder though.

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jokers

04-10-2004 18:43:57




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 Re: Re: Echo trimmer 210 or 230? in reply to john in la, 04-09-2004 05:32:52  
Hi John,
I don`t think that the recomendation to replace the carb every year is necessarily a reflection on the quality of the carb, but rather the inability to fine tune it to account for any narrowing of the fuel passages that might result from low quality oil or stale fuel being left in it. As you may be aware, running a two stroke engine lean on fuel will cause it to overheat and eventually sieze.

I remember a reputable poster on another forum stated that he was able to find a fully adjustable carb from an older model Echo and put it on his trimmer. He also stated that the adjustable carb made his trimmer start easier and have more power.

Russ

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