seagiant
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Hi,
Thought I would relate something that happened lately.
I finally got my wife to fire (sort of) the yard man.
Sold a rifle and bought a new HONDA lawn mower.
Now I needed a edger and weedeater.
Almost fainted when I saw what the new ones cost!
While at the ECHO dealer, talked to the Owner to see if he had anything used, knowing this is the wrong time of the year to look for a bargain, especially in Florida.
He said no, he just had some old stuff not working that was not worth his Mechanics time or the customer's to fix?
I said I would be interested as I knew how to work on small engines.
He took me to the back and came up with 2 edgers and 2 weedewaters all ECHO's except one of the weedeaters which was a big Shindaiwa T282.
I asked how much and he said $25 for all of them!
I agreed to that of course.
I've spent the past week cleaning and going through them and the end result was I was able to save a ECHO PE-225 and the big Shindaiwa.
The other 2 went in the dumpster after I pulled anything off of them I might be able to use later?
The ECHO Edger only needed a clean up, new fuel lines and filter and a new spark plug.
I didn't even put a carb kit in it, can't figure why it wasn't repaired to begin with, but used it today with a new blade and it's a beast!
Thought I would relate something that happened lately.
I finally got my wife to fire (sort of) the yard man.
Sold a rifle and bought a new HONDA lawn mower.
Now I needed a edger and weedeater.
Almost fainted when I saw what the new ones cost!
While at the ECHO dealer, talked to the Owner to see if he had anything used, knowing this is the wrong time of the year to look for a bargain, especially in Florida.
He said no, he just had some old stuff not working that was not worth his Mechanics time or the customer's to fix?
I said I would be interested as I knew how to work on small engines.
He took me to the back and came up with 2 edgers and 2 weedewaters all ECHO's except one of the weedeaters which was a big Shindaiwa T282.
I asked how much and he said $25 for all of them!
I agreed to that of course.
I've spent the past week cleaning and going through them and the end result was I was able to save a ECHO PE-225 and the big Shindaiwa.
The other 2 went in the dumpster after I pulled anything off of them I might be able to use later?
The ECHO Edger only needed a clean up, new fuel lines and filter and a new spark plug.
I didn't even put a carb kit in it, can't figure why it wasn't repaired to begin with, but used it today with a new blade and it's a beast!