That's a long lasting trimmer. That's awesome. I have a Husqvarna 525L and It goes through everything that I need it to even overgrown grasses and think weeds. Im talking hip high and just eats it up. Great trimmer for lawn care. I am very happy with it. They are light, powerful, quiet and comfortable with the rubber mounts for the throttle handle. No tingling in the hands. It's my go to machine. If you get one I almost guarantee you will love it. I have a KM-94R by Stihl. Runs great, light and runs all my pole attachments with ease. The things I don't like are it's loud and vibrates the hands after a while and your hands tingle and go numb eventually. Yup break time. The third and most powerful trimmer I have is a Stihl FS-250R it's also the heaviest but it goes through all. I have a clearing saw blade on it pretty much permanently and it will cut through ALL growth up to four inches thick. I named it the leveler because when it comes to clearing heavy heavy growth and brush nothing of plant material is left standing. But I tell you what it keeps me a strong man. The 250 will definitely give you a strong pair of arms.
I purchased my Echo PAS-260 (Gray colored) in Dec. of 2004. It has been used 784 hours. It is used mostly as a string trimmer and sometimes as an edger. I purchased the high torque trimmer attachment in 2009 and added the Edgit in 2011. I have always used 87 octane ethanol free gasoline and added an octane booster. I used Amsoil Sabre for many years mixed at 80:1. The last several years I have mixed at 90:1. I have greased the cables 16 times and the gearbox 11 times. I replaced the primer bulb and fuel cap in 2018. I have made no adjustments or repairs to the carburetor. I also have a 2100SB from 1997 and a PAS-225 since 2016. I have 11 attachments.
Transitioned to the Shindaiwa T262 after 4 years of 2620s. I like the throttle trigger better, preeety much the same unit. Per your recommendation I’ve been using Amsoil!
T262 also has the solid shaft and from running 2620T I can tell the trq application with the solid shaft is greater then the flex cable which I feel is literally flexing at impact with grass.
Been I have x3 2620……. My main trimmer is a Husqvarna 525L you can get at the big box store. It’s super light and been using it commercial and has held up two seasons without hiccup. Weighs like 10lbs
I've resurrected a few mantis tillers and the engine always had nice cylinders and pistons. It was always fuel system rubber or one had a bad coil. Those were either Sv4 or Sv5 21.2cc engines. I also have a srm200 and a curved shaft craftsman with the sv2 21.2cc that have points and condenser that still runs well but would probably benefit from some new diaphragms. I only pull them out when I'm feeling old school though. I used to put Klotz in everything back then @32:1. Now I run 40:1 Stihl HP in the orange bottle in them along with my cs452vl and old Stihl timer and saw. My newer echo gt225, srm2320t and pe2620 get red armor at slightly richer than 50:1. I've never had fouled plugs either. I know I have at least 100 hours on that gt225.
I have both the 2320T and Mantis you mentioned. I bought the 21.2cc 2320T hoping it had the same power as my 21.2cc Mantis but it was not even close. A couple months ago I pulled the muffler off my 2320T to check for carbon(it was 100% clean) and noticed a restrictor plate after the spark arrester screen and I pulled it and ran it without it. The 2320T gained a lot of power and had much better throttle response like my Mantis. I did not adjust the carb and the engine is running noticeably cooler. A quick blip of the throttle gives much faster response than with the restrictor in place. It increased power at all rpms especially midrange where it is most usable. When I looked at the parts diagram on Echo's site that restrictor plate is not shown in the diagram and there is no part number listed. Mine is one of the early models made summer of 2020. All my machines get Echo Red Armor at 40:1-45:1 or 3ish oz/gal. Been looking at Wisconsin-made Amsoil as it is half the price tho
That's a long lasting trimmer. That's awesome. I have a Husqvarna 525L and It goes through everything that I need it to even overgrown grasses and think weeds. Im talking hip high and just eats it up. Great trimmer for lawn care. I am very happy with it. They are light, powerful, quiet and comfortable with the rubber mounts for the throttle handle. No tingling in the hands. It's my go to machine. If you get one I almost guarantee you will love it. I have a KM-94R by Stihl. Runs great, light and runs all my pole attachments with ease. The things I don't like are it's loud and vibrates the hands after a while and your hands tingle and go numb eventually. Yup break time. The third and most powerful trimmer I have is a Stihl FS-250R it's also the heaviest but it goes through all. I have a clearing saw blade on it pretty much permanently and it will cut through ALL growth up to four inches thick. I named it the leveler because when it comes to clearing heavy heavy growth and brush nothing of plant material is left standing. But I tell you what it keeps me a strong man. The 250 will definitely give you a strong pair of arms.
I purchased my Echo PAS-260 (Gray colored) in Dec. of 2004. It has been used 784 hours. It is used mostly as a string trimmer and sometimes as an edger. I purchased the high torque trimmer attachment in 2009 and added the Edgit in 2011. I have always used 87 octane ethanol free gasoline and added an octane booster. I used Amsoil Sabre for many years mixed at 80:1. The last several years I have mixed at 90:1. I have greased the cables 16 times and the gearbox 11 times. I replaced the primer bulb and fuel cap in 2018. I have made no adjustments or repairs to the carburetor. I also have a 2100SB from 1997 and a PAS-225 since 2016. I have 11 attachments.
Transitioned to the Shindaiwa T262 after 4 years of 2620s. I like the throttle trigger better, preeety much the same unit. Per your recommendation I’ve been using Amsoil!
T262 also has the solid shaft and from running 2620T I can tell the trq application with the solid shaft is greater then the flex cable which I feel is literally flexing at impact with grass.
Been I have x3 2620……. My main trimmer is a Husqvarna 525L you can get at the big box store. It’s super light and been using it commercial and has held up two seasons without hiccup. Weighs like 10lbs
I've resurrected a few mantis tillers and the engine always had nice cylinders and pistons. It was always fuel system rubber or one had a bad coil. Those were either Sv4 or Sv5 21.2cc engines. I also have a srm200 and a curved shaft craftsman with the sv2 21.2cc that have points and condenser that still runs well but would probably benefit from some new diaphragms. I only pull them out when I'm feeling old school though. I used to put Klotz in everything back then @32:1. Now I run 40:1 Stihl HP in the orange bottle in them along with my cs452vl and old Stihl timer and saw. My newer echo gt225, srm2320t and pe2620 get red armor at slightly richer than 50:1. I've never had fouled plugs either. I know I have at least 100 hours on that gt225.
I have both the 2320T and Mantis you mentioned. I bought the 21.2cc 2320T hoping it had the same power as my 21.2cc Mantis but it was not even close. A couple months ago I pulled the muffler off my 2320T to check for carbon(it was 100% clean) and noticed a restrictor plate after the spark arrester screen and I pulled it and ran it without it. The 2320T gained a lot of power and had much better throttle response like my Mantis. I did not adjust the carb and the engine is running noticeably cooler. A quick blip of the throttle gives much faster response than with the restrictor in place. It increased power at all rpms especially midrange where it is most usable. When I looked at the parts diagram on Echo's site that restrictor plate is not shown in the diagram and there is no part number listed. Mine is one of the early models made summer of 2020. All my machines get Echo Red Armor at 40:1-45:1 or 3ish oz/gal. Been looking at Wisconsin-made Amsoil as it is half the price tho
Where do you get the hr meters from