Thanks for the shout out! Some interesting facts i got that i didn’t catch on your video. 1 million square feet, all with air conditioning for the 900+ employees. Never going into a factory that is hot and humid again! The coolest thing was production with a less than 1% warranty repair in a 5 year span! Ive had one echo product in the last 20 years that needed warranty, echo and Steve made sure it was right and done fast. Great company doing great things.
I sure appreciate you filling this in for us all friend! There was some stuff I just didn't catch and didn't exactly remember so I decided to omit the information. The working conditions looked absolutely fantastic and it was really cool seeing everyone in their stations and how much movement they had. I noticed that no one just stood in one place and worked. They all had an area/space to work in and was super organized and impressive! That is super cool to hear about your success, especially since you are using em in business!
About 28 years ago, when I was 10, my dad bought an Echo brushcutter, an SRM-2110 to clear out our property. I've been using it as a trimmer for 4 acres year by year. Going on 30 years later it starts in 2 pulls. We got an echo pb-261L blower in 2001. 1-2 pulls, starts every time. I have a 750 EVL chainsaw from 1980 that was used professionally logging Redwoods in northern California. As far as I know it has never been cracked open, and If i put gas in it today and manage to pull the dang thing, I guarantee it will start as sure as the sun will come up tomorrow. I've never had a part fail with proper maintenance. I have 10 Echo tools and I will keep buying them.
Thank you @bottwaandcalover! That is super cool to hear from someone with all those years of experience! The 750 EVL was never too much of an interest of mine but after this tour, I find myself suddenly quite interested as I now know that they run smoothly due to the twin cylinder setup. I actually never knew they were used in production falling in CA. What length bar was in use in this process? Do you have any of the newer saws?
@@oakiewoodsman I bought this 750 EVL off of a retired logger turned tree service professional when the lumber mills started to close in Nor-Cal. He had his equipped with a 36 inch bar, Which I'm currently using, and it will pull the whole thing buried in Redwood with ease. The 750 is actually a single cylinder saw, 78.6cc and very torquey. I believe the twin cylinder Echo model was the 610 EVL, or Evil Twin, which I would love to get someday. I do have two mostly modern Echo saws, a CS-450, and a recently acquired CS-620 that I am super happy with. I really appreciate the simplicity and industrial, no-nonsense experience with Echo tools. No compensating carbs or computer control. Just give me a flathead screwdriver and my high and low screws and I will heat my house every winter.
@bottwaandcalover ah shoot! I was off a few digits! Thank you or the education and giving me another saw to lookup sometime! I have never run a CS-450 but I sure do like my CS-620P! Thank you again!
Wow. What an awesome trip! Thank you Joe, for taking us along for the journey, and thank you sawsuppliers for making this possible and Echo for allowing Joseph to film! I've owned and loved Echo equipment ever since I purchased my first srm-230 16+ years ago, still runs perfect. This video strengthened my already highly positive opinion of the Echo name👍🏻
@aaronpowell4885 Your comments are always fantastic and I really appreciate the thanks for Steve and ECHO! Without either of them, I would not have had this opportunity and I also would not have had this opportunity if people like you were not here every single video man! Thank you again!
Thanks for sharing your Echo tour. It's nice to see good companies operating in the States. Echo is surely a brand one should always consider when buying power tools.
I really like the warranty ECHO has. I get the unique experience of being the consumer and the technician, salesperson, partsperson, service writer, etc. Echo will take care of anything they did wrong, seldom have any warranties to file other than ignition coils and carb adjustments. The equipment is top notch and their cylinder quality is the best in the industry.
Ive ran shindiawa trimmers forc31 years..long before echo.bought..they have better handles triggers ..since the change there not as good.but still reliable..
Dave, I love that you made this comment being that you have the position that you do working on and with ECHO Equipment at such a high volume dealer in TX. Thanks for sharing buddy!
Man I bet you had a blast on that tour I know I would have looked like a very nice neat and organized plant very nice thanks for sharing the plant tour
I've been super happy with all my echo and shindaiwa stuff. Three trimmers 4 saws, and a water pump. All have been easy to start and run great. Premium gas with red armour and you Will be happy. Don't forget to grease your trimmer heads
Great video. Steve invited me to go visit the factory. I just couldn't make it. Swamped with work and couldn't get out of it. Glad to see this video. Thanks for sharing it.
Incredibly clean facility. Had no idea they manufactured everything in the US. Echo is definitely a brand we will be interested in for future purchases. Informative video OW, thank you for doing this.
I sure loved it! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment and let us know you are here. I love seeing who all is watching..... if only everyone commented!
@@oakiewoodsman my 8010 was always a bear to start and was a 3-5 minute process. They ended up looking at it and rebuilding the carb under warranty. It continued and I brought it back out of warranty for them to look at it again. Echo had an issue with it sucking air apparently but it was never a recall. They ended up replacing the block, carb, fuel lines, and spark plug. Echo covered parts I had to pay for labor. 6 months later my carb needed to be rebuilt again which again was they paid for parts but I did labor. Then my 9010 the tube kept blowing off which was fixed under warranty. The blowers work amazing but I haven’t been overly impressed with reliability when I only use them for fall cleanups. I was impressed with echos warranty though and my dealer working things out. My 225’s, 2620’s, and saws have all been great though.
@Tcw2019 thanks for sharing! So far out of all of my equipment, I had one oiler fail on a machine and that is it. That was a very easy process. Off course, we are all looking for ZERO incidents but it is nice when the warranty and dealers get it done. I wonder about the tube thing. They used to blow mold them and now they are injection molding them. hmmmm.... Thank you for sharing!
@@oakiewoodsman no idea! I took it to finish up a patio I was working on and had to blow out a lawn and it popped off 15-20 times and I was losing my mind 😂
Holy smokes!! I didn’t know they made all the plastics here in the USA. What a great company I like them even more now! Did anyone ask the ? If when they are going electronic on there carburetors?
They would not share any future plans with the group. They mentioned they have a whole bunch of new products coming out for the next year if I can recall correctly. I was super impressed with the whole process and how much was actually produced, not just assembled in the States.
Excellent video! I am bummed that I wasn't able to attend, somehow Expedia didn't process my payment for the flight ticket. Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to tour the facility in the future! I was really looking forward to hanging out with you as well.
Certainly worth a look. The OPE is top notch especially the trimmers and PAS system. Their saws like the 620 are really great values and certainly are powerhouses!
Well Jordan there's no time like the present 2 join in on the awesomeness, especially if Joe here is still offering a 10% discount on Echo equipment at SawSuppliers!
What's your next ECHO/Shindaiwa product? I put in 20 on Boedy's ThunderKitten, so I have a chance at a newer piece of ECHO equipment!! Like I need it😬🤐
You know, in the process we kinda stayed on the outside perimeter of the whole thing. The tour was supposed to be 2 hrs long and we went over quite a bit. I really didn't know what I was looking at while I was there.
Glad to see someone I America makeing products..we need to go back to that it has helped destroy the country..abandoning GOD was step one..are wealthy in charge have sold out..and lies of technology and the internet has made it worse the average age and last of trained labor ,skilled labor trades is 42. ..with no one to replace us I'm 47 ..we are truly doomed..I've hired 12 guys in 3 years none have made it ..or even know or understand the current death spiral America is in..they need to drop theze evil universities and teach real world labor and trades ...technology won't save anyone..only Jesus christ can...but we can teach youth reality..it's far far removed...God bless
Hope is found in Christ indeed. I think there is a big push to learn the trades amongst the younger generations but there is certainly a gap around my age group. I grew up in a time where they really painted the trades and labor in a poor light and pushed college so hard only for many to find that it really wasn't the ticket to success they were sold on. Thank you again!
I can fully assure you that I did not travel to Japan for the production of this video. I successfully drove from Oklahoma to IL to make this video. Thank you for watching
@Born2doom I am not entirely for sure about that. I believe they were talking about installing crank seals and pressure testing in the US factory. This part is unclear to me. Thanks for weighing in.
Ill never buy another Echo anything. Pain in the ass to get parts for. Part numbers for same part differ depending on where u purchased it from for starters. Just a complete pain
@@oakiewoodsman yes. Bought weedeater from a friend. No spark. Replaced plug. No spark. Went to dealer for coil. There was 28 part numbers for that model weedeater coil(depending on place of purchase). Finally found out it was bought new at Home Depot. Orderd $60 coil. No spark. Unplugged on/off switch. No spark. I threw tha sumbich in the dumpster
Thanks for the shout out! Some interesting facts i got that i didn’t catch on your video. 1 million square feet, all with air conditioning for the 900+ employees. Never going into a factory that is hot and humid again! The coolest thing was production with a less than 1% warranty repair in a 5 year span! Ive had one echo product in the last 20 years that needed warranty, echo and Steve made sure it was right and done fast. Great company doing great things.
I sure appreciate you filling this in for us all friend! There was some stuff I just didn't catch and didn't exactly remember so I decided to omit the information. The working conditions looked absolutely fantastic and it was really cool seeing everyone in their stations and how much movement they had. I noticed that no one just stood in one place and worked. They all had an area/space to work in and was super organized and impressive! That is super cool to hear about your success, especially since you are using em in business!
@@oakiewoodsman hey I was wondering if echo is coming out with a new echo backpack blower this year
Zackery, I do not know
@@zackeryarnett9454we were all told the information will be released in the September time frame
Having everything made in-house in the USA makes me want to buy echo & shindiawa.
Me too buddy!
Great video good to know where your equipment comes from USA will be buying more Echo equipment 👍
I think it is so cool and I really appreciated how much was actually done here and not just "assembled"
About 28 years ago, when I was 10, my dad bought an Echo brushcutter, an SRM-2110 to clear out our property. I've been using it as a trimmer for 4 acres year by year. Going on 30 years later it starts in 2 pulls. We got an echo pb-261L blower in 2001. 1-2 pulls, starts every time. I have a 750 EVL chainsaw from 1980 that was used professionally logging Redwoods in northern California. As far as I know it has never been cracked open, and If i put gas in it today and manage to pull the dang thing, I guarantee it will start as sure as the sun will come up tomorrow. I've never had a part fail with proper maintenance. I have 10 Echo tools and I will keep buying them.
Thank you @bottwaandcalover! That is super cool to hear from someone with all those years of experience! The 750 EVL was never too much of an interest of mine but after this tour, I find myself suddenly quite interested as I now know that they run smoothly due to the twin cylinder setup. I actually never knew they were used in production falling in CA. What length bar was in use in this process? Do you have any of the newer saws?
@@oakiewoodsman I bought this 750 EVL off of a retired logger turned tree service professional when the lumber mills started to close in Nor-Cal. He had his equipped with a 36 inch bar, Which I'm currently using, and it will pull the whole thing buried in Redwood with ease. The 750 is actually a single cylinder saw, 78.6cc and very torquey. I believe the twin cylinder Echo model was the 610 EVL, or Evil Twin, which I would love to get someday. I do have two mostly modern Echo saws, a CS-450, and a recently acquired CS-620 that I am super happy with. I really appreciate the simplicity and industrial, no-nonsense experience with Echo tools. No compensating carbs or computer control. Just give me a flathead screwdriver and my high and low screws and I will heat my house every winter.
@bottwaandcalover ah shoot! I was off a few digits! Thank you or the education and giving me another saw to lookup sometime! I have never run a CS-450 but I sure do like my CS-620P! Thank you again!
Back in my day ECHO said NO video OR photos of that testing room. Glad to see they are loosening up. Thanks for the video!
That is why there was no video in there. Asked about the each picture I took. Thanks for watching and appreciate the comment!
Wow. What an awesome trip! Thank you Joe, for taking us along for the journey, and thank you sawsuppliers for making this possible and Echo for allowing Joseph to film! I've owned and loved Echo equipment ever since I purchased my first srm-230 16+ years ago, still runs perfect. This video strengthened my already highly positive opinion of the Echo name👍🏻
@aaronpowell4885 Your comments are always fantastic and I really appreciate the thanks for Steve and ECHO! Without either of them, I would not have had this opportunity and I also would not have had this opportunity if people like you were not here every single video man! Thank you again!
@@aaronpowell4885 😁👊
Thanks for sharing your Echo tour. It's nice to see good companies operating in the States. Echo is surely a brand one should always consider when buying power tools.
Thank you DH! I was really impressed how much was actually made and not just "assembled"
It's great to see the factory so clean.
I was super impressed!
👍👍 thanks for sharing- what a great opportunity!
No doubt!
Super Blessed D! Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment!
I really like the warranty ECHO has. I get the unique experience of being the consumer and the technician, salesperson, partsperson, service writer, etc.
Echo will take care of anything they did wrong, seldom have any warranties to file other than ignition coils and carb adjustments. The equipment is top notch and their cylinder quality is the best in the industry.
😁
Are the ECHO/SHIN trimmers strato now? I was kinda assuming but thought the 4 #ed(2620,3020) trimmers were.
Ive ran shindiawa trimmers forc31 years..long before echo.bought..they have better handles triggers ..since the change there not as good.but still reliable..
Dave, I love that you made this comment being that you have the position that you do working on and with ECHO Equipment at such a high volume dealer in TX. Thanks for sharing buddy!
Fricken AWESOME Factory... Made in the USA.....Hell yeah...
For sure! Thank you sir!
Super cool tour -thanks for sharing Oakie 👍👍
Thank you @902hand7. It certainly was awesome and I am happy I was able to make something of the footage!
Great video.i have 3 echo saws,3 weedeaters.all work fantastic. America 🇺🇸 the best
That is excellent to know! Been using them for a few years?
@@oakiewoodsman a few years on the saws.probably 20+ on the weedeaters.1st 1 was a gray body
Very cool! Thanks
This looked like a fantastic tour
It sure was friend!
👍👍 This was awesome to see and thank you for the tour. I'm also a fan of Echo products.
I really appreciate you watching and then taking the time to leave a comment, an encouraging one at that! Enjoy and stay safe!
Thanks for the tour 👍 Nice facility 👏🇺🇸
I was really happy to be invited and was super impressed with everything I saw and how much was actually produced and not just "assembled"
Great promo tour of an excellent product. Great work Joe!
Thank you so much friend! I sure appreciate that!
Man I bet you had a blast on that tour I know I would have looked like a very nice neat and organized plant very nice thanks for sharing the plant tour
I really did have a blast on this tour. It was sure fun and you would have enjoyed it for sure.
Bet that was fun!
Your 🦎361 on it's way or made its way 2 you yet?
@@Doc-Cole_Trickle-of-Chainsaws No he had to start over with a different saw. Hope soon.
@@tedneitzel I knew he had issues w/ it but no details, it'll be worth the wait! My 🦎038 is pretty sweet!
It really was Ted!
Very impressive 💯 thanks for the tour 🤗
It was a great experience! Thank you for being here, watching and commenting!
I've been super happy with all my echo and shindaiwa stuff. Three trimmers 4 saws, and a water pump. All have been easy to start and run great. Premium gas with red armour and you Will be happy. Don't forget to grease your trimmer heads
Always appreciate you being here and sharing! Thanks for watching this video. It was a fantastic trip and I was super excited to get to do it!
@@oakiewoodsman certainly and awesome trip and cool to see how they are made
Great video. Steve invited me to go visit the factory. I just couldn't make it. Swamped with work and couldn't get out of it. Glad to see this video. Thanks for sharing it.
Bummer! I took 3 days off of work and it thankfully worked out well. Maybe we will meet in the future!
Thanks!
Thank you friend!
What a great video. It’s really nice to see things still made in the USA.
Thank you friend! I was super impressed with the whole process or sure!
Very cool Joe
Thank you friend!
Pretty cool brother, love it. Keep cuttin'!
Thank you sir!
That’s cool I love my echo saws
Thank you CC! This was such a great opportunity and I am so glad I was able to get footage. Impressed with ECHO as a company for sure!
That’s an awesome factory!
I was super impressed with everything!
Incredibly clean facility. Had no idea they manufactured everything in the US. Echo is definitely a brand we will be interested in for future purchases. Informative video OW, thank you for doing this.
Thanks for watching and sharing!
Cool
Thank you Todd!
What an awesome video I love stuff like this I would’ve been like a kid in a candy store😂. Good stuff, buddy you’re getting very good content.💪🏼
How far is it from you Tom? Lake Zurick IL? This was such a fun experience! Are you ready to add any ECHO stuff to your fleet?
@@oakiewoodsman I would be up for trying one out for sure someday! That’s about eight hours away from me
oh wow.... only about 2 hrs closer than myself. We have got to get together buddy!
Hey man I was wondering if you know if echo is coming out with a new echo backpack blower this year
Not sure man
Thats a vert cool tour. Neat to see all the older stuff on display. Too bad they didnt have the twin cylinder saw there
I sure loved it! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment and let us know you are here. I love seeing who all is watching..... if only everyone commented!
Echo is like Toyota/Honda. Usually not the most exciting but will last forever. The only problems I’ve ever had was my 8010/9010 blowers.
Thanks for watching and commenting! What trouble did you have?
@@oakiewoodsman my 8010 was always a bear to start and was a 3-5 minute process. They ended up looking at it and rebuilding the carb under warranty. It continued and I brought it back out of warranty for them to look at it again. Echo had an issue with it sucking air apparently but it was never a recall. They ended up replacing the block, carb, fuel lines, and spark plug. Echo covered parts I had to pay for labor. 6 months later my carb needed to be rebuilt again which again was they paid for parts but I did labor. Then my 9010 the tube kept blowing off which was fixed under warranty. The blowers work amazing but I haven’t been overly impressed with reliability when I only use them for fall cleanups. I was impressed with echos warranty though and my dealer working things out. My 225’s, 2620’s, and saws have all been great though.
@Tcw2019 thanks for sharing! So far out of all of my equipment, I had one oiler fail on a machine and that is it. That was a very easy process. Off course, we are all looking for ZERO incidents but it is nice when the warranty and dealers get it done. I wonder about the tube thing. They used to blow mold them and now they are injection molding them. hmmmm.... Thank you for sharing!
@@oakiewoodsman no idea! I took it to finish up a patio I was working on and had to blow out a lawn and it popped off 15-20 times and I was losing my mind 😂
I bet!
Holy smokes!!
I didn’t know they made all the plastics here in the USA.
What a great company I like them even more now!
Did anyone ask the ? If when they are going electronic on there carburetors?
They would not share any future plans with the group. They mentioned they have a whole bunch of new products coming out for the next year if I can recall correctly. I was super impressed with the whole process and how much was actually produced, not just assembled in the States.
Excellent video! I am bummed that I wasn't able to attend, somehow Expedia didn't process my payment for the flight ticket. Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to tour the facility in the future! I was really looking forward to hanging out with you as well.
What a bummer! Definitely want to make that trip if you ever get a chance to Boedy! Thanks for stopping by and watching sir!
I don’t own any echo equipment, but this video seems interesting
Certainly worth a look. The OPE is top notch especially the trimmers and PAS system. Their saws like the 620 are really great values and certainly are powerhouses!
Well Jordan there's no time like the present 2 join in on the awesomeness, especially if Joe here is still offering a 10% discount on Echo equipment at SawSuppliers!
Love my Echo equipment. The only people who crap on Echo are either brand snobs, or have never ran Echo.
They sure are good stuff. I think they are a great place be and will certainly get the job done!
Are the new 56v eforce battery tools made in the same factory?
I do not believe so. I think maybe Japan
Hey man I was wondering if echo is coming out with a new echo backpack blower this year
I really do not know and I am not privy to that sort of information.
👍🆙OW
What's your next ECHO/Shindaiwa product? I put in 20 on Boedy's ThunderKitten, so I have a chance at a newer piece of ECHO equipment!! Like I need it😬🤐
Thank you DR!
@Doc-Cole_Trickle-of-Chainsaws I am looking for the 620 to put Daves Ported Cylinder on it!
Started drewling..😢then i saw zero 0.......2511t s...wich is hands down best tophandle ever made..not stock of course..stock is ok with proper 0.43
You know, in the process we kinda stayed on the outside perimeter of the whole thing. The tour was supposed to be 2 hrs long and we went over quite a bit. I really didn't know what I was looking at while I was there.
Glad to see someone I America makeing products..we need to go back to that it has helped destroy the country..abandoning GOD was step one..are wealthy in charge have sold out..and lies of technology and the internet has made it worse the average age and last of trained labor ,skilled labor trades is 42. ..with no one to replace us I'm 47 ..we are truly doomed..I've hired 12 guys in 3 years none have made it ..or even know or understand the current death spiral America is in..they need to drop theze evil universities and teach real world labor and trades ...technology won't save anyone..only Jesus christ can...but we can teach youth reality..it's far far removed...God bless
Hope is found in Christ indeed. I think there is a big push to learn the trades amongst the younger generations but there is certainly a gap around my age group. I grew up in a time where they really painted the trades and labor in a poor light and pushed college so hard only for many to find that it really wasn't the ticket to success they were sold on. Thank you again!
Echo its made in Japan, Echo cames from Japan Not from USA!
I can fully assure you that I did not travel to Japan for the production of this video. I successfully drove from Oklahoma to IL to make this video. Thank you for watching
The engines are made in Japan from the Yamabiko group
@Born2doom I am not entirely for sure about that. I believe they were talking about installing crank seals and pressure testing in the US factory. This part is unclear to me. Thanks for weighing in.
Ill never buy another Echo anything. Pain in the ass to get parts for. Part numbers for same part differ depending on where u purchased it from for starters. Just a complete pain
Do you have more information? I have never run across this.
@@oakiewoodsman yes. Bought weedeater from a friend. No spark. Replaced plug. No spark. Went to dealer for coil. There was 28 part numbers for that model weedeater coil(depending on place of purchase). Finally found out it was bought new at Home Depot. Orderd $60 coil. No spark. Unplugged on/off switch. No spark. I threw tha sumbich in the dumpster
@@oakiewoodsman i still have the new coil. Wanna buy it?!
What model trimmer?
@@oakiewoodsman SRM-225