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Chinese Stihl 070 knockoff

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by Uncle Augie, Nov 18, 2014.

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  1. Uncle Augie

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    Uncle Augie, Nov 18, 2014
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    Hmmmm, I recall one guy on AS had a couple of these, just can't remember his username.... :doh:
     
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    I saw that thread when I was looking these things up after the thread here about them

    I've never run one augie. Cheap though. Some of the sites that sell them seem sketchy to say the least. I'd be worried about giving them any card info
     
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    PayPal off alibaba.com and you are protected just like any PayPal transaction. I'm guessing that they would need a full going over,tune, portbefore they work acceptability. But then we all do that work on our own saws.
     
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    Didn't think about PayPal, good idea. If you pick one up start a thread on it, they're interesting saws. I'd be curious to see how one holds up to use
     
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    No...but less than impressed:rolleyes:
     
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    I agree, it seems cheap even in its idle, which is rough. Do it once and do it right with a saw that's made right.
     
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    Well, he is kinda setting himself up for failure there. 12" of wood to test an 070? I don't think so. A dammed MS250 would have made it look slow.

    Stick that thing in at least 36" of wood and let's see what it's got. from what I can see on that vid, my 1050 would wipe the floor with that 070 pretender.
     
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    Are you sure that video isn't in slow motion :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
    At least that is what it looked like :whistle:
     
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    MacBob...
     
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    Have an email in with one distributor to see what total cost, bar length, and if they will toss in a couple of extra chains.
     
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    Wow....my 55 yr old 87cc 1-80 gear drive with 9/16 chain is faster than that turd.

    Louder too. ;)
     
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    It even sounds slow! LoL
     
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    I had dealt with a seller on ebay that had one i think. Or it was an 090?
     
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    Sounds like the tune is off and the chain doesn't look very sharp. Lots of dust.
     
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    Here looks like he is running it right out of the box. I have purchased some mechanical items from Chinese manufacturers, quality is usually great, quality control is not always so. Any saw I purchased would be broken down and reassembled before I ran it.
     
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    From what I have read about them I would not buy one to use. They are more of a novelty item.
     
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    Why a turd?
    Why a novelty?

    DexterDay mentioned it sounded like it had a bad tune, and possibly a dull chain, & MasterMech mentioned that the saws displacement wouldn't even shine until the 36inch bar was buried. So the two guys who know saws point out potential issues to pay attention to, and seem open to the idea and interested, if a bit skeptical. Why is there what appears to be a negative bias from everyone else, with no facts backing up this bias?
     
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    I bought a Chinese knock off case.for my Husky 372XP last year, I had to make some minor modifications to it (specifically to the oiler drive area) to make it work but so far, so good. And i use my saws hard as I'm sure most of you know. One thing I did notice is the casting isn't as good of quality as a factory casting. Seems like a cheaper alloy was used, so to speak.

    Can't speak for this 070 knockoff, but I've heard not so good things about them. Maybe ask Randy or someone who may have had a run-in with them in regards to work/mods....
     
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    you never know until you try it.
     
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