Chainsaw Repair

I'm just curious because I enjoy the history of our saw companies. Who all is part of the Husky/Poulan conglomerate? Add as much history as you do or don't want to on that one.

What about Echo? Are they part of it. By the way, Cut started an awesome Echo history post on the Echo thread.

Some companies I don't know much if anything about: Don't see companies like Solo and Efco in my neck of the woods. Not many Partner saws. What's their history? A buddy of mine had an Olympic saw, said it was a beast. That was 20 years ago. Have John Deer saws always been made by someone else? 

The Makita/Dolmar deal surprised me. Dolmar isn't big in Kansas but I thought their bread and butter were the loggers and suspected they were in other countries what Stihls are here. The Makita merger seems an obvious attempt to market to the masses. Makes perfect sense but it's a shame to see one of the original German saw makers merge.

Well, like I said I'm just curious. I like to keep up just because and there seem to have been a lot of mergers in the last decade or so. Thanks

John Deere were also made by Efco before they went with the Stihl name brand and became Stihl dealers in the USA..

RoyM, do you mean that the red Dolmar is no longer? Just in Makita blue now?

660, I had no idea Stihl had ever been connected with anyone else. How were Efco and John Deer a part of them? Cool information guys.

I see your point. Even though we're in the Wheat State here, I can only recall one Stihl/JD dealer. It's in Kingman, KS, roughly 45 miles from the city here. The rest of the Stihl dealerships I've seen in Wichita and the surrounding area cater to cutting and landscaping equipment. No doubt this will be very different away from the "big city", I just haven't taken notice I guess. I'm glad you brought that up though. Here in the city you'd never guess there's a JD/Stihl connection.

I have a John Deere - Homelight weed whacker