89wrangler
Not a new member
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2005
- Location
- Bostic,NC
I can already hear the comments, but I cannot justify $1800+ for a new big name brand saw. Since Helene has left me with 60+ trees down and most of them BIG oaks, I needed to get something to cut them with. My old 26 year old 18" Poulan is a great dependable saw, but just too small for what I am dealing with. I started looking for a Stihl, but was hit with sticker shock! Not sure what i was expecting, but damn. So this lead to the search of a more reasonable priced saw.
In comes the Neotech 892 with a 28" bar. This is a 92cc Stihl 660 knock off. I guess the patents have ran out and the market is open. All the Stihl parts interchange with the NT(Neotech). On top of that, all the parts for the saw are readily available from NT website and cost are uber reasonable, actually really inexpensive. (trying to avoid the word cheap..lol). I picked this up along with 3 extra chains, to my door for $406.00. "Most" website reviews have been really favorable for this brand, especially if you are mechanically inclined as there are a few tweaks and upgrades that can be done to make it better
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Initial thoughts. Came well packaged, not fully assembled. No assembly instructions. I figured this part out, but would have been nice if there would have been an assembly drawing at least. Removed chain tensioner and added grease as per some reviews. Put on bar and chain. Nice looking saw! A lot heavier than I am used to of course. Added gas and oil, 4 pulls later it fired, 5th pull it started. Idled and ran good right out of the box. Going to put it to its first test this weekend and will report back. Will also add a couple of pics.
This is some of what I am dealing with..
In comes the Neotech 892 with a 28" bar. This is a 92cc Stihl 660 knock off. I guess the patents have ran out and the market is open. All the Stihl parts interchange with the NT(Neotech). On top of that, all the parts for the saw are readily available from NT website and cost are uber reasonable, actually really inexpensive. (trying to avoid the word cheap..lol). I picked this up along with 3 extra chains, to my door for $406.00. "Most" website reviews have been really favorable for this brand, especially if you are mechanically inclined as there are a few tweaks and upgrades that can be done to make it better
.
Initial thoughts. Came well packaged, not fully assembled. No assembly instructions. I figured this part out, but would have been nice if there would have been an assembly drawing at least. Removed chain tensioner and added grease as per some reviews. Put on bar and chain. Nice looking saw! A lot heavier than I am used to of course. Added gas and oil, 4 pulls later it fired, 5th pull it started. Idled and ran good right out of the box. Going to put it to its first test this weekend and will report back. Will also add a couple of pics.
This is some of what I am dealing with..