by bgsengine » Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:53 pm
Yep Echo built the engines for those Mantis tillers (Engine Models starting with SV-xxx) Mantis built the gearboxes. These days Echo still builds engines onto the gearboxes under Echo branding, but I believe Mantis has been lately building theirs with Honda engines. But from my experience, those gearboxes are nearly bullet-proof, have had some where they've just gotten a newer Echo SV engine popped onto them, and they keep on going. Current Echo builds seem to last just as long, have sold quite a few, and they are still in regular use.
How poor are they who have not patience. What wound did ever heal, but by degrees? - Iago (Othello Act II, Scene 3)