[NarNar]

And how does this dealer get these old model that I thought was taken out of the market 3 years ago? Could this be a bunch of stuff he bought up from other dealers and is trying to dump them?
By the way the only advantage the 260 has is lighter and if it doesn't have the carb with adjustment needles it isn't worth very much.

Hess,

How can you tell if your model has the adjustment needles?

 

[Clawnz]

Shame this thread is so old.
I have only just found it and joined to give my opinion.
I have owned both.
The PPT260 was a blood mess and all sorts of things kept going wrong.
Lucky Echo sorted all these out and the PPT265 and now the PPT266 are a great tool to use.
I have used these for over 10yrs and I can only say I would never, never own a PPT260. Even if you gave me one I would sell it and go buy a new model.
As for the carb issue i think they have sorted it out. I am one of those who rated the Walbro carbs as a great easy carb to play with. These new ones are not so easy to tune.

 

[xxl]

Shame this thread is so old.
I have only just found it and joined to give my opinion.
I have owned both.
The PPT260 was a blood mess and all sorts of things kept going wrong.
Lucky Echo sorted all these out and the PPT265 and now the PPT266 are a great tool to use.
I have used these for over 10yrs and I can only say I would never, never own a PPT260. Even if you gave me one I would sell it and go buy a new model.
As for the carb issue i think they have sorted it out. I am one of those who rated the Walbro carbs as a great easy carb to play with. These new ones are not so easy to tune.

what was wrong with it ? I must be crazy i am building a ppt 260

 

[jffsandy4]

My "cut corners" comment was not based on anything other than I found a couple internet prices that seemed to about $50 cheaper for the 265 than what was typical for the 260 a few months ago. Reason for the post is that I'm considering buying and can still buy the 260 if the 265 was trimmed down to meet a lessor price point.

I know 100% that Echo built a $50 cheaper backpack blower this year with the same 79cc motor that the bp9010 has but with a smaller tube & fan for the price point reason. I still bought the new Redmax EBZ-9000 since Redmax had an initial 15% off for the 1st month out. I'm not a Husqvarna fan these days since the cheapened their products and don't have good customer service skills or warranty these days. After the 2nd frame broke on my 2019 LGT-2654 and they replaced the 1st one 2 years earlier, they now say I'm out of warranty . How can their most expensive "big box" garden tractor break 2 frames simply mowing grass and not stand behind it is beyond me but the Redmax won with a coin toss