Is this a legit JD variant of the Echo 302?

[LAWN BOY]

Hey folks. I got this in JD 30 chainsaw in the mail today along with 2x of the same saw as Echos. To my dismay, it appears the JD one may just be painted and stickered by some random person in the past. Looks like there’s orange paint under the yellow. I’ll also show the serial number. If anyone has any knowledge to offer on whether or not this is a legit saw made for JD by Echo or just an Echo Kioritz that someone ruined, I’d appreciate it.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

All the JD Kiortz saws started as orange. It's a legit saw I am 99% sure.

 

[LAWN BOY]

All the JD Kiortz saws started as orange. It's a legit saw I am 99% sure.

Okay. I’m glad to hear that. Thank you.

 

[bretts]

All the 302's I have are orange, sounds like someone repainted it.

 

[old 040]

Looks legit to me. Oddly I've found the opposite on Echo labeled saws that have hints of yellow under the orange, unless it's primer, but I don't recall ever seeing yellow primer. This 702evl I bought a few months back has yellow showing under the orange in places. You can see it best around the recoil housing where there's some paint rubbed off.

 

[old 040]

Hey folks. I got this in JD 30 chainsaw in the mail today along with 2x of the same saw as Echos. To my dismay, it appears the JD one may just be painted and stickered by some random person in the past. Looks like there’s orange paint under the yellow. I’ll also show the serial number. If anyone has any knowledge to offer on whether or not this is a legit saw made for JD by Echo or just an Echo Kioritz that someone ruined, I’d appreciate it.

Guess I should add, there's also the Sears Craftsman "Mustard Yellow" saws, I owned the 302 version several years ago. Makes me wonder if some of either the JD and Sears versions were painted the yellow colors first, and if not used for those applications, if they were then painted over with Echo Orange, here' a couple pics of my old Sears labeled one.......

 

[heimannm]

I have a few of the John Deere Echo saws and all have the Echo badge with model number as you have shown. Some will show orange paint under the yellow where it wears thin.



Mark

 

[LAWN BOY]

Thanks for the knowledge guys. I’ll keep the JD in my personal collection now that I know it is legit.

 

[Bill G]

Many rebranded saws were painted over the original color from the factory.

Go pop the hood on a early Case IH 3294.......she aint red