Rock Chuck, I'm talking about leaking when it's just sitting on a shelf unused. I know they leak when they're operated, but many reviews of them leaving puddles when stored away.
Project farm is an example of a bossy, know it all, task oriented, first born nerd, with an engineering degree.
I can tell all that from his voice.
My wife, my son, and I are all bossy, know it all, task oriented, first born nerds, with an engineering degrees.
Psychologists say we engineers are obsessed with things, and not people.
I currently have a DEWALT 20V MAX XR Chainsaw.
In 1982 I bought a Stihl 36" chainsaw.
In 1968 my father bought me a Mcculloch chainsaw.
In 1965 I had a caper cycle with a Mcculloch mac6 go cart race engine.
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but you will have to keep buying replacement batteries every few years at $130 or so...
Horse crap. I've got Milwaukee batteries that have served for six years so far, on everything from skill saws, grease guns, drivers, 1/2" driver, drills. Getting used every week of the year, well below freezing to scorching hot. Never a hitch with any of them.
Other brands, not so lucky. Ridgid (Home Depot brand) especially sucks. I've had no luck with Dewalt, either. But these Milwaukee 18V batteries just keep going. I kept records on one of my drivers, It's driven over 160,000 screws so far.
My two oldest Milwaukee 18v batteries are 9-10yrs old and still going strong! And they never lose charge while being stored.
And totally agree about that Rigid crap from Home Depot.
Check this guy out. He does some pretty good tests on equipment of all types. He has several videos about battery powered lawn equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aBZt8m1XkQ
but you will have to keep buying replacement batteries every few years at $130 or so...
Not true with Lithium Ion Batteries. I run Milwaukee tools and I have a couple batteries dating back to 2012 and they still run strong.
The Milwaukee Fuel Chain Saw and the Fuel Trimmer are incredible tools. Your not going to cut wood for heating your house with it but you can't beat it for cutting here and there and trimming.
There is a big difference between the Regular Milwaukee tools and the Fuel tools, do your research.
Paul
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Rock Chuck, I'm talking about leaking when it's just sitting on a shelf unused. I know they leak when they're operated, but many reviews of them leaving puddles when stored away.
I've always kept saws sitting on cardboard or something to soak up the oil. They all leak whether being used or not.
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but you will have to keep buying replacement batteries every few years at $130 or so...
Horse crap. I've got Milwaukee batteries that have served for six years so far, on everything from skill saws, grease guns, drivers, 1/2" driver, drills. Getting used every week of the year, well below freezing to scorching hot. Never a hitch with any of them.
Other brands, not so lucky. Ridgid (Home Depot brand) especially sucks. I've had no luck with Dewalt, either. But these Milwaukee 18V batteries just keep going. I kept records on one of my drivers, It's driven over 160,000 screws so far.
It's all about the battery construction. Milwaukee has electronics on them that control everything the batteries do, Everything, that's one of the reasons the batteries last so long.
Paul
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I have a Dewalt string trimmer. Check into them as they are pretty solid.
+1 - I bought the 40v version of this and have no regrets ....as much/maybe more power than most of the gas trimmers I've owned and the charge lasts a lot longer than you'd think
I looked at a bunch of the electric chain saws. Ended up buying an Ego 16" bar. Used it to cut a bunch of 6" to 8" trees out back. Had someone come and cut down the big ones - 12" to 16". I'm using the Ego to cut them up. I'll get six to eight cuts through the big trees on one charge. We have about 1,000 sf of grass in the back and can't use the riding mower back there. Bought an Ego push mower and it does great. Only takes about ten minutes to cut the back and with a freshly charged battery it doesn't even register as any being discharged. Same battery for both. When stored I put it on a cardboard box. The oil does leak out into the box. My string trimmer is a Ryobi 18v One+ I've had for three years and have used a bunch. It is still going strong.
Seems to be more bad reviews of the bump feed on the kobalt string trimmer.
You could probably put an Echo speed feed head on anything you buy. Reloading string on one of those is great......you can just cut a piece about 20 feet long and wind it on without disassembling the head. Only bad thing I can say about them is that if you get into some vines or moss, etc their is a little gap in them that allows stuff like that to wrap around the head and jam up the trimmer. If you are just trimming lawn grass that would not be a problem.
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Milwaukee hands down, by the leaf blower while you are at it. Like was mentioned i am not a big fan of the trimmer head so I changed that out. I have the weedwacker, pole saw, and lawn edger all interchangeable with the power head. The chainsaw works great and is quite toss it in your truck going to deer camp or camping and cut up a pile of firewood without the noise, if I'm boating I toss it in the boat to cut up woods for campfires. The other great thing with Milwaukee is their tools are always on sale and usually come with a battery which tends to be cheaper than buying a battery
Just used my Milwaukee M18 trimmer at the in-law's yesterday. It was a virtual jungle. With nonstop use, a12ah battery lasted well over an hour. 8ah went about 45 minutes. Plenty of power. M18 chainsaw works great for its intended purpose. It'll never replace a gas saw for cutting several cords to heat the house all winter but perfectly capable for relatively short sessions.
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