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First of all I have a hard time turning to these battery tools but I was wondering if one of the chainsaws makes the cut literally? The purpose is to throw in the truck, many times I am 20-30 miles deep and run across fallen tree, or when I am cuming back. Recommendations? S.
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Milwaukee, It’s a great saw.
Better than a gas Stihl….
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For that kind of use, they're great. Just be sure to keep the battery charged. I also suggest wiring an inverter into your vehicle to recharge it.
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The right ones, Milwaukee / Stihl are excellent. For what you are looking for, near perfect.
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Get a 40v + and a spare battery, and you'll be good. You're not going to fell a redwood with one, but they can handle a small tree no problem with a couple of batteries.
The smaller 20v ones are great for limbing or making a few cuts through a tree, but heavy cutting runs them down really fast.
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Thanks, I’ll shop around. When I need one I need one.
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I have a 60v dewalt 16in bar with 3 of the 6amh batteries and 2 chargers. I use this for storm damage mostly and have cleared trees all day with this saw. I'm hard on tools but I give this 5 stars. Here's a couple pictures from last Friday.
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20 Volt 12 inch DeWalt saw here, it works well.
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Another with a 60v Dewalt, I don't use it alot ,but so far so good. Clearing down falls and trails, and 2 batteries.
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Purchased a Kobalt a few years back. Works OK on small limbs (3”), but otherwise is a POS.
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My Echo battery is the first saw I grab for jobs expected to be over in less than 30 minutes. When the battery needs to be recharged so do I. But if the tree is over 10 inches in diameter most likely I’ll grab my Echo gas model. The battery saw will cut larger logs but it really saps the juice out of the battery.
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Milwaukee rules the recharge capable/electric world.
I’d not bother with anything else.
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For better or worse most of my stuff is Dwalt because that’s what I’ve been gifted with but I’m willing to pick up another tool manufacture as well.
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I have used an electric pole saw. Had about a 6 or 8" bar. It had instant touque and I cut a bunch of limbs without running it down. It had a sharp chain and cut almost instantly through 3 and 4" oak limbs.
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For the small stuff it is hard to beat a sawsall, I had a battery powered saw and my results were the same as Dan's.
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For better or worse most of my stuff is Dwalt because that’s what I’ve been gifted with but I’m willing to pick up another tool manufacture as well. Milwaukee is it. Same for impacts.
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My Echo battery is the first saw I grab for jobs expected to be over in less than 30 minutes. When the battery needs to be recharged so do I. But if the tree is over 10 inches in diameter most likely I’ll grab my Echo gas model. The battery saw will cut larger logs but it really saps the juice out of the battery. Same here Snow, much better than I could have imagined. My FIL has that saw that MPat70 mentioned, that saw has more power.
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I’ll get dewalt, because I already have dewalt tools
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Milwaukee, It’s a great saw.
Better than a gas Stihl…. I love mine, it works like a charm.
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