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Any good? Worth the coin ?
I know, another saw thread ---- that time of the year.
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Handy as can be.
Best used on trees smaller than redwoods.
But clearing brush has a tendency to make the chain jump off.
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But clearing brush has a tendency to make the chain jump off. Didn't realize that Stihl makes it for Milwaukee.
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Batteries don't last long. A battery is good for 15 minutes of real use give or take. I have one with 2 batteries and works great. Have taken down several decent sized trees, Not an all day tool, but definitely handy as hell.
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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Any good? Worth the coin ?
I know, another saw thread ---- that time of the year. Gun. Own? Worth having? Gun.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Chaps don’t work well with electric saws. Watch yourself
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I have 10 Stihl gas saws
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18 and 12 volt Milwaukee battery saws
They certainly have limitations, but I use them often on small jobs
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Watch the project farm video of battery powered chainsaws on YouTube. Dewalt performs better. I have a dewalt with the 16” bar, it has plenty of power, actually a lot of power. It’s best used for limbing and clean up. They are very handy. If you’re going to be logging, I’d pass on them.
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I know you said chainsaw, but if you're just pruning... A Sawzall with a pruning blade works excellent for me. And so what if it winds up in the gravel - carbide teeth don't care much, and a new blade is all of like a buck fitty or so. Probably gives me about 9"-12" extra reach overhead as well. I have tested it's limits - about 8" live oak. Anything bigger, and I use internal combustion.
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I know you said chainsaw, but if you're just pruning... A Sawzall with a pruning blade works excellent for me. And so what if it winds up in the gravel - carbide teeth don't care much, and a new blade is all of like a buck fitty or so. Probably gives me about 9"-12" extra reach overhead as well. I have tested it's limits - about 8" live oak. Anything bigger, and I use internal combustion. I have a bunch of M12 and M18 tools. The SawZall is one of my favorite Milwaukee cordless tool. Wood, steel or sheet metal . That carbide pruning blade is bad ass.
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I know you said chainsaw, but if you're just pruning... A Sawzall with a pruning blade works excellent for me. And so what if it winds up in the gravel - carbide teeth don't care much, and a new blade is all of like a buck fitty or so. Probably gives me about 9"-12" extra reach overhead as well. I have tested it's limits - about 8" live oak. Anything bigger, and I use internal combustion. I agree
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I have one. For quick to medium jobs, it’s great. For longer jobs, the Echo comes out.
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I have the smaller "pruner". Works well for what it is.
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If you already are in the M18 world it makes more sense, get a big battery.
Great for camping and forest service roads, no gas can bouncing around in the rig.
Charging the batteries with the solar panels on the camper is nice.
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Watch the project farm video of battery powered chainsaws on YouTube. Dewalt performs better. I have a dewalt with the 16” bar, it has plenty of power, actually a lot of power. It’s best used for limbing and clean up. They are very handy. If you’re going to be logging, I’d pass on them. If that’s the video I’ve seen, it’s several years old, unless it’s been updated. These tools change quickly in that time frame.
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