I am looking to buy a cordless pole saw for use around the yard and also for trimming around deer stands. I do not want gas.

Suggestions? Experience? Brands to stay away from?

Milwaukee M18, Makita, Dewalt.

Black & Deker has the longest reach that I was able to find and works great.

I have all DeWalt at home so that's what I would go with so I can share batteries. If I were starting from scratch, I would look really hard at Milwaukee.

The old man next door (my father in law) has that Ryobi.

I know Ryobi sucks but he uses it all the time here on the farm. Keeps it on his tractor when he heads out to the pasture to bush hog.

If it was total crap, he would have torn it up already.

But whatever alla that sheeit is made in China in one giant factory ran by Dan Halen Sheetrock International.
Paint it red, blue, green all same

Get the harbor freight one and rub how good it works in all the dickheads’ faces on here

I’ve got many Ryobi 18 volt tools and batteries. The pole saw with the extension piece gets on up there and does an excellent job. I’ve got 2, 8” chainsaw blades for it.

I use the pole saw quite a bit and gave my gas Husquavarna one to my cousin.

I have the Dewalt.

Itworks great. Battery lasts a long time.

Don't have any recommendations.

But I don't recommend what I saw a couple fellas doing.

Corded circular saw duct taped to a steel pipe, long extension cord, being used on an old oak tree where one of them had shinnied up to a low branch during a light rain while the other fed him cord. Was going to stick around and video them for a future Faces of Death but me watching was making them nervous.

Do you already own any battery tools? I have the Milwaukee it's great, if I'm not using the saw I use the weed Wacker head or the lawn edger attachment. And the battery works with all my other tools

Same here. But the DeWalt is rated well & the good one is about 50 bucks less than the equivalent Milwaukee.

Never saw a electric saw that was worth a sheit, I guess if you need to cut a switch to whip your kids they'd be ok.

I don't have the DeWalt, I fugkin wish I did. I've got just about every other DeWalt tool that will run on 60/120 volts battery powered. They fugkin rock. DeWalt has got it going on.

wildfowl;
Good afternoon to you, I hope that this July 4th weekend finds you well.

When I was looking for a 10' pole pruner I did look first at DeWalt because I already had a couple batteries for a drill and impact driver set, so I picked up this one.



This is the 3rd summer now for it and it's given perfect service.

The saw works without the center 3½' extension in it so one isn't stuck with it being 10' long if you don't need it.

I've used it on Saskatoon trees for hardwoods, but mostly for Ponderosa Pine and Doug Fir around the place when I'm doing fire suppression pruning. It will cut through a dead 8" Doug Fir branch a bit slower than my Stihl MS 170 for sure, but not that much slower, so it's fairly impressive that way. The brushless motor has a decent amount of jam, but like a chainsaw needs to be started out of the cut and dropped into the wood.

The battery lasts longer than I care to cut, so I want to say at least 3 to 4 hours of cutting. By the time I cut branches for that long it's a full day dragging them out and dealing with them and while I'm dragging and piling the battery is on the charger.

So far I've used the same Stihl bar oil I use on the rest of the chainsaws here and file the chain the same way as well.

Hopefully that's of use to you or someone out there.

Good luck whichever way you decide and Happy Fourth of July.

Dwayne

I have DeWalt impacts and drills so I was disappointed three or four years ago when I went looking for one and they hadn't made it yet. I ended up buying a cheap 40V Green Works and it has been great. Three pieces so you can leave out the center section for close work or put it in for more reach. Someone told me they changed the design and it doesn't come apart now.

Whichever one you get, make sure the chain head is at a slight angle to the pole not straight out. That way you can just lift it up, rest the chain on a branch and pull the trigger. The weight does the work; you don't have to push on the pole.

Jerry

My neighbor had an Oregon. He would let me use it whenever I wanted. I finally asked him if I could just buy it from him and he could then borrow it from me whenever he wants.

It does everything I need. In fact, I usually wear out before it does.

I used my neighbor's Dewalt and it's a beast. I used it to cut an 8" diameter dead pine trunk that was hung up after a storm.

I have the Dewalt, and it's been stellar!

Have the Dewalt grass trimmer too. It's very good as well.

Might as well, since I have the Dewalt 1/2" impact, circular saw, sawzall, and grease gun.

No complaints at all.

I have had the milwaukee fuel with extension for several years. Great pole saw. I would recommend it.

Thanks for all the info. Really helps with my additional research. I use Rigid hand power tools and they do not make a pole saw for their batteries so I am starting over from that standpoint.

Here is the link to a chart that shows which companies produce which brands which I thought was interesting........

https://pressurewashr.com/wp-conten...-Tool-Companies-Who-Owns-What-Brands.jpg

For some of the battery power non-believers. I've always weed-whacked my 7 acres (1 acre yard, but then fence lines around barns etc.) with a commercial model Stihl or Husqvarna string trimmer. Last year I had some issues with my latest Stihl and on a whim I bought an open box/Demo Milwaukee string trimmer at my local Northern Tool. I'll never go back to a gas powered string trimmer. It starts immediately when I press the trigger (has 2 speeds), is quiet enough that I don't need earplugs, lighter than a gas trimmer and it will do my 1-acre yard with one battery (If I haven't let it grow too tall). Otherwise, I have plenty of other Milwaukee batteries anyways. It also holds a heck of a lot of string and is super easy to spool it.

There's something dramatically different with the newer gas powered equipment that makes them finicky as hell and less reliable to start and stay in tune. I've always used quality fuel and premium 2-stroke oil, but today's engines aren't the same as yesteryears. I don't know if the drop in reliability is emissions or fuel economy related, but they've changed.

I will definitely be retiring my Stihl pole saw next and replacing it with a Milwaukee pole saw.

I purchased the Dewalt earlier this spring and it has worked great. I probably cut 60-70 limbs maybe more on a full battery.

I recommend a full choked 12ga and a box of 7.5's. Shoot a limb at the base and it falls right off. Some require a couple. Obviously, not recommended in anti-gun neighborhoods.