Battery powered chainsaw

The only negative I can find on my Dewalt 20v saw is it leaks chainbar oil. I read this same complaint on other brands of saws as well. My solution is to set the saw so the the oil hole is pointed up (set saw on it's side) and that seems to have resolved the issue.
 
Can you expand on this a little more? I thought chaps worked by binding the chain in material. If the electric chainsaw gets bound up will it not stop?
I can’t remember where I heard it, but I remember something about the instantaneous torque of an electric saw being too much for the fibers.

Alas, it appears that is an urban legend.


I do believe my chaps warned against using them with an electric saw. Again, not sure why.
 
I have to say it’s hilariously ironic that I was just knocking electric power tools this past weekend. My in-laws have flamboyantly gay neighbors who seem to have every electric power yard tool available. It made for easy joke fodder while I held my beer and quipped about their lack of manliness.

Then I come to this thread to shockingly learn that CFF has so many members of similar persuasion.

By “persuasion” I mean inclined to use electric power tools. I’d neeeeever imply that you’re gay for using an electric power tool...cause that’s against the rules and stuff. And I don’t want to break the rules. So this is me, not calling you gay for using an electric power tool. :D

I may snicker a bit though...

You can complain about it if you’d like. But I probably can’t hear you over the manly sound of my gas-powered tools.
 
I have to say it’s hilariously ironic that I was just knocking electric power tools this past weekend. My in-laws have flamboyantly gay neighbors who seem to have every electric power yard tool available. It made for easy joke fodder while I held my beer and quipped about their lack of manliness.

Then I come to this thread to shockingly learn that CFF has so many members of similar persuasion.

By “persuasion” I mean inclined to use electric power tools. I’d neeeeever imply that you’re gay for using an electric power tool...cause that’s against the rules and stuff. And I don’t want to break the rules. So this is me, not calling you gay for using an electric power tool. :D

I may snicker a bit though...

You can complain about it if you’d like. But I probably can’t hear you over the manly sound of my gas-powered tools.

Well with a small electric chainsaw my wife, FIL or a friend can limb out the small stuff while I cut the main trunk with the gas powered saw. Different tools for different jobs. Kinda like using a 22 to squirrel hunt. The 45-70 tends to be overkill. Although it will certainly kill a squirrel.
 
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Just a quick update. My mom bought the HF chainsaw a couple weeks ago. Keep in mind she’s ~5 months from turning 70. She lives alone (in a neighborhood) and maintains a 2 acre lot and a 2800 sqft house.

This is our text convo last night:

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SS = Sunday School, for you heathens. :p
 
I have the dewalt 40v chainsaw. I like it. It’s good for a homeowner. Only complaint is it uses a lot of bar oil. Also change the chain over to a Oregon chainsaw chain.
Nothing wrong with the one that came on it, just seem like it needs to be sharpened more often.
 
Any more info since they've been out for a few years?
New saws on the market?
Longevity experience?

I'm just about to replace/retire my old gas saw. Still undecided on another gas or brushless battery saw.

I have a corded for firewood trimming close to the house.
Need a saw for when I go mobile.
Use is 2-3 times/year.
Cut up trees/limbs and small bushes, zombies and such...
 
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Any more info since they've been out for a few years?
New saws on the market?
Longevity experience?

I'm just about to replace/retire my old gas saw. Still undecided on another gas or brushless battery saw.

I have a corded for firewood trimming close to the house.
Need a saw for when I go mobile.
Use is 2-3 times/year.
Cut up trees/limbs and small bushes, zombies and such...
Only 2-3 times per year sounds like bad for the batteries unless you have other tools that use them, too.
 
Any more info since they've been out for a few years?
New saws on the market?
Longevity experience?

I'm just about to replace/retire my old gas saw. Still undecided on another gas or brushless battery saw.

I have a corded for firewood trimming close to the house.
Need a saw for when I go mobile.
Use is 2-3 times/year.
Cut up trees/limbs and small bushes, zombies and such...
My mom’s (40V) is still going strong. I’ve never used it though.

I’ve since bought a different one. Grabbed a blower, chainsaw and hedge trimmer from Northern Tool that all share the same (48V) batteries. Haven’t used it yet. You’re welcome to borrow it and see how it works. Swing by and pick it up and we can talk about my yard again. 😁
 
I just got the 40v Ryobi 14" saw last week. I may hate it in a year, but right now I really like it. So much easier to grab it to do light jobs and just keep the Stihl for felling trees. Most of the stuff around our house are 8-12" pines, and it will buzz right thru them. Also did great on the Devils testicles trees ( aka sweet gum). The chain that came on it is not the best so I will get a few replacements for it. I am going to pick up the pole saw and string trimmer to go with it.
 
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If things go as planned, I'll be using my 80v Kobalt this afternoon to knock down a few river birch trees.

I also plan to add a hitch basket to my SxS to haul some pieces out.
 
There’s another lengthy thread on here somewhere from last spring. I bought the 80v Kobalt and am very impressed.
 
My older 40v dewalt is still doing great.
Used it at thanksgiving to fell and process a 18-in diameter oak that had died this year in my moms front yard. I have 3 batteries (also have string trimmer), so no issue swapping out battery while another one needs to charge. I swapped twice during that whole tree. Had brought my gas saw as a backup, but didn’t need it.
Carried the dewalt with me when that ice storm hit Greensboro and northwest a few months ago. Loved being able to carry the saw in the car with no gas smell/leaks. Got stuck in the middle of the worst part of the storm while I was driving in Stokesdale, watching trees fall across the road as I drove. Had to backtrack multiple times. Finally ended up using it to cut the limbs and top (from 8-in diameter to the top) off a fallen pine to clear the road so I could keep going.
Also during that storm I trimmed sagging limbs from across my moms driveway, and had to cut up a big Bradford pear that split and fell blocking the door to my brothers garage.
Very happy with the battery saw. Very controllable, and it’s nice that it’s quiet.
The 18-inch tree was probably its limit for what I would fell with it.
 
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I'll check with my oldest brother on what he got and get back here later.
 
@BigWaylon I don’t claim to know if volts should or should not matter, but I’ve always been told that it’s really about amps and that the voltage is just marketing.

The Milwaukee system is great, but not sure that I’d pay the price for just one tool.

Voltage makes a big difference. It's not about "current" per se, but "power".

Power is voltage times current. Lower voltages mean higher currents for the same power and that has its own problems. You need larger wiring, larger motors, and you also have heat generation problems internally to the batteries. And battery capacity is much lower.

Higher voltages flips all that around.
 
OK, brother said he got the EGO 18" battery powered saw.


He's 70 now and his days of tackling anything that would require a bigger gas powered saw all day long are long gone. This more than adequately handles anything he would ever need to do, and quite well.
 
I love my Stihl Farmboss...but she is a heavy girl!

Had the Mrs. get me a Dewalt 20v since I have the drills etc.

Love it. Cut up a branch that broke from a storm. So much lighter...and awesome power I thought.

Don't knock em until you try them!

DS
 
My mom’s (40V) is still going strong. I’ve never used it though.

I’ve since bought a different one. Grabbed a blower, chainsaw and hedge trimmer from Northern Tool that all share the same (48V) batteries. Haven’t used it yet. You’re welcome to borrow it and see how it works. Swing by and pick it up and we can talk about my yard again. 😁

Towards the end of the week? We are renting a bucket lift this weekend and trimming the tree by the driveway. I can use the corded saw but would like to have options.
 
Towards the end of the week? We are renting a bucket lift this weekend and trimming the tree by the driveway. I can use the corded saw but would like to have options.
I’ll be around all week. Probably anytime except Thursday afternoon...unless they don’t need me to work that day.
 
Only 2-3 times per year sounds like bad for the batteries unless you have other tools that use them, too.
Even Black and Decker batteries are fine up to 18 months of sitting according to them. Lithium batteries aren't like the old Ni-Cad batteries.
 
I have a Greenworks chain saw from last year and bought same brand Pole saw recently. Use pole saw to cut a large Crepe Myrtle, tall as house, with up to 4" trunks.
After felling the tall ones I used the pole saw to cut them shorter in order to haul on my truck. It did exc job and might be all your Mom would need.
40V battery charged up withing a couple hours.
 
I went with the Harbor Feight 40v brushless after reading some reviews. The 80v tends to shut down from the battery overheating. If you have a spare, you can swap batteries and keep going while the other one cools.
The 40v will take the 80v battery as an extended run time 40v.
Only used it once to trim a broken branch and cut it up and was fairly impressed. It's not really broken in yet. Looking to tweak it with a better chain. Got the pole saw too, but it's still in the box. Weird white chain oil that came with it though.

A year or two ago and I was Eh on the idea. My baby Stihl trim saw, which I've pushed way beyond what it's supposed to do, needs overhauling and I started looking at electrics for convenience. I've still got a Stihl 260 pro model that hasn't seen oil or gas.
 
Update: I have found the one thing about my specific saw I don't like. It loves straight cuts through either thin or thick wood, but as soon as you do something weird, like hit a vine or it torques one way or the other, the chain comes off the bar.

It only takes a minute to put it back on, but you be needing to hold your tongue right when cutting.
 
I got a Ryobi limb saw to go with the 40v chain saw. It’s a heavy bitch but it does cut good. I


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