Battery powered chainsaw recommendations? (2017)

[ericm979]

One paper I read said it takes 1-5 years for the urushiol to degrade.

 

[Oldpath05]

One paper I read said it takes 1-5 years for the urushiol to degrade.

See it's post like this at the top of a page when I missed a day, makes me go What?, so I have to go back a couple pages to find out whats what or whos on on first..............side note>>>>>this is NOT a slam.

 

[4570Man]

Maybe chainsaw chips aren't very effective at transferring it then.

 

[ultrarunner]

JD put some stupid little bottle with hoses running from the aux couplers to catch the few drops of oil that might be lost. I can't believe for the life of me, that the VERY ecologically minded Germans (except for the automakers) have not addressed this most annoying issue.

They use eco-friendly bar oil... really.

 

[newbury]

Back to battery powered chainsaw
Amazon has the BLACK+DECKER LCS1240 40V MAX Lithium Ion Chainsaw, 12" on sale for $91.

It's no stihl or 80V but I've bought two for about $110@ and they are a great bang for the buck.

 

[dfkrug]

Back to battery powered chainsaw
Amazon has the BLACK+DECKER LCS1240 40V MAX Lithium Ion Chainsaw, 12" on sale for $91.

It's no stihl or 80V but I've bought two for about $110@ and they are a great bang for the buck.

I just looked on that site and there is also a B&D polesaw that uses the same LiIon battery. It looks like my older 18V NiCad polesaw
and is about the same price as the Lynxx and Ryobi. Still no oiler at all for the B&D polesaw. At least it does not
leak oil.....

I grew up around poison ivy in OH, MI, and MA. Same as PO. Found out the hard way not to burn it.....

 

[4get gto]

I just looked on that site and there is also a B&D polesaw that uses the same LiIon battery. It looks like my older 18V NiCad polesaw
and is about the same price as the Lynxx and Ryobi. Still no oiler at all for the B&D polesaw. At least it does not
leak oil.....

I grew up around poison ivy in OH, MI, and MA. Same as PO. Found out the hard way not to burn it.....

Didn't read too much into it but how are they oiling the chain on the pole saw? Do you oil it with squirt can?

 

[newbury]

I just looked on that site and there is also a B&D polesaw that uses the same LiIon battery. It looks like my older 18V NiCad polesaw
and is about the same price as the Lynxx and Ryobi. Still no oiler at all for the B&D polesaw. At least it does not
leak oil.....
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I believe the B&D polesaw is 20v battery.

 

[fried1765]

Back to battery powered chainsaw
Amazon has the BLACK+DECKER LCS1240 40V MAX Lithium Ion Chainsaw, 12" on sale for $91.

It's no stihl or 80V but I've bought two for about $110@ and they are a great bang for the buck.

It did not last long!
That saw is now $179.99 on Amazon.

 

[dfkrug]

Didn't read too much into it but how are they oiling the chain on the pole saw? Do you
oil it with squirt can?

Yeah, it comes with a small squirt bottle that attaches to the scabbard. 8" bar. Pretty crude, but works. I put
a few drops of oil in the bar groove, then make about a dozen cuts before it needs oil again. Small cuts.