Battery powered chainsaw

[California]

I never heard of a hydraulic saw...interesting!

There are similar hydraulic pruners used in the vineyards here, run from an overhead 'spider' on the tractor feeding at least two laborers. I suppose this power assist reduces carpal tunnel injuries.

 

[Camofurever1]

I think a lot of bucket trucks have the capability to plug in a hydraulic saw in the bucket.

 

[Camofurever1]

Maybe a picture or two?
I had a tree break here way up high, puzzled over it, then in brought it down with five 12ga slugs in a row across split.

I'll snap some pics of it this weekend

 

[WinterDeere]

Or go whole hog and get a;
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Have you ever used one of these? I can't imagine wanting to spend $1400, to have the privilege of dragging heavy and awkward hydraulic hoses around with my saw. Heck, that's beyond MS-660 money!

 

[LouNY]

Have you ever used one of these? I can't imagine wanting to spend $1400, to have the privilege of dragging heavy and awkward hydraulic hoses around with my saw. Heck, that's beyond MS-660 money!

Ran one a few years ago working with a fellow with a wood processor, used the hydraulic saw to prep the logs for the processor.
It had a lot of power the hoses could be a royal pain till you got used to throwing them back good as you moved around.
His processor was hydraulic powered off a stationary engine with multiple stacked hydraulic pumps driving of the crankshaft of a 4 cylinder car engine with a fairly quiet exhaust system. He would sharpen all of his chains at night and just swap out chains during the day. If the bark had a lot of dirt embedded in it I go through 6-8 chains in a day to stay ahead of him with the processor and the older fellow with the loader bring logs to me. And I just keep the table of the processor loaded. Several tandem axle dump truck loads per day cut and split.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Does anyone make a pair of chaps that will stop an electric saw? I sure like the idea that my gasser will stop when I hit my chaps. They won't stop my battery saw

 

[WinterDeere]

I've seen some recommendations for the Husqvarna technical wrap chaps, WRT electric chainsaws, but the Husqvarna site actually makes no such claim and they have no specifications or user manuals linked to their product pages. Stihl has great info, easy to find specs and manuals, but I believe they still claim "gas only" on all of their chaps (or at least did, the last time I bothered to check).

Bottom line, any good chaps are going to protect you a heck of a lot better than none, no matter the saw. It seems an electric saw can be made to go thru most of these chaps, with sufficient intentional effort, but severe injury thru any of these chaps seems unlikely in most accidental contact scenarios I can imagine.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

The difference is, a gas saw clutch will be stopped by the chaps, battery saws are direct drive. The chap material isn't like an armor, it's a choking material... Which won't choke a battery saw. I agree chaps are better than nothing at all, but we aren't even allowed to use a battery saw on disaster relief calls with our organization, due to the fact that oir chaps wont stop them.

 

[4570Man]

Does anyone make a pair of chaps that will stop an electric saw? I sure like the idea that my gasser will stop when I hit my chaps. They won't stop my battery saw

Every YouTube test video I’ve seen the chaps always stopped the electric saw. Can anyone provide a video the contrary? Especially done under reasonable circumstances. Nobody is going to keep sawing on their leg for 10 seconds.

 

[WinterDeere]

Every YouTube test video I’ve seen the chaps always stopped the electric saw. Can anyone provide a video the contrary? Especially done under reasonable circumstances. Nobody is going to keep sawing on their leg for 10 seconds.

I posted one awhile back, in this very thread, I think. The test showed some damage through the chaps with the electric saw, but it was very minimal, and required more than what I'd call "momentary accidental contact" to generate said injury.