Just another junk chainsaw

[Rebeldad1]

my Dewalt 20 and 60 volt chainsaws start just fine...

I got rid of all my Stihl saws and string trimmer and went to battery power. Just had two large cedar trees go down in a windstorm. I cant imagine going back to the loud sounds and smell of a gas saw again.

One of the perks of not having to do it for a daily living

 

[5030]

Until the batteries need charged but you conveniently forgot to include that....

 

[JeepHead]

I bought the Milwaukee cordless chainsaw. It was an absolute terrible purchase! I mean if you're trimming a limb off of the rose bush, sure it'll get the job done. But for real wood cutting, it has no spot with the rest of the saws. It stays at home.... I also made the mistake of buying an Ego leaf blower. That was the final straw, I have learned my lesson, go gas or stay TF home...

 

[kenmbz]

I have a mix. Echo 490 and 620p for the big trees.
M18 blower, trimmer and pole saw for convenience.
Walk behind and handheld gas blower for bigger stuff.
Gas Stihl brushcutter and Echo hedge trimmer.

These are just tools, get the right one for the job and this setup works for me. 3 batteries for the trimmer/pole saw works for my needs of about 2-3 hours of work.
Doing branch trimming, no pull starts is an arm saver. But with 20-30 inch trees to cut up, the 620p makes short work of them.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Until the batteries need charged but you conveniently forgot to include that....

nope... made enough money selling my gas chainsaws so I bought a couple extra batteries.

 

[5030]

nope... made enough money selling my gas chainsaws so I bought a couple extra batteries.

Whatever blows your dress up...lol

 

[xyz123]

Have gas saws from 25cc - 77cc left, still to many over a dozen after selling off. All those big boys around 92cc 95cc 118cc 122cc bye bye.

Battery saw, battery pole saw, battery sawzall with 9" pruner blade.
Guessing close to 8 batts so no issues there, the dang new lithium batts seem to last forever only had 2 go bad after several years of use.

Manual pole pruner and pole saw.

Heck a corded saw. Inside barn.

I'm sure I am forgetting some stuff. Heck a chain on a rope.

IMHO everything has it's time and place. To put others down for their choices is just idiotic to me.

 

[ernemats]

I have also gone pretty much with battery powered tools, 2 chainsaws, 2 weed eaters, a battery leaf blower a riding lawn mower. Also a lot of battery hand tools. Really like most of them lots of power and the batteries last about s long as I want to work and I have a lot of extra batteries. I still have a Husky 395 xp for the big stuff but rarely need to get it out. At 81 years old I just can't pull the cords the way I used to bad shoulders also so battery is good for me.

 

[5030]

The one thing I do like about the Li-Ion battery packs is, unlike conventional batteries that peter out as they get discharged, the Li-Ion packs deliver max power until the end and then just die until recharged.

Of course the only battery powered tool I have is my pole trimmer far as outdoor cutting tools are concerned. Everything else is gas powered. Well, canned gas, no corn fuel here.

 

[xyz123]

Farmertec G111 200T clone. Went ahead and pulled their plug which I think is made by Torch.

 

[5030]

I've had the same 'Torch' plug in my pressure washer since it was new, about 10 years ago.

 

[Snobdds]

I've had the same 'Torch' plug in my pressure washer since it was new, about 10 years ago.

So you do like your Chinese junk.

 

[xyz123]

NGK made in China and several 3rd world countries too. They try to hide it by not putting on the plug itself.
Only their Japan made ones is marked on plug.

One China and one Japan. How my batches were one time years back when ordered.


Only plugs over all the years to give me troubles is NGK. Why I swore them off many years ago and only used Bosch German made.

Had NGK be bad right out of the boxes missing like bad coil.

No they was not counterfeits like people oreder through amazon and ebay. I order from same place dealers order bulk plugs.

But now days does not matter. So I use them all. They all using China and where ever anymore.

Heck in twin riding mowers a set of NGK was missing at 75hrs. The Champions in other one had 400 hrs and never missed a beat. I went ahead and changed both since the NGK's were missing. I put Champion in the one again and NGK in the other.


If you notice the Autolite thin wire I put back in the G111 above on right. It was made in USA.
But they are now using Mexico on some of them.

Only thing with their plugs they little longer from cylinder out. So dont fit some ope that is close to covers under there.

 

[5030]

Today, it's all about making it a cheap as possible and selling it for the maximum profit.

 

[xyz123]

Guy showing a newer 572 that just come in. We figured was going to be a needle bearing from rod, pin or something. But nope good ole NGK dropped ground electrode.

 

[5030]

The 64 dollar question is, where did the ground strap go and what did it do? I will say one thing I have never had an issue with are sparkplugs.

 

[flyerdan]

Some time ago a neighbor dropped off a saw that he was tired of fussing with, finally got around to looking at it. Stripped the bar and covers to look / clean things, the only obvious problem I could see was that the snap in primer bulb was missing. Since I needed one a while back, I order a lot on ebay as 8 was about the same price as one here in the stores. Popped it in and it fired right up and ran nice, might need to set the idle up a bit is all. Nice little Dolmar 32 with a new chain and sharpened serviceable one.

 

[xyz123]

Where did it go. Thats easy inside p+c squish area and beat to heck. Guy is going to cut squish, base and new piston.
New Denso plug going in.

I am ordering those next time too. Japan made and never heard a complaint in ope to date.

Denso - They say they put the location where their plugs are made right on plug. Dont try to hide it like ngk does on their China and Thailand made plugs on boxes only.

But they do use China too for some plugs. Straight from their website. All DENSO Spark Plugs are manufactured in Japan, Indonesia, China and USA.
Just so we know.
I guess big supplier for Toyota too.

 

[goeduck]

Reminds me of when I was a kid and filed down spark plugs to clean metal, re-gapped and put them back in. Never thinking about what those metal shavings did to the cylinder. Never on much more than an old lawnmower that did not run well, probably because my older brother did the same thing.

 

[xyz123]

Reminds me of when I was a kid and filed down spark plugs to clean metal, re-gapped and put them back in. Never thinking about what those metal shavings did to the cylinder. Never on much more than an old lawnmower that did not run well, probably because my older brother did the same thing.

I think I still have a side gapped plug in a bin. Till I figured out which shorter plug I could run back then to replace it.

Denso plug I have on order. Big porter only uses these and never had one fail like ngk does. Knock on wood.