Battery powered chainsaw recommendations? (2017)

[ericm979]

I've been impressed with the 40v Lynxx pole pruner I got from Harbor Fright. I've yet to have the battery go below 'full' even after sawing though a bunch of large limbs. The only problem has been the oil tank is easy to overfill and leaks if it's full and you store the unit upright. I'm sure the Stihl unit is much nicer though.

 

[dfkrug]

I've been impressed with the 40v Lynxx pole pruner I got from Harbor Fright.

I may just get one and try it. My B&D 18V polesaw has been useful, but oiling is manual and the batteries
are getting old. Great for limbing in the gulches, esp with all the poison oak.

The other possibility is the Ryobi One + LiIon polesaw which is similar price and voltage. Anyone try that?

 

[ericm979]

I have a cheap manual oiler polesaw too. I tried using it for PO and got a terrible case of it. The chainsaw sprays that stuff everywhere and being on a stick doesn't put it far enough away from me. But I'm very sensitive to it.

 

[AchingBack]

I may just get one and try it. My B&D 18V polesaw has been useful, but oiling is manual and the batteries
are getting old. Great for limbing in the gulches, esp with all the poison oak.

The other possibility is the Ryobi One + LiIon polesaw which is similar price and voltage. Anyone try that?

I have the Ryobi pole saw and it works very well. Also have the hand held Ryobi blower, and work station radio. Ryobi is tops on my list.

 

[marchanna]

I have a 58v echo 16? It plows through anything I throw at it. The only limitation seems to be the length of the bar.

 

[k0ua]

I may just get one and try it. My B&D 18V polesaw has been useful, but oiling is manual and the batteries
are getting old. Great for limbing in the gulches, esp with all the poison oak.

The other possibility is the Ryobi One + LiIon polesaw which is similar price and voltage. Anyone try that?

I have one, It works pretty well, but seems to leak oil in storage. Best to run it until out of oil and then store it. I need to look into the leaking and see what and why.

 

[k0ua]

I have the Ryobi pole saw and it works very well. Also have the hand held Ryobi blower, and work station radio. Ryobi is tops on my list.

I have one too, does your leak during long term storage? Please let me know. If your doesn't leak, I will tear into mine and see what I might do to fix it.

 

[dfkrug]

I have a cheap manual oiler polesaw too. I tried using it for PO and got a terrible case of it. The chainsaw sprays that stuff everywhere and being on a stick doesn't put it far enough away from me. But I'm very sensitive to it.

I don't use a chainsaw for poison oak, unless it is several inches thick. I have seen it up to 4" thick. I use a manual
lopper for most of it. No weed-wackers, no mowers, nothing that slings it around. Nasty stuff.

Mostly, I am trying to get around it to cut other stuff with the pole saw, or to save climbing into swales,
or bending over.

 

[4570Man]

I'm terribly allergic to poison ivy. I've cut quite a bit of it with a chainsaw in month old logs. It must loose effectiveness once it starts to dry out.

 

[California]

Ryobi: I have the older blue 18 volt chainsaw. It's excellent for clearing the punky downed apple trees in the orchard, 99% of its use here, but it's working hard in larger hardwood such as Eucalyptus. Think of it as a pruning saw, not a firewood saw.

And it leaks oil. The oiler is a rubber bulb on the fill cap and that soon tore. I replaced that, thinking that's where the oil escaped in storage, but no. So I store it nose down in its plastic sheath, carried in a plastic bucket. When cutting, oil the bar frequently with a squeeze bottle (like restaurant mustard).


Poison Oak: Yes the pole saw, or loppers. I've read the oils are in all parts including roots, and stay toxic for years, so even dry dead wood can get you. Don't burn or chainsaw it! I wear knee high rubber 'milking boots' when I can't avoid going into it.