Electric chainsaw

[cqaigy2]

Yikes! I bought my wife a Mickey Mouse watch some years ago, but she's never used a chainsaw.

 

[greggyy]

Down here we have many corded and cordless options.

My plug in one has oregon chain and bar and will do everything a 58cc saw will do, just quieter, if you have power close by...... I like yo use it around home when solar is producing power....

Cordless, have an 18v ryobi, it is ok for pruning, but you cannuse a recip for that, you have to be 36v or so to get the chain moving fast enough imo......

 

[deezler]

We heat with firewood, anywhere from 2-4 full cords per winter. I am pretty busy and value my time, so efficient firewood processing is a must. Currently only have my hand-me-down Stihl MS310, which has been an incredibly awesome and reliable saw for my needs.

A buddy came over last night and brought his new EZgo 56V battery powered saw with a narrow 18" bar on it. The saw was light and well balanced, seemed pretty well built, and felt torquey on first bite into a 15" ash log that I had just pulled out of the woods up to my log pile.

But... it could not sustain a full bore cut in the hard ash wood. It would bog down easily and then stop suddenly, presumably for motor/overload protection.

So that answered the question for me, anyway. I do still want a battery powered saw to have on hand for trimming or emergency use. But I'm fully convinced that one could never replace my MS310 for full days of hard use processing firewood. Or did I just sample a weaker one out of the options available?

 

[PILOON]

So that answered the question for me, anyway. I do still want a battery powered saw to have on hand for trimming or emergency use.

Then comes the usual battery problem!
The day U need it, the battery is self depleted from sitting idle.

What is needed is an intelligent battery tender of some sort like they sell for car batteries.
Guess that might be an upcoming device.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Maybe you need to give us a little more information on whats being cut up...

Bought a DEWALT DCCS620P1 for my wife. It might be small but its a animal. The battery life is impressive as well. It easily replaced our Stihl MS170. She loves it.
if you already have some Dewalt 20 volt stuff it would be a great fit

 

[cqaigy2]

We heat with firewood, anywhere from 2-4 full cords per winter. I am pretty busy and value my time, so efficient firewood processing is a must. Currently only have my hand-me-down Stihl MS310, which has been an incredibly awesome and reliable saw for my needs.

A buddy came over last night and brought his new EZgo 56V battery powered saw with a narrow 18" bar on it. The saw was light and well balanced, seemed pretty well built, and felt torquey on first bite into a 15" ash log that I had just pulled out of the woods up to my log pile.

But... it could not sustain a full bore cut in the hard ash wood. It would bog down easily and then stop suddenly, presumably for motor/overload protection.

So that answered the question for me, anyway. I do still want a battery powered saw to have on hand for trimming or emergency use. But I'm fully convinced that one could never replace my MS310 for full days of hard use processing firewood. Or did I just sample a weaker one out of the options available?

In my case. I have a small 025 stihl, and 120volt ac chainsaw. I've noticed with the gas saw, i can easily hear the engine running and adjust my feed rate based on the saw engine sound and i imagine all the hours of running gas saws doesn't hurst. When i first started to use the 120volt, i didn't/couldn't gage motor speed well and bogged it down and a few times pulled enough amps that it tripped the gfci outlet. Now that i've gotten more used to the electric saw i rarely bog it down. The gas saw had some muffler work done on it and i carb tuned too, so it throws chips pretty good for a little saw, and it cuts faster than the electric saw. Weight is slightly in favor for the electric, and all i have to do is put bar oil in and sharpen the chain though the bar mount isn't as robust as the gas saw.

 

[deezler]

I see multiple references to the Dewalt DCCS620 here. Since I already have multipled 20v dewalt tools.... this is pretty appealing. It sounds kinda dinky with just a 12" bar, but I guess that Is kind the point! For cutting smaller stuff only.

Slightly off topic but I'm headed to HomeDepot right after work today to pick up the DCPS620, their pole saw. I bought a corded pole saw from Harbor Freight with the $59 coupon a couple years back, and then realized how stupid it was to deal with extension cords when trying to cut limbs around the house, and that I couldn't use it on 95% of my property outside of the extension cord range, LOL.

 

[dmoerman]

I have a Kobalt battery powered chain saw, from Lowes.. It's terrific. The same battery can run a leaf blower, a lawn mower, and half a dozen other tools. No gasoline, no oil, no pulling on ropes. Stick in the battery, push the button, and it's running. Obviously not for the professional. The saw will run for about 2 hours (that's two hours running), before you need to recharge. If you are going to do a LOT of sawing (or mowing, whatever) you probably need two batteries. One in the saw/mower/whatever, and the other in the charger. It will recharge a dead battery in about an hour and a half.

 

[John_Mc]

I have a Kobalt battery powered chain saw, from Lowes.. It's terrific. The same battery can run a leaf blower, a lawn mower, and half a dozen other tools. No gasoline, no oil, no pulling on ropes. Stick in the battery, push the button, and it's running. Obviously not for the professional. The saw will run for about 2 hours (that's two hours running), before you need to recharge. If you are going to do a LOT of sawing (or mowing, whatever) you probably need two batteries. One in the saw/mower/whatever, and the other in the charger. It will recharge a dead battery in about an hour and a half.

No oil? "Stick in the battery, push the button, and it's running"? I hope you are still using bar oil.

 

[MoKelly]

No oil? "Stick in the battery, push the button, and it's running"? I hope you are still using bar oil.

Ha. Yes - even battery saws need bar oil.

One of the manuals I read said you could even use kitchen oil in the machine. Never did that as my wife would not be pleased.

MoKelly