Electric chainsaw

[Toyboy]

I have an old corded McCulloch 10amp, 2.5hp with a 14" bar I occasionally use. It's nice to have available but would never replace my gas saws.

 

[ericm979]

Be careful with having an inexperienced person using one these. They are quite and may not instill the caution they deserve. I have a friend who used one and cut himself badly. He is a arborist who works for a utility company and cuts hundreds of limbs and trees a year. But one mistake is all it takes.

That's a good point, I have heard that from people who should know better. Anything that moves a saw chain fast enough to cut wood is dangerous. A battery saw is actually more dangerous than a gas saw since the motor is hard to stall and chainsaw chaps save you from cutting your leg off by stalling the saw.

To make it worse, many cheaper battery saws don't have a chain brake. I can count the times a chain brake has activated on one finger (and I would have been fine without it) but I consider it an essential safety item.

My fiancé wanted to use my Lynxx and I refuse to let her use any chainsaw. I may come off as sexist but most women do not have a clue... many men do not have a clue either but some have at least has some exposure to a saw.

Of course everyone has to start at some point. I find that women are often easier to teach potentially dangerous things to than men because they listen better, but it's better if the instructor and student are not in a relationship.

OTOH there are a lot of people who should not be running saws, period. We had a neighbor like that. Nice guy, always helpful, but was constantly abusing and breaking equipment. He thought he knew everything, so he wasn't teachable. When he ran saws I had to walk away.

 

[lostcreekranch]

If I'm cutting up small stuff, for our patio chiminea, generally 4" diameter or smaller .. I just plug in my Black & Decker Alligator lopper. I've had it for at least ten years and still on it's original chain.

 

[Jstpssng]

There are cheaper ones, a few like Sthil and Husqvarna are expensive but they no joke.

Here is a review by a very well respected tree removal company, sorry its a long video:

Battery Powered Chainsaw Review! Testing the Husqvarna T54?i xp - YouTube

Nice saw. But it should be for $1100, after buying the charger and 2 batteries.

 

[Arepass]

Has anybody used an electric chain saw and are they any good?

Here I found a review Best Electric Chainsaw 221 (Reviews + Buying Guide) on the best electric chainsaw you may check.

 

[3gunr]

there is a guy on you tube who tests everything , he did a recent test of 10 different battery saws . I would watch it before you buy. It was eye opening.

 

[3gunr]

Project farm is the site.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I wished I knew someone who I could give a bunch of gas saws to. Mostly craftsman, nothing is collectable. Dad (rip) cut lots of wood for a woodstove, a saw would give trouble and he'd buy another saving the old one. Most would be 80s-90s, 18". I hate to see stuff thrown away, don't want to list on craigslist free.
I wished I had his 50s David Bradley saw, 4 stroke, he gave it away.

 

[suburbanfarmer]

I have 2 battery powered chain saws and I use them most of the time cutting firewood. Ryobi 40 volt is good for trees and limbs up to about 10 inches and the Redback 120 volt battery will do a 16 or 18 inch tree with no problem. I burn around 6 cords of wood a year and about 80% of that is cut with battery chain saws.

That Redback is kinda heavy at 12lbs..my CS590 is 17lb

 

[ernemats]

It is a little on the heavy side but, for my use I don't mind the weight. The battery is pretty big and heavy, I put a 16 inch bar on it recently because I didn't need the 18 inch bar, when cutting anything over 15 inches in diameter I usually use my Husky 395 with 24 inch bar.

 

[suburbanfarmer]

It is a little on the heavy side but, for my use I don't mind the weight. The battery is pretty big and heavy, I put a 16 inch bar on it recently because I didn't need the 18 inch bar, when cutting anything over 15 inches in diameter I usually use my Husky 395 with 24 inch bar.

Did it take the regular over the counter Oregon bar n chain?

 

[Skagit]

I have a 30 acres of forestland so my experience is probably different than most, homeowner grade electric saws are terrible. Professional versions cost more than a gas saw so for my use I might as well just buy the gas saw. I tried a couple to keep in the car for windfalls on the road and I was not impressed.

I had a Milwaukee M18, it was well made but it was huge which kind defeated the point of having a small saw to keep in the car. The chain speed was also too slow so it would chatter depending on what you were cutting. Other than that it was ok.

I also had a DeWalt 20v saw. I really wanted to like it because it was a nice size... But, it sucked. Very poorly made, tool less adjustments were hokey, little flip up levers were flimsy, the motor would stall out just trying to spin the chain. If you loosened the chain to the point where it would throw it off all the time you could almost use it. My neighbor has one and he loves it, maybe I got a dud but I just wasn't impressed.

I ended up buying a second gas saw and then a Milwaukee Hackzall with a pruning blade to keep in the car.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I have a cheap 110V electric chain saw for the very few times that I need to cut a tree down. As I have power pretty well all over the yard that works good for me. I've also used it with the generator strapped to the quad. The generator always starts and the chain saw starts every time I pull the trigger. Win win!

For trimming etc. I use a pruning blade on my Milwaukie reciprocating saw. Multi use and a lot safer than a chain saw.

 

[ultrarunner]

Comparisons often don't include the Stihl line of corded saws???

I was hoping to see how Stihl models measure up compared to all the others.

 

[ernemats]

Did it take the regular over the counter Oregon bar n chain?

The dealer did not have one in stock in 16 inch so he ordered one, and I think it was a regular bar and the chain is a regular chain 3/8 inch .50 low profile chain. The bad about Redback is that now you cannot get any response from customer service since the pandemic. I have no issues with the chainsaw other than it seems to leak oil when sitting around. I also have their weed eaters and really like them, and I also bought the self propelled 21 inch mower and it is very powerful and cut good. It came with 2 3 ah batteries and I only used it several times and both batteries went bad and I have not been able to get replacements, they were still under warranty. The 2 ah batteries I got with the saw and weed eater are very good

 

[suburbanfarmer]

The dealer did not have one in stock in 16 inch so he ordered one, and I think it was a regular bar and the chain is a regular chain 3/8 inch .50 low profile chain.

I may use the CS310 14" on it then

 

[Jesse masterson]

Electric chainsaws work great for small stuff , slower than gas but quiet, and I might add there dangerous also don underestimate its effect in flesh

 

[arrow]

Be careful with having an inexperienced person using one these. They are quite and may not instill the caution they deserve. I have a friend who used one and cut himself badly. He is a arborist who works for a utility company and cuts hundreds of limbs and trees a year. But one mistake is all it takes.

My fiancé wanted to use my Lynxx and I refuse to let her use any chainsaw. I may come off as sexist but most women do not have a clue... many men do not have a clue either but some have at least has some exposure to a saw.

I say let her do whatever she wants.
But first, get her a leather strapped Mickey Mouse watch. The first time my wife used a chainsaw (she was in her 30's), she was cutting up some slash with a little Homelite Super 2. She was doing good for the first minute or two and then the chainsaw bounced off a branch and came down on her wrist neatly severing the leather strap on the watch and leaving just the slightest red mark on her wrist.
She never picked up a chainsaw again and I still had to get her a new watch even though she wasn't cutting anymore wood.

 

[MoKelly]

She never picked up a chainsaw again and I still had to get her a new watch even though she wasn't cutting anymore wood.

Holy cow. Lucky.

I don’t blame her after that experience.

MoKelly

 

[i7win7]

Have battery powered Stihl, best feature release trigger - it's silent. You can hear if fibers in tree are starting to break. Helps to decide weather to hammer on wedge, cut a little more or run.