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Saturday, January 4, 2025
The lack of noise is, I think, the advantage this has.
After a major hurricane in Virginia, I had 7 large trees down. A stihl saw gave up but an electric remington just kept going and going. Hooked up to the generator and had no problems at all.
For around the house once or twice a year stuff I love my Dewalt 20V. No more fiddling with dirty float bowls or mixing fuel for an hour every time I want to cut, I just cut.
The problem with the little electric saws is the cheap chains they come with. If you replace them with a good US made chain they punch well above their weight. This results in additional torque which causes the plastic parts to fail. Jpaul
For small jobs electric is the way to go, I picked up a Roybi (same batts as my tools) string trimmer one year rather than go buy gas & oil for the old gas operated one I had and a Harbor Freight plug in chainsaw for those small chainsaw jobs. My lawnmower still uses gasoline..
Remember that the electric chainsaws are direct drive( no centrifugal clutch) and are much more unforgiving if there is a mishap. They have loads of switches to compensate but …..
I have a Ryobi 18v and it works good on small stuff and if I'm not in a hurry. Somebody above mentioned the weak assed chains. Yes, get a new one and learn how to keep it sharp. youtube is your friend.
For bigger stuff I use my Stihl and for the dood up there that whined about mixing fuel-oil, get a clue dood. You get that stuff in a tube and there's no mistake everytime. sigh...boi's will be soi's.
I've got a Stihl 311 that I've used for most of the large work on our 40 acres covered with juniper and pinyon pine. Last year we sold a townhouse and had a bit of money. Stihl had a package deal on an electric saw with a free battery. I it on that and it's been good so far cutting new roads and trails. It's pricey for sure, but buy once, cry once.
Get a clue indeed .... the problem with 2 stroke gas isn't mixing the oil in, it's having it around for just one tool, especially when technology has made it so it's not needed.
my brother inlaw has a milwaukee one and it's great saw, don't have to get out the gas one all the time
ReplyDeleteAfter a major hurricane in Virginia, I had 7 large trees down. A stihl saw gave up but an electric remington just kept going and going. Hooked up to the generator and had no problems at all.
ReplyDeleteProbably should have put more gas in the Stihl....
DeleteI have one of those. Very handy for the small jobs I'm capable of.
ReplyDeleteI'm a smoker, I don't do electric if I can get a loud, smoking internal combination engine.
ReplyDeleteFor around the house once or twice a year stuff I love my Dewalt 20V. No more fiddling with dirty float bowls or mixing fuel for an hour every time I want to cut, I just cut.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with the little electric saws is the cheap chains they come with. If you replace them with a good US made chain they punch well above their weight. This results in additional torque which causes the plastic parts to fail.
ReplyDeleteJpaul
Then there’s always that guy!!!
ReplyDeleteFor small jobs electric is the way to go, I picked up a Roybi (same batts as my tools) string trimmer one year rather than go buy gas & oil for the old gas operated one I had and a Harbor Freight plug in chainsaw for those small chainsaw jobs.
ReplyDeleteMy lawnmower still uses gasoline..
I have one and use it. Agree that the chains always need replacing.
ReplyDeleteAnything with the name Black and Decker on it is a piece of junk.
ReplyDeleteRemember that the electric chainsaws are direct drive( no centrifugal clutch) and are much more unforgiving if there is a mishap. They have loads of switches to compensate but …..
ReplyDeleteI have a Ryobi 18v and it works good on small stuff and if I'm not in a hurry. Somebody above mentioned the weak assed chains. Yes, get a new one and learn how to keep it sharp. youtube is your friend.
ReplyDeleteFor bigger stuff I use my Stihl and for the dood up there that whined about mixing fuel-oil, get a clue dood. You get that stuff in a tube and there's no mistake everytime. sigh...boi's will be soi's.
I've got a Stihl 311 that I've used for most of the large work on our 40 acres covered with juniper and pinyon pine. Last year we sold a townhouse and had a bit of money. Stihl had a package deal on an electric saw with a free battery. I it on that and it's been good so far cutting new roads and trails. It's pricey for sure, but buy once, cry once.
DeleteGet a clue indeed .... the problem with 2 stroke gas isn't mixing the oil in, it's having it around for just one tool, especially when technology has made it so it's not needed.
DeleteIt's cute.
ReplyDeleteGood for ice sculptures?
Bloody great saw. Very useful around the hunting camp.
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