Thread: Battery operated chainsaws

Originally Posted by Ranga

I copped a bit of ribbing from my mates when I pulled out the little Ryobi 18V battery powered chainsaw. I'm now fairly confident that they all reconsidered their opinion when we were able to quickly retrieve some otherwise not possible firewood from a semi-submerged tree branch. This was in a private 4WD park at about 11:30pm

In all reality, if you have plenty of solar power and/or batteries they are pretty much self-sufficient, quiet and very handy for small logs required by a typical campfire.

I have a full Ryobi kit of tools (good for home DIY, but not tradie quality), so hence have 4 batteries that I charge up and throw in the Trayon before heading off, to power the torch, lamp, chainsaw (and to keep SWMBO happy, the portable vacuum). Very handy indeed.

Ranga's chainsaw finished on top of the pile this weekend....sadly my MS180 couldn't go the distance.

Checked out the Stihl offering a couple of weeks ago. Can't remember the model number but 16" battery operated saw with spare battery and charger came to well over $1000.

I reckon the old 009L has got a few miles left in her at this price.

My mates got a Bunnings special Ozito 16" with a hardened tip 3/8" chain that he's just come off a 3 month top end holiday with and he reckons it's the best thing since sliced bread. At sub $300 worth a look.

Deano

Yep, I agree. As a cheap throw in the back that might only get a small amount ofuse on a long trip it's a good idea, since no fuel need be carried. I see Roothy has one so I'm with him.

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Agree with the earlier post about getting more than one battery and also other tools that will take it. We have been very pleased with our 32 volt Ryobi Battery Chainsaw (12" from memory) which we brought in 2012. Took it to Tassie for a month of camping and it lasted the whole time. I now have several tools that use the same battery. Take the charger with you and you can charge the battery off an inverter while you drive. Only takes about an hour. We did a big trip up to the Kimberly last year and I left the charger behind. I was able to get another one at Bunnings in Broome (came with another battery though). The chainsaw is brilliant. Operates at a constant rpm, is relatively quiet, it's compact (I fit it down the rear side pocket of our D2 - I've removed the actual case that was there and now have a cavity beside a pair of drawers) and when you release the trigger it just stops. The original lithium battery that came with it is still going strong.

I was just looking at battery powered Huskys the other day. The dealer said a lot of pros are switching as it means they can start earlier and not worry about noise complaints.

Stihl make equivalent gear as well.

But the pros use these batteries...
http://cdn2.husqvarna.com/qs_mh=920&...h110-0393.ashx

Holy ****, that's a serious battery!