Thread: Battery operated chainsaws

Originally Posted by Don 130

Battery packs can reliably and economically be repacked these days.
Don.

Really? I never have found that to be the case, on top of which, the performance of the repack never seems as good as original.

How much for say 18v 3 amh Lithium?

I think these are a great idea for camping, you can cut some firewood, recharge you batteries with an inverter, and its all relatively quiet to use, unlike a two stroke saw, where you have to carry an extra fuel, and oil to mix, and they are messy, smelly, and noisy to use.
I wouldn't cut my year supply of wood with it (that's what the real saws are for), but for camping I think they would be great.

I have the ryobi 36v one.

I mainly use it for trimming logs down to size for splitting with the axe for the fireplace at home.

The chain speed isnt as high as for a petrol saw or a decent 240v job and the cuts are significantly slower but its very hard to beat for all up job speed when it comes to making just one or two small cuts.

The main reason we got it was because it runs the same batteries as the ryobi battery mower and whippersnipper and so far the hassles having them has saved me when it comes to the wrong fuel going in the wrong place or at the wrong concentration or being left in to go stale has more than made up for the cost difference between buying petrol VS battery

A friend of mine has a Stihl 240V electric saw, a battery powered saw and finds both useful in their own ways. The 240V saw runs happily off a cheap 2000W inverter in his Rangie, together with a 120A alternator and a N70ZZ battery. He carries an extension cord for collecting firewood out in the paddocks.

If you want to be all macho and chop down complete trees so that you can boil a kettle of water, I agree, buy a petrol chain saw. They are also very handy if you drive a petrol engined car as then you can siphon some fuel out of the tank when needed, although there are countless horror stories out there about modern fuels and small petrol engines.
If you want to simply cut/trim some wood to cook a meal or perhaps keep warm, then you cannot go past a battery chain saw. The particular brand I have had for the past couple of years happens to be a Black and Decker and I have no complaints.
I can recharge it anytime from a reasonably small inverter hooked up to the car's electric system (best portable power system there is) although over a general 4-5 day campout I have never had the need to do so.
Conversely I am the type of camper who cooks a meal on a few small one or two inch branches and sits close to the fire usually rather than light a "white man's fire" and sit 6 feet away and dodge sparks.
In other words, there are horses for courses, and if all you want to do is trim down some firewood to cook on, or for personal warmth, then carrying extra fuel mixtures plus a smelly noisy petrol engined chain saw is absolute overkill, and any reputable battery operated chain saw will more than admirably suffice.
Regards
Glen

Originally Posted by Bob Harding

Well I camp in the back of me Landy

And a petrol saw gives off strong smells

Which I prefer to do without and I am

Hoping my new solar set up when completed

Will suffice to charge the thing

(200 watt panel n 105amp battery )

And run my fridge a 55 liter thingy

G'day mate.
Just wanting to know- Are you writing verse?

I like this one, self sharpening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK8u7dCAVFE

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

If you want to be all macho and chop down complete trees so that you can boil a kettle of water, I agree, buy a petrol chain saw. They are also very handy if you drive a petrol engined car as then you can siphon some fuel out of the tank when needed, although there are countless horror stories out there about modern fuels and small petrol engines.
If you want to simply cut/trim some wood to cook a meal or perhaps keep warm, then you cannot go past a battery chain saw. The particular brand I have had for the past couple of years happens to be a Black and Decker and I have no complaints.
I can recharge it anytime from a reasonably small inverter hooked up to the car's electric system (best portable power system there is) although over a general 4-5 day campout I have never had the need to do so.
Conversely I am the type of camper who cooks a meal on a few small one or two inch branches and sits close to the fire usually rather than light a "white man's fire" and sit 6 feet away and dodge sparks.
In other words, there are horses for courses, and if all you want to do is trim down some firewood to cook on, or for personal warmth, then carrying extra fuel mixtures plus a smelly noisy petrol engined chain saw is absolute overkill, and any reputable battery operated chain saw will more than admirably suffice.
Regards
Glen

FWIW,

ryobi advertise the life of each battery as 100 cuts through 10cm of wood

With a new battery its a lot more than that and on the oldest battery I have so far Im getting about 150 mixed cuts through stuff as small as my upper arm and up to as thick as my thigh plus who knows how many "dressing cuts" on the way. most of that is through fairly hard dry wood.

Just dont bog any of the electric saws down, give them a break every few cuts for a couple of minutes and keep the chain sharp then you should get maximum life from everything involved. I give mine a quick dress off every time I top up the bar oil.

The aldi inverter, even though on paper it should drive the aldi electric chainsaw, wont drive the electric chainsaw.