Thread: Battery operated chainsaws

Originally Posted by bacicat

Looks good, but it would want to be for $600...

All very well and good, but how is it going to go cutting through 100 mm old dried mulga, desert oak and gidgee ?

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

All very well and good, but how is it going to go cutting through 100 mm old dried mulga, desert oak and gidgee ?

Deano

Probably the same as any other chainsaw i guess horses for courses, i mean if you just want to have an easy to use recharge saw for out bush getting some fire wood and so forth I'm guessing it will be okay, but if your going to be a commercial tree lopper than its probably not for you.

Originally Posted by DeanoH

All very well and good, but how is it going to go cutting through 100 mm old dried mulga, desert oak and gidgee ?

Deano

Not that there is any of that around here, and I wouldn't dream of forking out that much - the Sthil is about half that. Again, only looking at cutting small stuff - up to around 50mm to feed the arken ****en to cook on. Still think an electric saw would be heaps easier, quicker, lighter and more practical for that. I have beautiful warm central heating at home, so I'll never need to use it for collecting anything big enough to come close to worrying it.

Stihl have a new model out in spring the MSA160T,it seams a lisle more compact than the others.

Urrghh.... battery powered tools Quality ones are great, but not for limited use, I find the batteries are always dead when you need them and have a very short lifespan if left un-used for months at a time.

Do you guys carry a small inverter generator ?? What I do have is an electric chainsaw, a dinky little fragile looking plastic thing. A little makita with a 16" blade.

http://www.amazon.com/Makita-UC4030A...owViewpoints=1

What can I say, it's bloody brilliant, slower than a petrol saw, but that's about it, quiet, heaps of grunt ... the trick is to keep the chain sharp (I've learnt I suck at sharpening chains ).

One of these little toys with an generator would be vastly better than anything with a battery. They will cut anything, even full depth of the bar, without bogging down and dying.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxYb0UzVgpc]Makita UC-4030 A - YouTube[/ame]

bloody amazing for something that's less than 250bucks online including delivery. Don't you love the chaps, google, earmuffs and eye protection the poeple using electric chainsaws use They mustn't cut people 'cos they use electricity

seeya,
Shane L.

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.

You go camping with a portable vacum? Don't let my wife hear that.

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Yeah mine as well