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HD6GTOM 
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Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 5:16pm |
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I bought a 80 volt Menard's brand chain saw a couple months ago. I've got about 4 hours on it. 1/2 as heavy as my gas saw and does a great job. Cut brush and small trees for 2 hours this afternoon, cutting below the ground level so I can mow in front of moms machine shed Sunday afternoon. Darn grass and weeds are so high it is hard to walk to the shed. Gotta be careful, poison hemlock has moved in.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 5:23pm |
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Its amazing how far they have come with battery packs in the last 25 years.
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Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 5:34pm |
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What is posion hemlock ? LOL,, Never ever heard of that , but never heard of hemlock either
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 2:24am |
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i've got a B&D battery chain saw, it's 20V. it works as good as a gasser, will cut for a solid 20 mins on one battery.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 5:57am |
since I sold the 'farm' last year, I tossed out 4 gas saws, 3 gas weedwhackers .No trees on my house property. Kept the electric chainsaw though,good fer cutting old 2by4s into firewood. Have an 18V Ryobi for weedwhackin...does a great job,trimmin the weeds(can't buy 2-4d here..)
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 7:06am |
 shameless dude wrote:
i've got a B&D battery chain saw, it's 20V. it works as good as a gasser, will cut for a solid 20 mins on one battery. |
Works as good as a gasser.......20 mins per battery.
Sorry, that don't equate!
I'm sure it's plenty adequate for some jobs some people need, but that don't make it as good as a gasser.
So, when it's 10 degrees outside, and I need to cut wood for 2 hours, how many batteries would I need, at what cost, and for what life cycle?
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 7:33am |
Its just like FreeGas and the pickup trucks.... It all depends on WHAT YOU NEED.. 20 minutes is plenty of time to go around the yard and trim trees up 6 ft, or chop up a couple limbs that the wind blew down. ... If you cutting down trees 48 inches in diameter, even a 18 inch gas saw is not a great plan !!
as someone posted before, Companies would not BUILT the equipment if people were not BUYING them............ All depends on WHAT YOU NEED.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 8:02am |
I agree, I said it's adequate for some jobs, I'm just picking on the semantics of the statement.
It works as good as a gasser for little 20 minute trimming jobs.
It doesn't work as good as a gasser "period".
Edited by Tbone95 - 13 Aug 2021 at 8:03am
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 8:14am |
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I needed something my accountant could manage and she is absolutely thrilled with the 40v Greenworks available at Menards. I really like it also.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 8:29am |
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I bought a Lynxx 40 volt from Harbor Freight when they had them and when they clearanced them bought 2 more batteries for the price of one and it does all I need to do
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 8:35am |
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I carry a 36 volt 6" chainsaw in the tool box f the quad when I go out fencing. i have a spare battery with but have never used it. cleaned up many miles of fence with it. when I have large trees down its not capable but up to 6" it zips right thru. I get a good hour of cutting out of a battery.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 12:02pm |
years ago i remember having a 6 volt drill that MIGHT drill a 1/4 inch hole in wood... Used it to drive a few small screws... Thought that was GREAT !!!..... until i got a 9 volt unit !!!!   ................things have really changed !
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 6:17pm |
re: So, when it's 10 degrees outside, and I need to cut wood for 2 hours
... sounds like you should have cut more wood when it was a dang sight warmer ! Then again, cutting wood warms you up, so maybe that's why you're doing a 2 HOUR workout ??
What I see is a LOT of tools being used by those that have NO talent....I shoke my head when the 'lead carpenter' couldn't do cove mouldings the other day.....over an HOUR, for TWO wrong cuts.....
The GREAT thing about 'limited' battery life, is that it give us old guys a real excuse to take a break.....
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 9:55pm |
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Doug. Poison Hemlock is a plant that has moved into this area. It is deadly to humans, as far as I know there is no known antidote for it. Looks like there are a whole lotta guys talking about chain saws without actually using the electric one. My left arm is almost totally useless. I can use this saw anyplace where I cannot lift the gas unit. As far as cutting up a 24" tree, ya it will easily do it. I've got a big walnut tree in the back yard that the crick washed the soil out from under the roots. It came down in my yard. We spent the first hour using it to cut big old limbs off the tree. We are gonna use both of them to finish cutting it up after it cools off.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 10:29pm |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 10:32pm |
That might be handy if your using it an hour every couple weeks or once a month.. NO stale gas, no mixing , no carb adjustments, no pull start..18 inch bar , same HP as 45 cc gas engine.... GEES.. im talking myself into it !! 
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Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 11:33pm |
jaybmiller wrote:
... sounds like you should have cut more wood when it was a dang sight warmer ! Then again, cutting wood warms you up, so maybe that's why you're doing a 2 HOUR workout ?? |
I I've used several cordless electric chainsaws. I'd use one for mebbie a couple 30-second tasks... like... cutting off a Mulberry that's growing up against the garage... or skimming a couple small limbs off trees around the gardens....
but I clip those off with bypass shears just as easily.
The issue with 'dang sight warmer'... is that I do my cutting when I HAVE to, which usually means immediately following an ice storm, or during pruning-time in the first week of March. If I have to fell, limb, and buck a tree, it's usually after the leaves have fallen, which where I am, is usually mid November or so. There's NOTHING small about doing one of those tasks, and it's really out-of-reach of a cordless electric.
The ULTIMATE use for a cordless electric, is doing HOME IMPROVEMENT. When you need to cut a gap through a 2x6... and cannot use a reciprocating because it'll strike the back of the wall, and a circular won't work, then the cordless electric is the right tool.
I have had, in my tool kit for three decades, a corded electric. First one was a Remington 14", the second is some red thing. The Rem was a better tool, albeit with plastic drive gears, it unconditionally surrendered with an act of self-immolation while trimming off a wood post in the barnyard one afternoon. The electrics are handy because you can set them on the bench or ground, do some work, pick 'em up, pull the trigger, and they're going... then set 'em down. No idling, running out of fuel, etc.,
And there's some real 'pro' corded electrics. STIHL has one (Don't remeber the model) that is a genuine hoss, on a 120v cord... But batteries won't ever keep up with a corded, or a gas-burner... especially now that all the 'high power' battery chemistry has become so limited (by a microprocessor chip) in operating temperature range. I initially thought my RIDGID cordless drill, impact, and oscillator tool were the thing, until I opened up the side-door of my service truck on a 40F day, and NONE of them would run... and a few weeks later, it was a 103F day, and they'd only run for about six seconds before shutting off.
Anyone who advertises an electric (corded or cordless) Chainsaw boasting "LOW MAINTENANCE" is ignoring the fact that the very nature of a chainsaw's operation, and how all the parts work in concert, requires that they be thoroughly cleaned, serviced, and verified for proper operation. The fact that it runs internal combustion rather than battery or wired-electric makes no difference on this fact... a chainsaw, regardless of what size, or what power level, needs to be attended to practically constantly in order to be safe and effective.
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Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 6:33am |
HVAC duct guys up here use battery chainsaws to cut the holes for the 4x10 registers in the subfloor.
I like the 'electronic brake' feature in the specs ! THAT should be mandatory.... my 120V unit goes round and round a loooooong time . I sure don't miss the mixin fuel and zillion pulls though !
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Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 6:41am |
A few years ago, my wife saw an 18 volt string trimmer at Home Depot and thought she would like it, since she had a hard time starting our Stihl gas trimmer.
When the 18 volt was worn out, it was replaced with a 40 volt. Now we have the string trimmer, push mower, shrub trimmer and blower. Eventually, I will probably have a chain saw.
I'm sure the gas units work better if you are using them often, but the battery units have the advantages of not having to buy and store gas and problems caused by old gas.
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Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 7:55am |
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tbone...i was reffering to a 20 min time period, my gassers saws all run out of gas about 20 min cutting time. i don't cut as much as i used to so it works well when i do cut. also this is usually firewood cutting not trim work.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2021 at 7:24am |
shameless dude wrote:
tbone...i was reffering to a 20 min time period, my gassers saws all run out of gas about 20 min cutting time. i don't cut as much as i used to so it works well when i do cut. also this is usually firewood cutting not trim work. |
Yes, I understand. Was more a joke on all the battery BS that gets talked about, might as well have asked what oil filter I should use. But in fact…. I asked how many batteries I would need. Because yes, my saw runs out of gas, I fill it up and keep going. I can switch out a battery and keep going too. But takes several batteries which tend to be pricey and also tend to have a life cycle. My gas can has been around for decades and still holds the same amount of “charge” Cheers my friend.
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Posted: 15 Aug 2021 at 7:34am |
jaybmiller wrote:
re: So, when it's 10 degrees outside, and I need to cut wood for 2 hours
... sounds like you should have cut more wood when it was a dang sight warmer ! Then again, cutting wood warms you up, so maybe that's why you're doing a 2 HOUR workout ??
What I see is a LOT of tools being used by those that have NO talent....I shoke my head when the 'lead carpenter' couldn't do cove mouldings the other day.....over an HOUR, for TWO wrong cuts.....
The GREAT thing about 'limited' battery life, is that it give us old guys a real excuse to take a break.....
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When do you suppose that would be? Spring, hmm, let’s see, calving, working ground, planting…summer, spraying, haying, and who the hell wants to cut wood in the heat?! Did that for a neighbor while I was in high school, no thanks. Fall, harvest, hauling, herd health, hopefully working some ground. That leaves winter, which is when I’m burning wood anyway. Usually fire up the stove in November some time depending on weather and how the harvest is going, and it run into April depending on weather. It’s really not too bad cutting in winter. Dress in layers, you shed most of them. Keeping hands warm and dry is the biggest challenge. Sleeping at night is a piece of cake. I go through an average of 15 pulp cords per year. No power splitter, all by hand.
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