I bought a sissy chain saw. Yep - electric. I had a real one years ago.
But I’m not trying to be Paul Bunyan, when the power’s out - or the chain gets fairly bad - time to quit.
Just move on to the next project.
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Gotta have many chainsaws
The newer electrics have come a long way.
Frfr. I reach for my makita battery powered one first if its not a huge trunk
Have 2 electrics as well, they've come a long way powerwise
Gas ones only get pulled out if its chunky or a stump at this point
I cut tons of firewood with an electric chainsaw every winter.
I keep one on the back of the snowmobile after a big storm. The little Mikita has gotten me out of the woods more than once
I only use the petrol chainsaw when a tree I can't wrap my arms around falls over the road.
sike milwaukee
By far, the best thing to be electrified.
I have a big gas saw for felling and bucking and a little dewalt battery powered saw for everything else. It's great for clearing brush and limbing.
It's perfect for sketchy, one-handed ladder stuff.
A lot of professional climbers and arborists in general are using high output electrics and just keep a spare battery on the charger connected to an inverter in their trim truck. One beautiful thing is being able to start cutting almost silently for the first hour of the day without waking up the whole neighborhood. And the incredibly light weight makes one-handing the saw while limbing on spurs really nice.
I've bought quite a few chainsaws over the years.
Each one has been better & more expensive that the previous one.
It's worth the extra money IMO. A chainsaw is so critical where I live, trees are constantly falling down & it's good to not rely on people to save you.
My current beast is a Stihl MS400 with a carbide tipped chain. There's not much it can't cut through.
Not that I follow my own advice, but I was looking at chaps to be safer when running the saw and found out these sissy ones can chew through chaps made to stop gas fueled. I love mine. It’s handy as can be.