I have just sold my two petrol chainsaws, and will buy a battery powered one for use on the road.
What brands are people using? i am seeing some cheap junk, and small handheld units, like 4 to 6 inch, but i was thinking a full size would be more useful.
Decent brands are as dear as petrol powered units.
I have just sold my two petrol chainsaws, and will buy a battery powered one for use on the road.
What brands are people using? i am seeing some cheap junk, and small handheld units, like 4 to 6 inch, but i was thinking a full size would be more useful.
Decent brands are as dear as petrol powered units.
Hi Graham. I started with an Ozito from Bunnings,simply because I had many other bits of Ozito gear.Reciprocating saw,drills,angle grinder,blower etc etc,but I wanted to minimise weight.Absolutely brilliant bit of gear,but somehow I then ended up with a brand new $600 Bosch 36 volt model,with an Oregon chain and a 2.6ah battery.still sits in my shed,yet to be used,because I decided that the charger etc was too heavy.THEN I met a chap who convinced me that Ozito was rubbish gear,so I ended up giving him EVERYTHING Ozito,and I then bought $3000 worth of Makita gear,which is unreal.Friends are bushmen,felling trees and cutting them up all day long,and they were most impressed when they turned up at the house of the bloke who now owns the Ozito,and saw how well it was ripping through the firewood logs he was working on.Long story short,I would suggest Ozito for use on tge road.Light,reliable,powerful and the Bunnings replacement policy is difficult to fault.Good luck with your search.Cheers.
I have a Milwaukee 18volt chainsaw. At one stage I had 6 Husqvanas. The Milwaukee is a brilliant saw and so handy and clean as a camp saw. I have 2 x 12 amp batteries. It is far better than the Stihl (have compared mine to my mates and the Milwaukee leaves the Stihl for dead). Not cheap but quality rarely is. No need for petrol is a bonus and the decibles are way down as well. Lot lighter and a lot friendlier to use amongst other campers.
I have the Stihl 140, works a treat with the standard battery I get about 25 mins which allows for plenty of wood about 1/4 of trailer load ranging from about 125mm diameter down.
I have the Ozito, but just the grey model, although the chain speed is the same as the more dearer red model. It is only an 8 inch bar, but I recently cut down an 30cm thick tall tree with it, and turned it into firewood, all on one 1.5ah battery. It is a bloody good saw, You don't need spanners to adjust the chain, just a screwdriver, and unlike all other saw's it doesn't leak oil. I take it on all our trips and I have taken on a bike trip at Xmas, as I knew I would need it for a firetrail, I was going on. It is reasonably light, and that battery lasts a long tome. I recommend this saw , but any decent battery saw are a great idea to have. My son/inlaw, is an arborist, he is using a battery saw, for climbing trees. He said he wont be going back to a petrol powered for climbing jobs.
It's amazing how much they've improved, l tested the little Stihl 140 for a week running a bigger battery and fast charger , it was terrific for its size , great not to be breathing in fumes too , lm thinking of getting its big brother to supplement my big petrol saws for limb work etc and chuck in the van when we go away
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That is a real visual demonstration . I am about to buy one on recommendation of two seperate, experienced chainsaw operators......your pic. backs this up. Thanks for Posting it. PS - Which size battery was used , do you know...?
Hi gday21, I found myself in the same place 16 months ago. After thinking about it I decided to go that way of a battery chainsaw. After looking at the reasons why I needed one it was easy. I was only using it for cutting up sticks and the like. Therefore the need for a petrol chainsaw was no longer needed.
I bought a Ozito from Bunnings at a good price. It runs on A 18 volt battery and it gives a reasonable run time dependant upon how hard it has to work.
For an on the road role nothing beats it.
Hope that helps in your final decision.
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I have 2 electric chainsaws and a number of petrol ones in various sizes. The electric ones are an Aldi (Gadenline I believe)and an AEG as are most of my cordless tools. Both work well with my preference going to the AEG but seeing that it cost 3 times as much as the Aldi that is not surprising. I would not dream of taking a petrol saw away in the van anymore as a battery saw do's all I need and more. Landy
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I know it's not a chainsaw. I bought this tiny 10.8v circular saw to cut out backs of cupboards in situ. Can't believe how good they are. The other day I ripped a length of particle board flooring. It wasn't worth getting out my 240v circular saw.
All of my Battery powered tools are Dewalt, so i think it would be the logical choice to buy a Dewalt skin, i have plenty of batteries that way.
Thanks everyone.
G'day Graham, hope you are well?
Good thinking 99. Not a chain saw but just say'n. I had a small Ozito line trimmer that I had to nibble at a blade of grass to cut, so after 12 months of that I got myself a 36v Ryobi line trimmer that I use around the teepee area if needed when freedom camping for a nice area as smooth as a babies bu...bottom. I then got a 18v Ryobi blower to blow things away, surprisingly. Not only those but as well even, I replaced my Skill 12v cordless drill from when Noah was a lad to a...you guessed it, a 18v Ryobi two speed bad boy.
I wish these battery powered things were around when I had a garden and I tell you that for free. Great invention's, probably as good as the wheel.
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Yep...have owned and used one for quite a few years. Brilliant saw. Recharges really quickly. When traveling I recharge from the inverter I have in the 4WD. On the property it often comes out on the tractor.
Yep...have owned and used one for quite a few years. Brilliant saw. Recharges really quickly. When traveling I recharge from the inverter I have in the 4WD. On the property it often comes out on the tractor.
Thanks for that.......backs up what I have heard ......I reckon one will do my job no worries .....Out with the Farm Boss (good saw but more than I need now...)
I carry a DeWalt flexvolt gear. This includes CS, recipro, grinder, drill, impact driver, several 6aH batteries and I recharge using an inverter. When cutting firewood, the recipro with a pruning blade is my usual weapon nowadays, partly because it's very effective and partly because it's just plain safer. That said, the 54v 400mm CS will certainly handle anything I can physically move on a track. It's also nice to only need one fuel jerry. If you decide to go cordless and you already have drill skins etc you are happy using, stick with that brand/battery type because new and different batteries & chargers can rack up the cost.
I liked the EGO when I was looking around but was put off by the fact EGO only make garden tools. It certainly had great reviews at the time but I wanted to carry drills etc and finally went DeWalt because they offered a great Black Friday deal at $99 for drill, 2x4aH battery and charger. Since then I've bought DeWalt "kits" and replaced all my everyday power tools.
I've owned and used a Makita electric chain saw with a 9" bar for a couple of years now..., it works like a beauty. Same as a normal chainsaw in that I keep the bar lubricated and the chain sharpened and correctly adjusted. I use a Stihl 038 for the bigger jarrah rounds and the Makita for docking up up smaller branches out on the farm. I don't waste too much hereabouts. When I go up north or out bush generally I take the Makita electric jobby for gathering camp firewood..., really useful bit of kit. I recharge it with solar panels into iTech battery and then an appropriate sized inverter. Like many hereabouts, when out bush or on the road, I also take away a few other re-chargable tools.
