Props to Bauer Tools(or Cleaning up the back 40)

[luvmy40]

Kris and I have been talking about doing some landscaping clean up on the back side of our small, park like back yard. We got a couple estimates to remove some over grown  and/or out of place pine trees and just generally clean up the layout. I was amazed at the $10,000.00+ prices!

 

Today I decided to start on the job myself. I tackled one of the smaller, out of place blue spruce trees at the back of the lot. It was about 8" di. at the base and 25 feet or so tall. My Bauer(Harbor Freight) 18V 10" chain saw made short work of felling, limbing, and sectioning the evergreen. One 5Ahr battery still had 2/3 charge after it was all said and done. I'm thoroughly impressed with this inexpensive tool that I bought as a onetime use item for pruning a 40 year old apple tree last spring.

Edited November 24 by luvmy40

[uncledj]

The cordless electric tools are getting better and better, but I ain't there yet when it comes to chainsaws.

Besides....It just wouldn't seem right without the NOISE !!!.   LOL

Glad it worked out for ya.

 

[RDawson]

I bought a Dewalt cordless pole saw last spring with an 8” bar and chain. The speed of limb cutting highly impressed me, I’ll probably get the chainsaw in the near future. I use a Husqvarna 22”chainsaw now but with back surgery the lighter Dewalt for small jobs looks pretty good. 

[InfinitySurf]

I have a Kobalt 8" blade pole saw with 12ft reach and 12" kobalt chainsaw and agree that battery tools have come a long ways in the last few years. They are really great when you want to grab something quick that is light and easy. I still rely primarily on my Husqvarna pro saws for the bigger stuff but it sure is nice to have battery tools for many projects. I could literally build a house with my 24v battery tools, they make a battery tool now for just about anything needed.... would just need to run a small generator occasionally to keep the batteries charged up.

[Marcarl]

Sharp saws use a lot less power and battery,,,,, just sayin.

[N3FOL]

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10 hours ago, Marcarl said:

Sharp saws use a lot less power and battery,,,,, just sayin.

I agree.  

[N3FOL]

When it comes to chainsaw, I have a battery operated Ryobi that I purchased several years ago from Home Depot.  It is not the biggest chainsaw, but I only use it during the Spring and summer months.  Rarely, I should say.  The last time I was along the battery operated isle of power tools at a hardware store, I was so impressed with the nice products manufacturers are offering.

[uncledj]

19 hours ago, Marcarl said:

Sharp saws use a lot less power and battery,,,,, just sayin.

  Every time I use one of my saws, I don't put it away until I sharpen it.   I just use files, but if you do it every time, it only takes 5 or 10 minutes per saw, and it's ready to go again.

  If you keep it sharp, and ONLY use ethanol free gas with a quality oil, you'll have a lot less trouble with 2 stroke gas equipment.

[bpate4home]

10 hours ago, N3FOL said:

When it comes to chainsaw, I have a battery operated Ryobi that I purchased several years ago from Home Depot.  It is not the biggest chainsaw, but I only use it during the Spring and summer months.  Rarely, I should say.  The last time I was along the battery operated isle of power tools at a hardware store, I was so impressed with the nice products manufacturers are offering.

I have the Ryobi also.  Battery does good and it cuts well -- With a sharp blade.  Biggest job it's done was some careful plunge cutting into a couple large stumps to prepare for burning them out.  I don't have any other chainsaws as living I the city I haven't really needed them. Teh 2 hand axes I have work fine for what I do.  40 - 45 years ago my dad insisted I use a double sided ax. He was not going to spend money on a chain saw since he had a strong boy LOL.  For limbing or trimming we had this old bow saw. That blade was a beast, almost lost a finger to it. We'd climb tree to cut limbs and I will never do that again. 

[RDawson]

6 hours ago, uncledj said:

  Every time I use one of my saws, I don't put it away until I sharpen it.   I just use files, but if you do it every time, it only takes 5 or 10 minutes per saw, and it's ready to go again.

  If you keep it sharp, and ONLY use ethanol free gas with a quality oil, you'll have a lot less trouble with 2 stroke gas equipment.

I don’t use my saws very often so I switched to canned Tru-Fuel. 2 year shelf life. Saws sit months at a time but fire right up. 

[N3FOL]

12 hours ago, bpate4home said:

I have the Ryobi also. . We'd climb tree to cut limbs and I will never do that again. 

I've done that too, when I was in my early twenties and helped my aunt cut down a tree in front of her townhouse.  I can also day that I'll never do this again.