What is the best battery operated chain saw

[John_Mc]

Back to chain saws. As these battery saws get stronger, has anybody noticed if they've been tested against protection gear. I'm thinking the torque characteristics of electric motors, as compared to gas engines.

I have yet to find chaps that are certified for use with electric chainsaws

 

[k0ua]

are you happy with its performance?
if so could you tell me the model number?
Thanks

If you are refering to the Ryobi pole saw, yeah it is fine for cutting limbs overhead, I have even cut down small trees with it, but it isn't the best for that.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...-Battery-and-Charger-Included-P4361/203444119

 

[Professor Marvel]

Very happy with it and it has been trouble free... survived be dropped out of a tree once and during a storm I used it to cut a 32" diameter tree that had fallen across the road... it has a 14" bar but I worked with it.

It is the only top handle arborist saw they had for many years... will need to check the model number as I when I just checked the website I see several but not the one I have.

In my application the oil not leaking is very important.

CS-303T closely resembles mine

thank you

 

[Professor Marvel]

I have been using my Greenworks 40V exactly that way in the recent tree carnage we have had here in the mtns.

ok thank you

 

[SirMaxwell]

How many cuts through 10" diameter logs (mix of maple, birch, ash, oak) do you estimate the saw will make before a recharge?

Thanks,

Not sure about 10", as I haven't cut much around there in the last year. I have spent quite some time with 8 and 6 or below. Lots of Oak, Walnut, Popular. I would estimate several dozen full cuts, and probably more. Buy the time I get through limbing and starting to cut them up, I've stopped for lunch and re-charged. Once I forgot for a couple days when I was trimming in the JLG. Ran out of power appx O'beer thirty.

 

[aczlan]

If you are refering to the Ryobi pole saw, yeah it is fine for cutting limbs overhead, I have even cut down small trees with it, but it isn't the best for that.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...-Battery-and-Charger-Included-P4361/203444119

We have the Ryobi quick change pole saw (a $7 yardsale find) on a Kobalt 80v power head and it works very well. We limbed out a 60 foot maple tree last summer (cut anything smaller than 4" to drag to the burn pile) and it did the whole tree with 2 bars of battery left.

Aaron Z

 

[lostcreekranch]

How much is the cost and inconvenience of a 600' + extension cord?

Not to mention the "Voltage Drop".

 

[k0ua]

Not to mention the "Voltage Drop".

Yeah, I think that would suck bigtime. Especially the 16 gauge ones!.

 

[Professor Marvel]

If you are refering to the Ryobi pole saw, yeah it is fine for cutting limbs overhead, I have even cut down small trees with it, but it isn't the best for that.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...-Battery-and-Charger-Included-P4361/203444119

I have the stihl battery pole saw that extends to 12' and it works great for things i would not be able to get to otherwise. I was even considering getting the shorter non extending stihl and modifying it by cutting out about 4' and shortening the wires inside the pole but didn't want to spend the money if I wasn't sure i could make it work.
A couple years ago i had a troy built pole saw that looked a lot like the Riobi. It worked pretty well. In fact it got me into all the stihl battery stuff. I used the troy built as a sample of what battery chain saws can do. I used it A LOT with the middle section out but it broke and they stopped making that. Most of them can not have the middle removed now. The riobi you pointed out is how I will go if I can't bring myself to chop the stihl. That short pole saw was just SO useful.

Back to the OP's question "what brand battery chain saw to use" i am very happy with my stihl and makita and i think that several of the others are probably fine at this point.

 

[SirMaxwell]

How much is the cost and inconvenience of a 600' + extension cord?

At 600ft you need a heavy gauge cable, and really should be running a higher voltage that is later split/dropped. As to cost, a 100ft Copper, 10GA Extension cable, will run you around a 100 bucks currently.

600ft extension, even at 10ga, gonna cost you some losses. In reality you would need appx a #2 or 3 Cable for 20Amps at that distance.

Too many questions, but what are you trying to accomplish?

 

[Professor Marvel]

At 600ft you need a heavy gauge cable, and really should be running a higher voltage that is later split/dropped. As to cost, a 100ft Copper, 10GA Extension cable, will run you around a 100 bucks currently.

600ft extension, even at 10ga, gonna cost you some losses. In reality you would need appx a #2 or 3 Cable for 20Amps at that distance.

Too many questions, but what are you trying to accomplish?

You are of course right
I was just trying to point out to the poster that an extension cord and an electric chain saw was not really a practical alternative to a battery chainsaw. Didn't think i needed to go farther into it.

 

[dfkrug]

My old Black & Decker 18V Ni-Cad had a fiberglass pole with a removable middle section as well. I
have retired it with the purchase of the Greenworks 40V. The latter uses a thin steel 3-section pole,
rather than fiberglass.

I am using it mostly now with the center section out. I find it way superior to the heavy Stihl and Echo
gas polesaws.

 

[dragoneggs]

You are of course right
I was just trying to point out to the poster that an extension cord and an electric chain saw was not really a practical alternative to a battery chainsaw. Didn't think i needed to go farther into it.

True enough... I bought a corded version of the pole saw at HF for under $60 before really thinking about going the battery route since I am already heavily invested in the Dewalt 20v tools. As far as I know there is no chainsaw options for Dewalt. Is this correct? I do have a 20v reciprocating saw I also use for pruning.

 

[kevinwak]

True enough... I bought a corded version of the pole saw at HF for under $60 before really thinking about going the battery route since I am already heavily invested in the Dewalt 20v tools. As far as I know there is no chainsaw options for Dewalt. Is this correct? I do have a 20v reciprocating saw I also use for pruning.

Haven’t seen one but would love a dewalt pole saw.

 

[ernemats]

Cut some firewood today with my Ryobi 40 volt saw a wild cherry tree and a dead ash, with one battery I cut enough to fill my bucket, 5' wide and about 2' high, impressed how well it cuts if only the battery would last longer.

 

[cqaigy2]

Cut some firewood today with my Ryobi 40 volt saw a wild cherry tree and a dead ash, with one battery I cut enough to fill my bucket, 5' wide and about 2' high, impressed how well it cuts if only the battery would last longer.

Do you have an idea how long it took to cut?

 

[deezler]

True enough... I bought a corded version of the pole saw at HF for under $60 before really thinking about going the battery route since I am already heavily invested in the Dewalt 20v tools. As far as I know there is no chainsaw options for Dewalt. Is this correct? I do have a 20v reciprocating saw I also use for pruning.

Dewalt has a 60V fletvolt chainsaw. And a 20V one also. No pole saw though.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-...a6M4-IdFR4qhynW8UoQaAhKKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I did the same thing and bought the HF corded pole saw since $59 seemed like an amazing price. Then they came out with their cordless one a couple months later and I felt like an idiot.

 

[ultrarunner]

I think some of the lower end cordless are disappointment waiting to happen.

The $59 corded should provide years of occasional use...

Confident you will get your value.

I'm only on the Battery kick because we have made the investment for the tree farm... all I need is the shells... not batteries as not much cutting happens at the farm for 10 months of the year so I can use the farm batteries...

My neighbors son is a Tree guy in Santa Cruz mountains and was visiting last Sunday and saw all my Stihl stuff... he was impressed and very interested in what I thought of the Stihl AP300 battery stuff...

Sometimes they are doing work in town and get complaints from noise of trimming... he was thinking adding and electric saw might make sense... they sure run quiet... which is one of the reasons the tree farm bought one to start... noise ordinance kicks in at 9 and no longer an issue with the electrics...

 

[ernemats]

Probably no more than 30 minutes, most of the time cutting without stopping .

 

[cqaigy2]

Thank you.