Battery powered chainsaw

[Hay Dude]

I have the 60 volt Greenworks saw with a 20 inch bar and it is heavy but I find the battery life to be fairly good.. I have used it cutting a 18 inch hickory log and have got 17 cuts and still have 2 bars left using it without any long breaks. I agree it will not last as long as a 60 cc gas saw but at 82 years old I cannot go as long as I used to and it is sure easy to start, and I have lots of 8 ah batteries to use on it.

With all due respect, I’m referring to a contractor grade sawing where we are working commercially with customers.
I definitely recognize that electric saws are great for homeowners and even guys with small firewood businesses where they are near a constant source of power. Probably good for climbing, too.
But when 2-3 guys hit the woods, with a mess to clean up, the electric saws get left behind.

I have great hope for electric saws in the future. Nothing would be better than to replace gas & oil with a really fast charged battery in the trucks cab. Need to get the weight down, too. Maybe when electric trucks, with their vast electric reserves are available, this will happen?

 

[bdhsfz6]

If I only owned one saw, it would be gas.
I do have a variety of cordless tools though, and many batteries. It made sense for me to get an electric saw as a backup.
Now, the electric saw is my first choice for doing routine tree work. The gas saw only sees use for cutting many large rounds to split for firewood.

 

[xyz123]

I am willing to bet he had the early 80v homeowner saw. Comes with shorter bars 18" to 24" I think

Not the latest 82v that is considered the commercial saw. The commercial one only been out a short time.

This is the lesser 80v version that dont really cost all that much compared to the 82V version out.

 

[xyz123]

This one I dont even see on their website yet. But swear seen it earlier this year.

It is 82V the new commercial version

 

[xyz123]

 

[xyz123]

Commercial 82V one.

Both weights full 24" set ups.

Weights are close as used to the super light 79cc 500i.

 

[xyz123]

I posted this on the junk chainsaw thread but it probably fits here better.
I am recommend the 2500T 100%. After having it for a few months now, I have really ran it through the paces. it really is impressive. Battery life is a product of what you're cutting and how sharp your chain is. I am going to convert to the smaller chain once the one it came with is done with. I cut up to 10" green read oak with it the other day dropping a few trees to open up around my sugar maples. It really did everything I asked it to. I don't own a better tool for clearing and dropping small trees and saplings. Its very easy to run with 1 hand while holding the tree or branch with the other hand. Easy for my son to learn on as well. Its even very convenient for rough carpentry work.
A week ago I got my 562 pinched on a tough dead-standing pignut hickory that carpenter ants got to. It was more rotten then I thought and my wedges couldn't lift the tree so it sat on bar. I didn't have another option so the 2500T undercut and back cut the 24" tree and dropped it. That really sold me on the saw.

That new 2500 rear handle version has me paying attention too. Now if they would just send over here too.

Light just like 2511 even with batt installed.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I don't have a dog in this fight as I don't have either brand of chainsaw, but I but Iwould like to see the test again with someone who ACTUALLY knows how to run a chainsaw!!

SR

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

This one I dont even see on their website yet. But swear seen it earlier this year.

It is 82V the new commercial version



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It's on there for $600. The battery alone is $250-$300.

My issue was run time, weight, and that the battery lasted 12 months, and the cost of replacement was exorbitant. Mine was the 80V, the 82V wasn’t available two years ago.

Any of those three are deal killers for me.

If I go into the woods to cut, it’s not accessible by truck, and there is a serious lack of 120v outlets. So what do I carry in? A gallon of fuel, or one battery? Both weigh the same… what one lasts longer?

There is also this wide chasm. A CS400 weighs in at 10lbs without the bar. The homeowner battery saws won’t come close to outrunning that saw. The next option is the 82v GreenWorks, which is much more expensive, heavier, and limits your run time. And pray to God that you don’t have to replace a battery for 3-5 years.

It’s like the battery saws are too small and limited to compete with a homeowner gasser… or too large and expensive to do so on the other end.

I love throwing on chaps and taking the ATV to the woods where a gallon of fuel will last me all day. That’s just me.

 

[xyz123]

It's on there for $600. The battery alone is $250-$300.

My issue was run time, weight, and that the battery lasted 12 months, and the cost of replacement was exorbitant. Mine was the 80V, the 82V wasn’t available two years ago.

Any of those three are deal killers for me.

I figured yours was the 80V. Not suppose to be even close to this new technology one on reading. No clue as I wont ever go there to see. But man that video is surprising.

The commercial 82V one like in video only been out a short time.