Electric chainsaw...the most USELESS tool ever? (gas, hurricane, better)
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As I was looking to purchase a chainsaw (bought a small Husky ), I noticed there were a few electric chainsaws for sale. I stood there wondering just how and the hell are you going to cut up anything useful with an electric saw? Do you buy a mile of extension cord? Do you hope the trees you need to cut up are located near or fall near an outlet? Is it really safe dragging a cord through brush, giving you one more thing to trip over? What if you cut through it? Chainsaws are dangerous enough, much less adding a power cord. This has to be the most dangerous and most useless lawn/garden tool ever.
Last edited by kentuckydad95; 11-15-2009 at 07:41 PM..
I have an electric chain / pole saw that satisfies all my needs for yard and larger lumber cutting. I prune with it and often remove the pole using it as you would any small chain saw. I do have a couple of long exterior cords when I need them. This has been a very cheap and useful tool and I would certainly do it again.
Yeah I borrowed one to take down some small trees / large bushes in my yard and it worked great. It came as part of a large pole saw and I'd buy one if the need ever came around again.
If you are doing small trimming the electric saw might work....however you sound exactly like I did when I picked one up at a yard sale. You sound like you might be better suited to a small Stihl (017) or a Husky....gas model.
The electric saw worked OK for trimming a few small trees/bushes, but the extension cord was a nuisance and I was not overly impressed with the power.....Landscapers seem to love em....Good luck...
I've got a Huskie, and still have three electric chainsaws. Electrics are nowhere near as dangerous as gas saws, especially Huskies, which rev the chain faster than many others and can slice in less than a second.
Electrics are great for anyone with less than an acre. A gas saw needs to be exercised regularly to start and run properly, and have more weight. Limbing and trimming is easy with an electric and the noise is minimal. I use one electric specifically for root trimming and dirty work where I don't want to ruin my good saws. The chainsaw on a stick is a pretty nifty tool (without the stick) for roughing out a billet into a chainsaw sculpture, or other tiny jobs.
My tractor and bushhog are great for some jobs, but I still have a mower and a weedeater. Same with chainsaws.
I have an electric chainsaw, and will never try to handle a gas one again. It doesn't weigh much, doesn't choke me with fumes, always starts when I push the button, and has not one time failed to cut what I asked it to.
I don't own one, but I have used one of those small electric chainsaws on the telescoping pole. It's obviously not the answer to all the world's problems, but it sure worked great for the trimming and pruning I needed to do!
Dissenting voice here. The time when you're most likely to really really need a chainsaw in an emergency way in these parts is during hurricane clean-up. During which time, there is about a 95% chance that you will be without power.
How lucky do you feel that you'll be one of the blessed 5%?
Dissenting voice here. The time when you're most likely to really really need a chainsaw in an emergency way in these parts is during hurricane clean-up. During which time, there is about a 95% chance that you will be without power.
How lucky do you feel that you'll be one of the blessed 5%?
That's why I have a generator.
I was in Sarasota County for the hurricane season of 2004. I was on the side of US 41 that did not lose power, but I had a lot of tree debris to cut up, and helped out some of my snowbird neighbors as well.
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), I noticed there were a few electric chainsaws for sale. I stood there wondering just how and the hell are you going to cut up anything useful with an electric saw? Do you buy a mile of extension cord? Do you hope the trees you need to cut up are located near or fall near an outlet? Is it really safe dragging a cord through brush, giving you one more thing to trip over? What if you cut through it? Chainsaws are dangerous enough, much less adding a power cord. This has to be the most dangerous and most useless lawn/garden tool ever.
