Mini Chainsaw

[JEBar]

never say never .. .. a while back I decided to not purchase any more battery powered tools .... well, never turns out to really not be all that long .... we have 2 vintage Stihl chainsaws that have served us well .... one is larger than I'll ever use again and while the other is lighter, its still weighs more than I want to heft for limbing and felling small trees/large bushes .... a friend suggested I check out mini chainsaws and I did .... after reading and watchint more than enough YouTube videos, I ordered the one shown in this link ===> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B63RZ8XJ?re ... tails&th=1 .... right now we have 3 dead dogwood trees in our front yard that need to cut down .... their wood is dry and would make excellent firewood for the outdoor fireplace our youngest son has built on his new patio .... well, our youngest son and oldest grandson plan to give it a workout this weekend .... if it works, buying it will be cheaper than having either of our Stihl saws survacec

[Mags]

I have this one. Works great and made is USA too..

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[markiver54]

Those look pretty handy. Uh Oh, I think you guys are enablers...

[Mags]

Those look pretty handy. Uh Oh, I think you guys are enablers...

They are. Specially going up a tall ladder to do limbing. Risky with a running gas powered saw. Not so much with a cordless. Kinda like a big pistol. Go up the ladder and pull the trigger.

[JEBar]

I have this one. Works great and made is USA too..

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those are top of the line and carry very good reviews .... if I anticipated having the need for a mini saw often, that's the one I would have bought

[Headhog]

I’m in a he same situation. I have an old Stihl Farm Boss that runs like a scalded bear, but it’s heavy as to lug around and not user friendly for trimming. I watching to see how your small electric saw works out, Jim.

Paul

[JEBar]

first use, lesson learned --- one feature of the batteries is a button you can push for an LED readout to show you the battery's percentage of charge .... when taken out of the box, each showed both of them were fully charged ..... well that didn't prove to be true .... each of them only lasted for a minute or so of cutting .... in reading the manual it states that it can take over 2 hours to fully charge each battery ..... the first one did took every bit of that long .... the second is still charging ,,,, based on the cutting I've seen so far, the chain spun by a fully charged battery will really throw chunks .... the tree being cut is a dead dogwood with hard wood .... my hope is to find out just how they will perform tomorrow

[JEBar]

I’m in a he same situation. I have an old Stihl Farm Boss that runs like a scalded bear, but it’s heavy as to lug around and not user friendly for trimming. I watching to see how your small electric saw works out, Jim.

Paul

most of these saws come with a 4 or 6" bar .... they aren't designed to log heavy timber .... the 4" is for pruning .... the 6" can most certainly be used for pruning but can also handle larger diameter sections .... in the picture above, the limb was a little over 4" and gave no problems with the 6" bar ....

[graywolf]

Looking forward to hear how you like it. Been looking at them with 12” bars but now going to check on the 6” bars. Be even lighter.

[JEBar]

hope to get back out there after lunch when it warms up .... based on very limited experience so far, it will never replace a larger, more powerful chainsaw for felling large trees, clearing heavy storm damage, or any type of large tree removal .... as others have noted, its niche is in cutting smaller trees and trimming smaller limbs .... its light weight is an asset but requires you to give it time for the chain to do the cutting .... must admit I've been impressed by the size of the chips it throws .... I don't know if our chain sharpening gear can be adapted to the much smaller chain .... figuring that out will take some pondering