I bought a dewalt blower and string trimmer combo awhile back and am sold. I absolutely love that little blower. I have an awesome little echo climbing saw I’ve used for years but am seriously thinking about buying the little saw you have for the occasional use and taking the others saws up to the mountains. All I need a saw for really is cutting up limbs that fall and the small dewalt would be perfect.I am pretty deep in DeWalt 20v tools and batteries here so any time I need a new tool that's where I look first. The battery commonality issue is a big selling point for me.
I bought a dewalt blower and string trimmer combo awhile back and am sold. I absolutely love that little blower. I have an awesome little echo climbing saw I’ve used for years but am seriously thinking about buying the little saw you have for the occasional use and taking the others saws up to the mountains. All I need a saw for really is cutting up limbs that fall and the small dewalt would be perfect.
Did someone say Chainsaw?
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Occasionally for fun one of my guys will put a 20” bar on our 461. I feel like one of the Stihl Timbersports competitors when I use it; that thing will go through a log in seconds.
Damn. Biggest I’ve run was a 36 on an old 660 Stihl. That a 60”?
Damn. Biggest I’ve run was a 36 on an old 660 Stihl. That a 60”?
One thing with saws that have 50cc + engines...
They get real heavy, real fast. These aren't nimble little machines you just whip around. A 50cc saw is usually paired with a 20" bar, and would be a solid choice for that job you got there, but for most of the stuff homeowners (including me) do, the big saws are a pita.
Easy for me to say since I already have a 20", but my next chainsaw is definitely gonna be some kind of battery model. They're so much easier to use, and @rantingredneck is correct, with a good blade and fat battery, these things just keep cooking and will do much more than what they seem to be intended for.
Everybody I know that has one loves it.
Oh yeah, you-all got hit bad from that storm. The Duke energy trucks are all over, and I've been in that area for a week fixing busted meter bases. That wasn't just wind imo, you got some micro-burst's that took you guys to task.
I have a 16” on my husky 2100Did someone say Chainsaw?
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Occasionally for fun one of my guys will put a 20” bar on our 461. I feel like one of the Stihl Timbersports competitors when I use it; that thing will go through a log in seconds.
MS 261 20” bar, little pricier than the comparable farm boss but you’ll appreciate the weight savings and pro grade components . As close to perfection for a general purpose saw as you can get.
As I recall the 261 has the highest hp to weight of any of the Stihl saws.
Did you get a spare batt? I don't wanna even ask how much $ that was.Batteries are charging
Did you get a spare batt? I don't wanna even ask how much $ that was.
Yeah, update us on how this thing performs
If you're just doing around the house work and woods/hunting use?
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Get yourself 2-3 5ah batteries and be happy.
My Husqvarna hasn't been out of it's case since I got this one.
Those can get painful in cost. But you gotta have it.$150!
Geez ... 42 ... downing is not your problem ... bucking and disposal of the greenery is. I’d almost think of renting a wood chipper and just bust thru them all. You’ll have some fresh smelling mulch.I'm glad this thread was started.
I've made the decision to remove the 42 17 year old Leyland Cypress trees from my yard. I intend to buy the saw @Tim did, and do it myself.
I fully expect it to take me the rest of this year to get them all down and disposed of.
Geez ... 42 ... downing is not your problem ... bucking and disposal of the greenery is. I’d almost think of renting a wood chipper and just bust thru them all. You’ll have some fresh smelling mulch.
I hired a company to take down 40 roughly 35-40' Leyland Cyprus's at our old church. They gave me a price around $3500 which was half the next lowest bid. They had 3-4 guys out there for several days. They used a chipper truck and dumped half of the mulch around the church for us to use. I've used the company several times for other things and the guy always remembers me and reminds me he lost money on that job but was ok with it because it was a church. It also happened to be in July and it was upper 90's all week.My thoughts are to burn the limbs and split the logs for firewood, the campfire variety.
I bought a spare 2.5amh.
The boys and I worked a couple hours on it this afternoon, I was still going strong on the 2.5amh battery I started with when we wrapped up.
Let em dry out a week or two and light it. It’ll be gone in 5 minutesGeez ... 42 ... downing is not your problem ... bucking and disposal of the greenery is. I’d almost think of renting a wood chipper and just bust thru them all. You’ll have some fresh smelling mulch.
I am not completely sure but for a fire pit Leland’s wood would be okay but for a wood stove or fireplace I’d be careful of their resin and such ... kinda along the lines of pine.My thoughts are to burn the limbs and split the logs for firewood, the campfire variety.
As to burning dry Leland branches ... they go up quick and branches only leave a small patch of ashes. Now 42 Lelands would be a pile or many piles for fire control will be a big smoke signal!Let em dry out a week or two and light it. It’ll be gone in 5 minutes
I am not completely sure but for a fire pit Leland’s wood would be okay but for a wood stove or fireplace I’d be careful of their resin and such ... kinda along the lines of pine.
As to burning dry Leland branches ... they go up quick and branches only leave a small patch of ashes. Now 42 Lelands would be a pile or many piles for fire control will be a big smoke signal!
Did someone say Chainsaw?
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Occasionally for fun one of my guys will put a 20” bar on our 461. I feel like one of the Stihl Timbersports competitors when I use it; that thing will go through a log in seconds.