Chainsaw: gas vs battery

[Aftermath]

This is the kind of stuff I wish they’d taught us in school.

If you went to a good school and took the shop classes.....

 

[Jscb1b]

Look what followed me home!!!!

 

[Mr.BR]

 

[LeftyJason]

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Missing the chain part of the saw.

 

[Hairball]

Have not tried an electric chainsaw. I sold my 660 but still use a 261 and a 170. I only use Trufuel 50:1. That fuel can easily sit in a saw for a year or more and they fire right up. Yes, it costs more but not having to mix or worry about the fuel is worth it to me as I don’t use the saws very often.

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

TRue fuel ^^^ enough said.

 

[Bender]

If you need to cut limbs off tree in a gay bar, buy an electric chain saw. While you might find an outlet next to the glory hole in the bathroom, there are no outlets for your charger in the forest.

If you think you are still a man, buy a real big boy chainsaw and cut trees during storms and power outages.

You seem to know a lot about gay bars.

 

[Mbaysinger89]

Look what followed me home!!!!View attachment 8556167

Those 572s are awesome saws. Get it started then let em eat. What kinda chain you plan on running?

 

[lonegunman762x51]

You seem to know a lot about gay bars.


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I had to work on a navy base once. If you dropped your keys you had to kick them out of the gate before bending over to pick them up.

 

[Jscb1b]

Those 572s are awesome saws. Get it started then let em eat. What kinda chain you plan on running?

3/8 .050 x cut. Non low kick back.

 

[Long_Action]

They have a site for women to talk about electric chainsaws.... it's called ARFCOM

 

[ACard]

You carry a chainsaw to your tree stand? I have a folding Silky that fits in my back pocket and saws through limbs like they were nothing. Never broken a sweat.

Edit:misread that.

Silky saws are the shit.

 

[ColinW]

I do professional tree services. And if it were me buying a saw for home use....I'd happily grab a Stihl 201. (Just the general series, not the professional climbing series. Although that handle is nice, but they do in fact break off. AMHIK ) I climb & cut with a 201 or 261. The 201 is perfect. There aren't many tress in the PNW around homes that I couldn't take down with a 201.

Gas all the way. No electric for me.

Edit*: I don't recall if Stihl makes a 201 for homeowners. If not, a 171 would be good.

 

[LeftyJason]

Came out today. Watching now. Compares the Husqvarna to what he knows about the Stihl battery saws in the first 3 minutes.


Edit: 17 minutes of "cutting" on a $300 9ah battery.

 

[XP1K]

Go make an account on the arborist forum and check the Px

Find you an old but well taken care of Husky 346XP

Or a 350 that was modded to have 346XP guts

Thank me later

Got a burned up husky 350 that had the common plastic clamp failure given to me once upon a time.

I was able to save the cylinder and dropped a new 45mm meteor piston in it. After much studying on other people's port work I copied them as best I could. I was well pleased with the results. Loved that little saw.

Traded it to a guy for a complete almost no run time top end for my 462. He said It came real close to a stock 346, and would slightly outrun a stock 261. I've been looking for another clean builder ever since I got rid of it.

The 545 looks good as well. Almost bought one a while back. But then I bought 5k federal 215's instead.

I feel the same way about electric saws as I do about a 6.5 creedmoor. Just don't.

 

[joe777]

My preference is a gas Stihl but the old man uses an electric one for trail trimming while getting in and out of the vehicle frequently and it's handy as fuck and quiet, very quiet.

 

[TheBigCountry]

Got a burned up husky 350 that had the common plastic clamp failure given to me once upon a time.

I was able to save the cylinder and dropped a new 45mm meteor piston in it. After much studying on other people's port work I copied them as best I could. I was well pleased with the results. Loved that little saw.

Traded it to a guy for a complete almost no run time top end for my 462. He said It came real close to a stock 346, and would slightly outrun a stock 261. I've been looking for another clean builder ever since I got rid of it.

The 545 looks good as well. Almost bought one a while back. But then I bought 5k federal 215's instead.

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I had a 350 that was turned into a little monster with all 346 guts and whatever else you could do; that thing ripped

My kid brother now has it and it’s his favorite farm saw currently; he’s a big Stihl guy but that little 350/346 monster is his go to saw currently.

 

[XP1K]

I had a 350 that was turned into a little monster with all 346 guts and whatever else you could do; that thing ripped

My kid brother now has it and it’s his favorite farm saw currently; he’s a big Stihl guy but that little 350/346 monster is his go to saw currently.

The little 350 through a husky craving on me. Really got me wanting to try a 545 or a 550.

I also thought about a wrap handle 572 to run my 28" and drop the 462 back down to a 20" to make it my "small saw" lol. It's had some work done to it also but it's not ported. It'll flat out rip through small wood with a 20" bar and an 8 pin sprocket.

We just have no dealer support for husqvarna in my area. Closest dealer is almost 40 miles from me.