Gas or electric? I’m looking to get a chainsaw for light/medium duty around my house (2 acres with decent sized woods) both gas and battery powered have pros and cons and I can’t decide on which one to get. what are you guys using and why?
light and occasional medium duty you can get by with electric any bigger I suggest gas. This assumes you can keep a 2 stroke engine happy. I have a Husq Rancher with a 20" bar. The bigger bar is nice for tall people and downed trees. I recently bought a corded pole saw and it does cut nicely. I occasionally look at small corded saws because sometimes all you want is small but with my property on the edge of the woods I knew my first one had to be a good size
Sick saw. Is that something you currently own and use?
This. I can’t see myself going out and dropping almost $200 on an extra battery just to get another half hour of cut time. If I get into the mindset that cutting/working is a slowed down process (which it should be) I think a battery one would be fine. it would also be nice to be able to go help my neighbors in my subdivision if anyone else has a downed tree without calling it quits after 25minutes.I've had a Stihl MS290 with a 20" bar for several years. I've been tempted by battery saws, but I can't justify replacing a saw that runs perfectly well. I did, however, buy an Atlas battery pole saw from HF last spring. It's done a great job so far.
The main advantage to gas is run time. This summer I cut 6-8 large trees (mulberry, oak, elm, locus) over several days. I would likely need at least 2 if not 3 batteries in rotation to keep it running all day. That much wood is not a frequent occurrence though.
Yes. You'll pass it down to your kid - and I have nowhere near the amount of property that you do.Sick saw. Is that something you currently own and use?
I was watching videos on some new echo ones last night, the people loved themI have an Echo 14" gas chainsaw that I purchased almost 10 years ago. If I was starting over, I'd seriously look at battery powered, especially for a chainsaw, since it's not something I use very often. I recently picked up a EGO leaf blower--mostly so I could task my kids with cleaning up the deck and for drying the car and it's really convenient to just pickup and go vs breaking out my backpack blower.