Dickturpin
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Reccomend me a chainsaw
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Norfolk Horn
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If you can get it near a power supply easily I would seriously think about a mains electric one
I've got a little Hyundai job which is 2400 watts motor and light to use, you would need a seriously big petrol saw to get that power.
I'm cutting Ash at the moment and it just whips through it.
I've got a little Hyundai job which is 2400 watts motor and light to use, you would need a seriously big petrol saw to get that power.
I'm cutting Ash at the moment and it just whips through it.
I've got one of these, far more capable than a lot of folk might expect
It won't beat my Husky 555 for a full day in the woods, but as a saw that you can just pick up and use it's brilliant. It's what I reach for 9 times out of 10.
And so they should be, for the money !
Take the battery out of the equation and they're cheaper than even a cheap petrol Stihl.
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John Gryphon
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Less than 60 cc`s is circa the equivalent and that is not a big saw at all. I run a couple of circa 90cc`s and there are a lot of times when I want more. The elec saws have a niche but not in the world of serious tree felling or docking.
Norfolk Horn
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John I've got big saws 70 plus cc but for logging they are extremely heavy in comparison to an electric one.
You need over three horse power to equal 2400 watts so that's some size to swing all day but each to their own.
Out of interest what horse power is your 90 cc job?
John Gryphon
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7 iirc NH. I just checked 7.2HP Stihl 661 c Magnum?
the 064 isnt far behind.
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Norfolk Horn
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I just looked up my Dolmar 7300 and it's 5.7HP/ 4200 watts and weighs 6.3kg dry or nearly 14 lbs. The problem with it for logging is I'm to knackered to use it for to long after years on the tools and generally falling to bits
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Mind you it will slice through big storm damaged trees to clear the rides in the woods which is probably the last time I used it.
John Gryphon
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The big boys come into their own with the extra weight when cross cutting big logs up also although standard bar lengths of 26"`s are good often they aren't long enough.
I have used an 090 with a standard 48" bar and a 137cc motor, that one is a heavy **** ha ha.
Norfolk Horn
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You old buggers down under are so butch
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John Gryphon
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I wear a skirt now and then.
Norfolk Horn
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John Gryphon
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Only at Harrods.
Nobody's making you have one...
Clearly. I just thought that suggesting a battery powered "anything" was cheap, if you excluded the cost of the "battery", was a mute point, given the whole purpose, is that it's battery powered !
OK, add the cost of the battery and it does cost more than a cheap petrol Stihl. About the same as a middle-ground petrol stihl, which is probably what it's closer to in performance anyway.
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