When I bought it, probably 12 years ago, there were no cordless electric saws. The former owner had neglected the side of the house and it was a dense jungle of spiky veins, poison ivy and wild roses. At first she and I used a corded electric saw, residential grade agent orange, muscle and slash and burn to take back from the jungle. When the trees got to big I bought a gas chain saw. After a lot of sweat Finally it was clean.
So in all those 13 years the saw was used maybe three occasions. Well I had a couple of dead trees that needed to be felled. Not big mind you but substantial enough you couldn’t push them over. The saw, no surprise, was difficult to start in fact DS “cool hand” would pull the cord and I would hold it down. The saw was hard to pull and uncooperative. Well we managed to cut the trees down, limb them, cut them into manageable lengths and move them to the burn pile.. lastly I wanted to trim the stumps but the saw would have none of it. It ran for 20 seconds then quit. Again and again. No doubt a dirty carburetor. At that point I decided I am done with that saw.
There’s still a ‘leaner’ in the woods that needs to go, a bunch of trash trees and logs to be cut to burning size -so I ordered a 40 watt electric saw. 1100 reviews 4.5 stars out of 5.
Years ago I worked for a landscaper and tree guy.. I learned to have a healthy respect for felling trees and chainsaws. We were taking down a giant tree in Locus Valley and they tried to lower too big a piece. We all hung on until we couldn’t- the lose rope wrapped around one guy and in an instant he was hanging upside down 15 feet in the air. Some time later i learned my boss fell from a tree and broke his back.
The truth is gas chain saws scare me - I think they are an accident waiting to happen. Electric saws still have the chain but i feel less anxious using them. Thus the purchase.
Little by little the yard is getting there - the rain is slowing the process.
So in all those 13 years the saw was used maybe three occasions. Well I had a couple of dead trees that needed to be felled. Not big mind you but substantial enough you couldn’t push them over. The saw, no surprise, was difficult to start in fact DS “cool hand” would pull the cord and I would hold it down. The saw was hard to pull and uncooperative. Well we managed to cut the trees down, limb them, cut them into manageable lengths and move them to the burn pile.. lastly I wanted to trim the stumps but the saw would have none of it. It ran for 20 seconds then quit. Again and again. No doubt a dirty carburetor. At that point I decided I am done with that saw.
There’s still a ‘leaner’ in the woods that needs to go, a bunch of trash trees and logs to be cut to burning size -so I ordered a 40 watt electric saw. 1100 reviews 4.5 stars out of 5.
Years ago I worked for a landscaper and tree guy.. I learned to have a healthy respect for felling trees and chainsaws. We were taking down a giant tree in Locus Valley and they tried to lower too big a piece. We all hung on until we couldn’t- the lose rope wrapped around one guy and in an instant he was hanging upside down 15 feet in the air. Some time later i learned my boss fell from a tree and broke his back.
The truth is gas chain saws scare me - I think they are an accident waiting to happen. Electric saws still have the chain but i feel less anxious using them. Thus the purchase.
Little by little the yard is getting there - the rain is slowing the process.
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