My chainsaw is a 40v, 16”. I’m surprised at how well it does. That apple tree branch was almost as big as the tree itself & it went through it fairly easily. With all the sawing I did, I don’t think I went through half a battery.
My brother has an EGO lawn mower & loves it - small yard. A lot of the electric tools (like EGO), use the same battery for all of their products.
My cousin, talking to him at church, wants an electric chainsaw. He’s tired of messing with gas/oil mixtures & a lot of his various ‘tools’ require different mixtures.
For me, electric was the way to go - I have a string trimmer & a blower as well as the chainsaw. My brother is bringing his pole saw up & after mom sees that, we might be getting one of those, too!
My brother is bringing his pole saw up & after mom sees that, we might be getting one of those, too!I was eyeballing those as well and need one around here and also had a thought. I could lop off most of the branches of a downed tree without even bending over.
Also had another idea.
For all the years I've owned an air impact gun and thought about it when changing a flat or needing one to do something else not near an air compressor.
This is what I was looking for 4-5 years ago when I wanted to revive my old Ryobi stuff but the one they had back then got bad reviews. This one gets good reviews.
Just put my Stihl chain saw and string trimmer on the tailgate of the truck and will work on them in the morning. Couldn't start the trimmer a couple of months ago but it ran 3-4 months before that. Last time I used the chain saw, it would fall flat when I pulled the trigger. It started just now but died pretty quick. I'm sure a thorough fuel system cleaning will fix them and will look at the plugs and get them if needed. I've got fresh 91 octane gas too. Get those running and the cordless saws and trimmer can take a back seat for a while.
After the impact gun, a pole saw might be next as I do have an immediate use for one. I've got branches nearly scuffing the roof. $130 and comes with 2.0 Ah batt plus charger, 9.5" reach.
I've owned and used nothing else for drills at home and when self employed for 30 years now. First the Ryobi 18V ni-cad and then a Porter Cable 20V lithium, both with 1/2" chuck and using 4.0 Ah batteries. Hammer drills were the corded exception. When I was younger, I might have to swap batteries before I was done but these days, a battery will wear me out before I wear it out.
Small engines dealings today. No luck on the Stihl string trimmer but I'm pretty sure it needs a carb kit, filters, fuel lines and for good measure, a new Bosch spark plug. I know it needs a primer bulb because it cracked when I was trying to get it started.
Decided to give the mower one more wack. New carb already but I later figured out I've been dealing with bad gas. Old, orange and my 5 gallon can had water in it. Last thing I had done to the mower was dump the tank and put fresh gas in it but the bowl still had bad gas and water which I took care of a this afternoon. Also put a new spark plug in.
It lives! Runs like day one and I brought it down and mowed everything I could in the grass/weed overgrown tunnel areas. I'll have to start moving things out of the tunnel, including square hay cards 3" that I mulched with. Then I can mow again, then lower the mower which is on it's highest setting and mow again. Then I can tarp it.
Stihl chain saw, I didn't get to. Will try dumping the tank and putting fresh gas in first since it will start. It's older than the trimmer so it probably needs filters, fuel lines, primer bulb, carb kit and new Bosch spark plug. I'll look into OEM stuff for that because I don't think the saws are made in China. Paid $280 for the saw but hate to spend $100 on a tune up so it may get China stuff too. We'll see.
All my old Ryobi 18V stuff still work as expected. Batteries took some charge but are weak. Good enough to make everything spin under no load. Looks the old Ryobi tools are getting a lithium upgrade soon.
Now that I have a running push mower, the cordless string trimmer is no longer a priority. That means the impact gun at 41% off is the priority before that deal is no longer. Comes with 4.0 batt/charger. Normally $269, on sale for $159. All the other items will come later and a pole saw is the only thing close to a priority.
Will be interesting to see how the old tools work with lithium. I suppose 18V is 18V but they won't have that gradual slow down since lithium stays near full strength the whole time but then dies suddenly.
Pulled two of four tomato plants that were over shadowing the habanero plants and were on the East side of them. Hoping that will help the peppers ripen sooner and the two tomato plants weren't doing great. Small fruits and all fuzzy, blotchy ripening etc. Still have two plants left but haven't seen a flower in a while so those will be coming out soon too.
That will leave the two habanero, a shisito that's petering out and the lone sugar baby watermelon that I'm growing impatient with since it's in a row by itself and preventing me from tarping most of the tunnel. I can live without a 6" watermelon. I do want to at least get a couple of ripe habenero peppers though but also need to tarp while it's still hot.
Gonna get out there in the morning and pull everything I can out of the tunnel. Two pallets with hay on them, patio table, portable tank sprayer, tools, small pieces of very heavy black plastic, black rubber mats, tools, row marker stakes - I can measure it again.