18V impact wrench with 4.0 Ah battery is on the way. My old Ryobi tools are about to run like they haven’t run in years. Pole saw will probably be next in a couple of weeks because it’s something else I could use right away.
I see they make a dual voltage charger in 18 & 40 volts and since the 18V impact gun and eventually a 40V chain saw will live in the truck, it would be nice to just keep a single charger in the truck as well.
I used the old battery pole saw yesterday to cut a large branch (6-8” diameter) that had partially broken off & the end was hung up in an adjacent tree. It was tricky cutting. As soon as I cut it free from the part in the tree, that end lowered to the ground due to the partial break near the tree trunk. Once I cut that trunk end, the huge branch didn’t fall but rolled on the trunk & pinched my saw blade. We had a hoe nearby & I was able to push it on over with that - saw was fine. I also used the pole saw on a couple of other big branches & will have it out again today. With the pole saw, aside from being able to cut high, I can get ‘distance’, a lot safer when stuff falls when you cut it than the chainsaw, which is up close & personal. Bucking a downed tree is one thing & dangerous enough, but felling a tree, which is what I’ll be doing today, is another level of dangerous - keeps me very nervous.