For Husky, Stihl, etc.... Is the chainsaw future battery powered?

[treevolution]

I personally think that the battery range of trimmers now on the market are far superior to the motorised ones.

 

Cordless chainsaws are getting better each year.

[openspaceman]

20 minutes ago, kav said:

25 years ago no-one thought battery drills/tool would be the way forward!

 

Yes, 50 years ago I drove a bread float that could just do 15mph for 30 miles with a tonne of battery, 2014 I could drive a 80HP small car for 80 miles but have to lease the battery for fifty quid a month, now my daughter drives a 200hp car with a 200+ miles range and a 7 year warranty and it's cheaper than the gas guzzler my granddaughter bought.

 

For the small amount of time on a job that I would use a polesaw or long reach hedgecutter I wouldn't hesitate to buy one if I didn't already own perfectly serviceable petroil ones already.

 

A chainsaw on production work for 7 tank-fills a day is a different proposition.

[kav]

9 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Yes, 50 years ago I drove a bread float that could just do 15mph for 30 miles with a tonne of battery, 2014 I could drive a 80HP small car for 80 miles but have to lease the battery for fifty quid a month, now my daughter drives a 200hp car with a 200+ miles range and a 7 year warranty and it's cheaper than the gas guzzler my granddaughter bought.

 

For the small amount of time on a job that I would use a polesaw or long reach hedgecutter I wouldn't hesitate to buy one if I didn't already own perfectly serviceable petroil ones already.

 

A chainsaw on production work for 7 tank-fills a day is a different proposition.

Totally. Battery definately the way for small stuff but petrol for cutting etc. Be intetesting to see what the next few years bring

[Stubby]

9 hours ago, kav said:

25 years ago no-one thought battery drills/tool would be the way forward!

 

So why did they develop them then ?

[kav]

27 minutes ago, Stubby said:

So why did they develop them then ?

Lightweight, no leads, super convenient, quicker than hand tools?, I'm not knocking battery at all, I think it 100% the way to go. Was just making the point  (maybe badly) that year ago when I started you could just about get a drill/driver (and people knocked them) and now look at how good some of the kit is

[difflock]

Apart from buying myself a 12V Panasonic drill/screwdriver way back in the late 90's, and being impressed by its versatility, power,  durability and longevity.

The absolute clincher was buying a 36V Bosch pneumatic hammer drill for work, prob in the early noughties, and standing near-giggling in wonder as it bored 20mm dia holes in basalt like it was cheese.

P.S.

Our local motor factors, Ffyes, had a £129.00 DIY package deal, which included 5 individually boxed Draper(some Draper Professional, some not) power tools,  a cordless drill, angle grinder, orbital sander, jigsaw, and sommat else, at least a couple of which tools were cordless.

Edited October 9, 2019 by difflock

[Stubby]

42 minutes ago, kav said:

Lightweight, no leads, super convenient, quicker than hand tools?, I'm not knocking battery at all, I think it 100% the way to go. Was just making the point  (maybe badly) that year ago when I started you could just about get a drill/driver (and people knocked them) and now look at how good some of the kit is

The point I was making was that at least somebody thought battery drills were the way forward or they would not have developed them .

[gary112]

I think battery power is the way forward for home owner stuff and maybe for small jobs in built up areas but i cant see it working for everybody but the idea is good 

[AHPP]

Forestry aint changing for hippies.

Apart from things like low impact extraction for ecologically sensitive sites etc. Small skylines for example.

[Khriss]

20 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

Apart from things like low impact extraction for ecologically sensitive sites etc. Small skylines for example.

 

......just for that comment I shall put some shitty marine quality high sulphur deisel in the donkey engine n leave it running all night ! K