Petrol 220t replacement.

[hedge mong]

Are the leccy top handles any good?

Heavy off Ballance or similar to the old petrol machine?

Is the husky better at the moment?

[adw]

Of all the battery products out there the top handle chainsaw in my opinion is the best / most useable product, with that in mind the T540i is certainly one f the best out there at the moment.

[spudulike]

What does.."Petrol 220t replacement" mean? The 220t is battery with the common Stihl petrol top handles being the MS200t and the MS201..or the MS192 or MS194....or the MS150

[hedge mong]

Ooops

Yes I ment is the 220 a good petrol replacement?

I don't see how a battery an do a good days work without charging it.

Fuel is cheap and easy where as extra batteries are expensive and you need a charge up point?

 

[Haironyourchest]

4 hours ago, hedge mong said:

Ooops

Yes I ment is the 220 a good petrol replacement?

I don't see how a battery an do a good days work without charging it.

Fuel is cheap and easy where as extra batteries are expensive and you need a charge up point?

 

 

The way it's panned out thus far is: most guys seem to get enough juice out of a battery for one small removal, more often two charged batteries or one battery and a charge off the client's socket at break time. They use the battery top handle for dropping the limbs then switch to a ground saw for chunking down the stem.

 

Personally I've the Stihl 160 with the medium battery and the rapid charger. I can get about two hours of limbing out of it. Most of that time is climbing and positioning. One full charge would be roughly the same cutting time as one tank of petrol.

 

Serious work requires multiple batteries and a charging point.

[Mick Dempsey]

11 hours ago, hedge mong said:

Ooops

Yes I ment is the 220 a good petrol replacement?

I don't see how a battery an do a good days work without charging it.

Fuel is cheap and easy where as extra batteries are expensive and you need a charge up point?

 

Battery saws are good….sometimes.

I love mine in lime trees, poplars and the like.

Dead acacia is too hard.

Really nice not having to shout over the saw noise.

Big removals I’ll take up the petrol saw.

[hedge mong]

So smashing out big cypress trees then stick to petrol?

I get the idea that quietly trimming some fruit trees would be good but I don't think they are for me then.

I'll stay on petrol.

[Mick Dempsey]

8 minutes ago, hedge mong said:

So smashing out big cypress trees then stick to petrol?

I get the idea that quietly trimming some fruit trees would be good but I don't think they are for me then.

I'll stay on petrol.

I don’t know what you do really.

 

If you’re topping large Leylandii they’re excellent, as you are often ‘inside’ the trees/hedge and the exhaust and noise is a real pita.

 

You do sound a bit like you’re trying to confirm what you already think rather than listening to advice.

What do you do a lot of?

 

[Steven P]

Got one of each for domestic use, battery all the way for me, same with the guys who drop stuff off at mine, if the purchase prices were comparable (like with 2 batteries) then they'd do the same

[hedge mong]

I just need something reliable with a decent amount of time per tank of fuel or battery.

Having to buy extra batteries is expensive so why bother when I can get petrol in a big can.

Not bothered about noise and fumes it's tree cutting ffs

 

They seem very expensive really and don't appear to be good value

Edited August 13, 2023 by hedge mong