3 or 4 saw plan, cordless all the way

[Dave1976]

Some people will leave comment for laugh, and i am fine with that.

Now, i am serious, has anyone thought about 3 or 4 saw plan battery only.

It can include cordless pruner. I know it won't apply for very thick cutting, or for someone doing 8+ hours days. But for the rest of us ....

4 saw plan:

stihl gta 26
Echo dcs 310
makita duc 254
makita duc 355

+ battery pole saw

[pleasant]

As a dealer, I am seeing an over all uptake of petrol handheld over that past 12 months in the region of 30% above what we were seeing over cordless. Having spoken to a lot of my pro users who are going back to petrol, their two main reasons are longevity of petrol and the re-sale value of petrol machines after the 3 years write down, which means the machines owe them nothing on the books,so anything they can get re-sale wise is all bunce money when sold on as a 3 year old machine. There is zero value in 3 year old cordless machinery being sold on....even more so if the original purchaser retains the battery for future use on new cordless machines. This is a major factor, particularly to the smaller operator who wishes to sell on used machinery when written down.

[rapalaman]

The gta40 is better than the 26. 
Depends entirely on what kind of work you’re doing? I use battery 90% of the time but wouldn’t be without petrol 

saws for the bigger stuff/dismantles

[Dave1976]

Hobby user here. But have a lots of work to do. + i have petrol, but it is spending too much time on work bench

[Mark_Skyland]

30 minutes ago, pleasant said:

As a dealer, I am seeing an over all uptake of petrol handheld over that past 12 months in the region of 30% above what we were seeing over cordless. Having spoken to a lot of my pro users who are going back to petrol, their two main reasons are longevity of petrol and the re-sale value of petrol machines after the 3 years write down, which means the machines owe them nothing on the books,so anything they can get re-sale wise is all bunce money when sold on as a 3 year old machine. There is zero value in 3 year old cordless machinery being sold on....even more so if the original purchaser retains the battery for future use on new cordless machines. This is a major factor, particularly to the smaller operator who wishes to sell on used machinery when written down.

We've also seen a drop in sales of battery chainsaws, both rear and top handle, battery hedge trimmers are still doing well though. As for blowers and strimmer's/brush cutters that's more or less non existent. Which from a workshop point of view is good otherwise once or should I say if battery saws takes over the workshop will die off.

Once that happens you will see a big increase in the cost of battery machines.

 

 

[manco]

2 hours ago, rapalaman said:

The gta40 is better than the 26. 
Depends entirely on what kind of work you’re doing? I use battery 90% of the time but wouldn’t be without petrol 

saws for the bigger stuff/dismantles

horses hit.

the 26 is ideal for small pruning in place of silky. if you need the 40 youre better off with a mini echo.

 

battery saws have their place, but its limited use for big take-downs

basically for small pruning only

[rapalaman]

17 minutes ago, manco said:

horses hit.

the 26 is ideal for small pruning in place of silky. if you need the 40 youre better off with a mini echo.

 

battery saws have their place, but its limited use for big take-downs

basically for small pruning only

Agree with you - the advantage of the 40 over the 26 is mainly the inclusion of an oil tank.

mine hasn’t seen much use yet - had it a few months but normally grab the 161t out of habit

[Dave1976]

Everyone‘s circumstance may be a bit different.

 

For me gta26 is king of pruning saws. I could accept gta 40 only as addition to gta 26.

 

small echo or makita would be beter use for me than gta40 on top of gta 26.

Edited 1 hour ago by Dave1976