battery chainsaw

[Stephen Blair]

I have the Pillenic battery pack 1, I am delighted with it.

Paid for itself in 2 days working in an old folks home doing trees beside their nieghbours , the flats residents are mainly elderly residents.

Not 1 complaint about noise, me and my mate chatted the whole time, re coppicing and pollarding.

It worked for 8 hrs and used 24% battery life, average stem 4", a lot of beech and holly.

It's no diferent to haveing a saw on a strop imo.

[silky fox]

That,s incredible Stephen!...i didn,t realise they were that good...but i,ve been waiting for that kind of chainsaw tech for a couple of years now..nice post!

[Gray git]

If you look in the new husky cattalog there is a pick of the new battery top handle saw but no imfo about it and i did hear a wisper stihl are doing the same putting something into the took kit to fill the gap between silky and ms220t.

[Sideleaner]

if you can wait a little while longer, 'APPARENTLY' the new husky electric top handle will be released at the APF and i should think that the rest of the range will soon follow

 

And here it is : "world premiere in Belgium ???

 

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Husky T536 Lixp demonstration - YouTube

 

Pascal

 

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[Justme]

Do they all stop working before the bar oil runs out?

[Sideleaner]

The Husky is very economical on chain oil, about 2 battery charges before it needs an oil refill.

[kev7937]

The Husky is very economical on chain oil, about 2 battery charges before it needs an oil refill.

 

Does it have an indicator to tell you its low?

[Sideleaner]

Does it have an indicator to tell you its low?

 

No, it doens't.

 

I worked with this saw for 2 days. Got it from a landscaper who hires me each year for a few days. He was offered to use the demo from the local Husky dealer, so I did not speak to the dealer myself.

Advantages :

No fumes

No pulling of the recoil starter

Lightweight

Silent apart from the wheeeeeeessssss

Very slim shaped and easy to manoever in small trees

Batteries charge faster (for now) than you use them up

High cutting speed and small chain gives a very clean cut

 

Disadvantages :

Pinches easier than my Stihl 200t, you need to handle it more carefully (misses the torque of a petrol chainsaw)

Battery last about 1 to 1.5 hours (but the spare one is loaded before that in the fast charger, if your customer allows you to charge on his electricity net)

Life of the batteries ?????

Price : about 800 euros vat incl. so more than a petrol chainsaw :

 

Pascal

Edited December 2, 2012 by Sideleaner

[doobin]

I have the Pillenic battery pack 1, I am delighted with it.

Paid for itself in 2 days working in an old folks home doing trees beside their nieghbours , the flats residents are mainly elderly residents.

Not 1 complaint about noise, me and my mate chatted the whole time, re coppicing and pollarding.

It worked for 8 hrs and used 24% battery life, average stem 4", a lot of beech and holly.

It's no diferent to haveing a saw on a strop imo.

 

With respect Steve, how did it pay for itself in two days? Did you manage to convince them to pay you the cost of the system over and above what the normal price would be? Or did they refuse to give the contract to anyone who used a petrol saw?

 

I can appreciate how it might be a much more pleasant way to work, however. But an extension lead and normal electric saw would allow for that in most domestic job situations.

 

I think you would need a lot of specialist work where noise was entirely unnacceptable to justify a battery system over conventional machines.

 

Not trying to start anything here, just telling it how I see it

[Stephen Blair]

Hi Doobin, sorry I missed this, better late than never.

The answer is simple, I made more on the job than it cost me to pay for the saw.

Simples!

I did the job 12 years previous and it caused that much hassle, it was never done again, mainly neighbouring residents who didn't like noise and complained, it caused friction the customer didn't want, and that outweighed the benefits of the tree trimming in their eyes.

I did the job and the folk who moaned the last time, didn't know it had been done.

Could I of used an electric chainsaw and extension lead? Yes!

Could I of used a handsaw? Yes! It would of taken a lot longer.

If I had used a petrol pole saw and top handle it would of been quicker, probably done in a day, but that option wasn't available.

 

The reason I came on this thread as I just found this on the internet, Stihl are doing a battery backpack, anyone got anymore info?

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