On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:44:28 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:19:54 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:


Hmmm. Y'all make road trips? An electric chainsaw isn't going to hack it;
too long a drop between the power and the saw.

Well, yeah. That's why I said it's just for occasional use around your
house where you have power available with a long extension cord.
Obviously if you're out in the woods you should be using a gas one.

If you only have occasional use for a chainsaw, why not just rent one?
The rental shed will even sharpen the chain for you. ;-)

Convenience. Sometimes it's nicer to just go into the garage and pull
the electric off the wall, plug it in and cut away then driving down to
the tool rental place, renting the thing and driving it back. Not to
mention that it only takes a couple of rentals to equal the cost of
buying one.

Steve

What about motor size. I was looking at a Sears Craftsman 12amp version.
It looked half decent at $ 140.00 Cdn loonies

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:17:34 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

What about motor size. I was looking at a Sears Craftsman 12amp version.
It looked half decent at $ 140.00 Cdn loonies

I didn't even know what mine was until I just went into the garage and
looked. It's a Remington Power Cutter, 14" bar, 9amp motor. It has
served me very well for a very long time. It's not going to easily
slice through the trunks of large trees. But to trim limbs it does very
well.

Steve

One thing I like about the electric version.....it should be trouble free
like a drill.
No dirty fuel, gummed up carb.etc.
For cutting up small branches, I sometimes use my reciprocating saw with a
9" blade.


Steven Shelikoff wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:17:34 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

What about motor size. I was looking at a Sears Craftsman 12amp version.
It looked half decent at $ 140.00 Cdn loonies

I didn't even know what mine was until I just went into the garage and
looked. It's a Remington Power Cutter, 14" bar, 9amp motor. It has
served me very well for a very long time. It's not going to easily
slice through the trunks of large trees. But to trim limbs it does very
well.

Steve