Jack Goff wrote:

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:38:08 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Jack Goff wrote:
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ELECTRIC chainsaw?!? You girlie-man... :-)

Jack


Girlie-man???
I live on a 40' x 100' city lot. The trees on it are too big to tackle
by myself if I used a 20" gas chainsaw. (other than a bit of pruning or
cutting up firewood already on the ground).
Just this week we paid $500.00 + tax to have a very large Ash tree
felled on our front lawn because the wife would be on pins & needles
every time the wind blew.

For my use this 12amp electric chainsaw is very practical and performs well.
Who's the girlie-man?


Pay attention to the smilie-face. :-)

I understand. I used to have one of those homeowner-grade Poulan gas
chainsaws. I was OK for cutting up limbs and such, but had the
smaller size chain and a small motor, so it just couldn't handle
bigger jobs. At the time, that was OK for my situation.

I'm now on 2+ acres, and it's 80% heavily wooded. The Poulan died, so
I bought a real saw... a Stihl. I've paid to have a couple of large
oaks taken down that were too close to the house for me to do, but the
Stihl has paid for itself on a couple of other trees I could handle
myself.

Jack

I had a gas saw and used it so infrequently that the gas in the
carburetor gummed it up. I then bought an electric that I could store
without any concern. After the hurricanes last year I am back to a gas
saw but I'll have to remember to start it every month or so. I already
put Stabil in my 40:1 can as soon as I fill it.

Dan