Anyone ever have the dumb idea to make a corded 24V chainsaw?

[WrenchMonkey]

Was walking around princess auto the other day and stumbled upon a 24V DC battery powered chainsaw, was thinking why not just make a setup with anderson plugs and like 25' cable unplug winch and plug this in, no need for mixed gas then while 4x4ing and the 24V one should have pretty good jam the one at princess had an Oregon bar on it so replaceable and costs like 100.

 

[cruiserpilot]

What, no pictures?!

 

[lowenbrau]

Personally, having my Cruiser within extension cord distance of any tree I’m felling would be a bad plan. I learned a lot about math the day I used a tractor to pull down a 50 foot tree with a 30 foot strap.
If you are carrying fairly long booster cables anyway there’s not much too lose and its a lot cheaper than the Milwaukee battery saw that the cool kids are buying.

 

[AJAEbj42]

Have you ever heard the sound of an electric chain saw? 'nuff said, I'm sticking to deafening gas! WHOOHOOO!

 

[WrenchMonkey]

Not thinking for firewood more for just spring trail clearing type stuff, I feel the same way as you my truck would be 90' away from a 30' tall tree. But thinking cutting say up to 10" dia. Laying across the road or alot of small blow down

 

[cruiserpilot]

Well, I looked it up. Not sure 24V battery translates. Could be handy for convenience but think
I’d stick with my Hq

 

[45Kevin]

I never considered a 24 volt chainsaw, but I have an awesome old Dewalt 12V drill I want to add cables with alligator clips to so I can run it off a car battery.

 

[WrenchMonkey]

Other thought would be quartering game

 

[Enigma]

Hydro has hydraulic ones, same concept.

 

[WrenchMonkey]

Hydro has hydraulic ones, same concept.

Yes but they are super expensive I'll be in it for $150

 

[cruiserpilot]

Other thought would be quartering game

Got an old Stihl mini that has only ever had veggie chain oil for that reason.

 

[Deny]

When I finished university, in 2006 and moved north, I was low on funds and my dad had acquired an electric chainsaw from the neighbor that I plugged into a 12-120 inverter and I used that for a year or so. All the red necks mocked me but we were all young then and no one had a chainsaw but me, so it worked handy on the odd tree that was too much for an axe or handsaw to cut. I actually built my bed back then with it! But once I got the funds I got a Stihl 170 and haven't looked back!

One year we went down to tumbler and one of the fords blew a wheel bearing , so after I slept in the cruiser all night and they came back with parts and an angle grinder (didn't have the inverter). Sure enough the bearing needed to get cut off and the spindle grinded, so they stripped the wires and ran it off my 24V cruiser and it worked pretty good!

But like all others, chainsaw is not meant for cords, get gas, or the cordless, seen the Milwaukee in action, it is pretty nice saw and will last the weekend on one or two batteries.

 

[lowenbrau]

I test drove Behemoth60’s Milwaukee battery saw today. Boring. All the wood seemed rotten and the saw just fell through it. No noise, no vibration, no smell. Just a lot of wood chips.

 

[Enigma]

I test drove Behemoth60’s Milwaukee battery saw today. Boring. All the wood seemed rotten and the saw just fell through it. No noise, no vibration, no smell. Just a lot of wood chips.

Ughh, no fun in that at all!

 

[Greg_B]

Interesting thread. I was looking at some electric chainsaws at the new KMS in Abbotsford a short while back. There seems to be lots of good argument for picking a lineup that shares the same batteries between drill, impact gun, chainsaw saw, skilsaw, etc. Some of which would be worthwhile in our camping rigs.

gb

 

[WrenchMonkey]

I really wish 2 companies would pair up. I'm not super excited about the milwaukee saw itself, but I've had excellent luck with there batteries and motors. I like stihls but have not seen great reviews about there electric saws

 

[Enigma]

I have mostly Ryobi cordless 18V tools, generally happy with them for what I need them for, so out of curiosity I was looking at their chainsaw and how it stacks up to the others.
Seems to be middle of the road against all the others with Stihl at the top (but also top in price). Oregon (the chain manufacturer) makes their own saw, with a built in chain sharpener; pretty cool idea actually.