My Simple Dual Battery Setup Is Done (99%)

[Boston Mangler]

No Sweat Jon! If ya got any questions, lemme know!

 

[Ted44]

We knew exactly what you were asking and you were presented with several good alternatives, the best of which was to reconsider the tool you were using for the job. An electric chainsaw would be inadequate for most (probably all) of the times that I have had to clear downed trees from the trail. If your primary compliant was carrying the fuel in the cargo area then carry the fuel on your rack.

If you insist on using the wrong tool for the job then get yourself a really, really big inverter and the biggest electric chainsaw you can afford. Add a dual battery set up and you should be in business if you don't come across any big trees across the trail. Your next problem will be to make sure you're always the lead truck because it would suck to be tail gunner and have 10 trucks stopped in the dark on a narrow trail and the only saw available has a 50' extension cord. If you need versatility the electric saw just doesn't cut it (pardon the pun.)

-B-

The best tool is the one you have with you. I carry an axe in my truck already and I have some skill with it and I think it is superior to a hand saw in versatility. I have used and owned several chain saws, including electric. For 8 years I cut my own firewood for my primarily-woodstove-heated house. My current (gasoline powered) Husky 51 is well broken in and very capable, but I would rather not keep it in my truck. The most powerful electric I ever used (13 amp) worked darn well; better than those little gas ones in both power and reliability. It seems to me that a good electric and 100' of cord could come in real handy on FR 75 in the Dolly Sods, WV in Nov. when I get back to the truck after 2 or 3 days of backpacking and 8" of wet snow has cracked a few spruces across the road. Your specific example of 10 trucks etc has no application to what I do with my truck.

My original question had to do with inverter installation more than chain saws. I have found inverters specifically rated for electric chain saws, but knew the installation was not necessarily a job. Mangler's awesome post on the dual batteries answered my questions.

I am here to learn. I may not be an expert on wrenching my cruiser (yet), but I am not ignorant of using (and making a living with) a variety of tools. Haze the nube all you want, but realize you may be making incorrect assumptions.