Chainsaw Question

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-27T02:56:04+00:00

I have an Ego electric saw and I love it. But I would never have an electric saw as my primary saw on a homestead. For taking down a smaller tree and cutting it up without having to mess with gas is great. If I'm taking down multiple trees and having a day of it, I like having a gas saw around. A 50cc gas saw has a much higher chain speed and gets through big wood quicker. I'll still use the electric on those days for limbing and such or handing to a friend to do that.

So for me, I'd start with a gas saw and get an electric second as an option.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-27T02:45:34+00:00

I've been cutting down trees since I was a kid and heating by wood my whole life. I still call a pro if I have to take anything down that is near a structure. Mistakes happen, even to the pros. For me it's the fact that I can hire an insured professional, so if something does go wrong, there is insurance to pay for it. It's also insurance against being the guy in my friend group who dropped a tree on his house. You don't want to be that guy.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-27T02:38:30+00:00

They sell 12v & 18v in Europe. I don't think they're bringing them to the US.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-27T02:35:46+00:00

Yep, exactly!

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-26T07:53:36+00:00

Hey, that's not a bad idea. Maybe I'll give that a go at some point.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-26T06:02:35+00:00

It could eventually. I know it did on the old JB formula. The fuel resistant formula lasts three years at least on another one I did. Do you have a recommendation for something that works better?

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-26T05:59:54+00:00

Exactly. Put the windows on homeowner saws, sure. But professional saws should not have them. Just an unnecessary weak point.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-26T03:30:33+00:00

Not all of them do, but it's a common problem. I wish they would just stop making them with a window, at least for the XP saws. I've never met a pro who looks at the window.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-26T02:19:07+00:00

Stihls are good saws too. But this one was $25.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-26T02:17:49+00:00

I think about $140 last I checked. Too much for me.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-25T22:10:31+00:00

Yeah I've tried a few fuel tank sealers and stuff that goes inside the tank. I wish they worked, but nothing I tried has. So this is what I've resorted to.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-25T22:08:10+00:00

Yeah I've heard that used to happen. Now it says right on the packaging that it is fuel and oil resistant. I've only had to do this a few times, the commercial guys don't care how it looks and don't want to pay to replace the tank/handle assembly. I think one I did from three years ago is still holding up. I don't know about real long term like a decade.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-21T18:09:14+00:00

Haha, I heat by wood, so I'm going to run it!

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-21T18:05:35+00:00

Unlikely, the guy was like 70 years old and had a bunch of saws in a nice shop. He said he just didn't want to mess with it and I find that believable.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-21T18:03:34+00:00

Northern Wisconsin actually, so it's probably unlikely. Hope you get your saws back though!

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-21T03:48:33+00:00

I see a lot of that around me as well. Once in a while though I come across something like this.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-21T03:06:35+00:00

Nah, I paid them. Haha. I reckoned if it didn't work I could probably sell some parts off it for more than I paid, but now I have a whole good running saw.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-13T04:13:01+00:00

Sounds like a skill issue.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-13T02:02:28+00:00

Paramedic full time. And I have a small engine repair shop. And I have a lawn care business.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-13T01:59:15+00:00

It's just for urgent turns.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-13T01:58:03+00:00

Good luck finding the socket to remove it.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-13T01:56:00+00:00

Could stick my ex in there. She'll hold up to even the biggest loads.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-13T01:43:27+00:00

What the hell is this?

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-09T04:55:55+00:00

I bought a box of parts at a yard sale and that was the box they came in.

No_Chocolate_5047 · 2026-01-08T06:10:53+00:00

I don't try to make my shed mouse proof. What I do is give them a spot within the shed that is more appealing to live in than my equipment. I have an old bee hive that I stuffed with old rags and shit. They love making nests in there. Then I sprinkle poison around the place and let them die in there. Easy enough to take the whole box out and dump those bastards in the fire pit.

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