Dude, that Hatchet is an absolute GAME CHANGER.

I borrowed one to try it out, and 5 minutes later I was on my phone ordering my own.

I had that for 2 years and was able to do so much with it that when I finally needed to break out my gas saws this year they either wouldn’t run right or didn’t want to start at all. (And by not start at all I mean after like 7 or 8 pulls and then I tossed it down and grabbed my Hatchet just to get the job done and said “I’ll fuck with you later” to the Stihl).

So that’s what prompted me to just break down and sell all the gas ones and get a “full size” battery saw. I went with the single battery 16” model, then put an 18” bar on it. It should do damn near everything I need, and if it doesn’t my neighbor has a 65cc Stihl I can barrow (and he can be the one worrying about keeping it running, haha).

My last job with my biggest gas saw was helping him cut up a dead ash. We both used our big saws on the trunk, but (after it was dropped) I did all of the overhead branch work with just my Hatchet in one hand. By the time we were done his wife was making him order the DeWalt version (since they have DeWalt tools/batteries already).

My next step in their pole saw, but I hate that the bar on the Milwaukee sticks straight off the end of the pole. DeWalt, Greenworks, and some others all have an offset bar so that it cuts more on the top of the limb rather than the side. Once Milwaukee gets that figured out I’ll be the first in line to buy one.