ECHO PPT-2620 Pole Saw Pruner Review
Ladders and chainsaws mix somewhat like oil and water. Thankfully, I didn’t have to learn the hard way, my best friend did it for me! While pruning some limbs…on a ladder…with a chainsaw, he fell 15-feet, breaking three vertebrae and his elbow. Miraculously, no arms or legs were severed in the accident, and he’s ok now, aside […]
STIHL MSA 200 C Chainsaw Review – Battery Powered
I’m a logger, just up from Coos Bay, Oregon. Not really, but it makes me sound tough. While I may not be a logger, I have felled my share of trees. I even worked with my uncle, who was a real logger in South Alabama. On that subject, a small storm rolled through our town […]
82-Volt Greenworks Brushless Pole Saw Unveiled
Greenworks Commercial recently unveiled a new addition to their line of battery-powered landscaping and turf management tools. The new Greenworks Brushless Pole Saw runs on their 82Volt line of battery packs, granting users the same power and runtime of gas-powered models. However, because the new pole saw runs on a brushless electric motor rather than […]
Greenworks 60V Chainsaw Review
Our great battery-powered chainsaw shootout continues with today’s spotlight of the Greenworks 60V Chainsaw. If this is the first you’ve heard about the shootout, let me bring you up to speed: I recently made quite a bit of sawdust and hundreds of 8-inch diameter wood discs to determine how eight lithium-ion powered chainsaws stacked up against […]
DeWalt 40V Max Chainsaw Review: Into the Woods
Recently I decided to get to work – way out in the woods. My adventure involved some tree work in the forest surrounding our cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwest Georgia. Our woods are full of hearty hardwoods and evergreens, which means there is always tree work needed to keep our little forest […]
Kobalt 80V Chainsaw Review
We’ve had the opportunity to see several new lithium-ion powered chainsaws this year. What started as a novelty has developed into a serious landscape tool and even professionals are surprised at the power that’s being delivered through these small cells. Serious contenders for pro attention start with Husqvarna’s 36V model, jump to EGO’s 56V solution, […]
GreenWorks 40V Chainsaw Review
It’s not often that a cordless chainsaw gets more than a casual nod from professionals, but the GreenWorks 40V chainsaw literally raised eyebrows from several Pros we handed it to. The thought of going cordless in professional applications may be far from your mind, but consider a couple things we realized in the course of […]
Dewalt FlexVolt Chainsaw Review
Regular readers will recall that recently I pitted eight battery-powered chainsaws against one another in an exciting tooth-to-tooth shootout. We’re taking a closer look at each saw and today I’ll present to you the Dewalt FlexVolt Chainsaw. It is one of two DeWalt saws in the competition – the other being a 40V Max saw with […]