Dead removals and the Electric saw

Cool vid perspective Waldo.

I started my career in SoCal palms using electric corded chainsaws from Montgomery Wards. Which I suspect were/are torquier than those in your vid.

Any arborist who's ever sunk his bar into the base of a date palm and tried to waggle it around knows what kinda torque that takes to push through.

And in 73' a 14 inch bar electric chainsaw (corded) could get er done.

The future of electric and pneumatic chainsaws gets better progressively as time goes by and people get smarter.

jomoco
 
Thanks for sharing. Is it a Stihl MSA160c?

I am really looking forward to owning one of these quiet saws.

Would you recommend it to other professional arbs?

I wonder if a top-handle version is coming soon, or is there one already out there from one of the major mfrs?
 
You mean the model like two three and four on the left?
Good chance that that will be August.

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Every time electric cars are in the headlines I get frustrated.

Battery expense and charge times fouling the logic of a quickly interchangeable standardized battery that could be switched out faster than an Indy car can be fueled!

It bugs the hell out of me that such promising technology gets so conspicuously overlooked by govt and industry.

Why?

To make a T536 do the actual work of an MS200T simply requires 6 quickly interchangeable batteries.

It's all too doable.

jomoco
 
Why on earth is 'everyone' comparing a gasoline machine with a 30 year research time and poisonous exhaust fumes with a machine that had only 5 years of research time and is free of emissions at the work spot.
DON'T yet compare a battery powered top handle pruning saw with a saw that you use full power to cut pieces of a trunk in a take down.
Mind you, in a small take down my Dolmar does a fair job so the Husqys would probably make us very happy chappies.

The battery of my two year old Dolmar AS 3625 charge from flat to full in 22 minutes. That is less time than what it takes to run it flat again.

The husqy battery's charge in one hour from flat to full. That is also probably less time that what it takes to run it flat.
 
I own the Stihl cordless, my dad uses it to cut little stubs and small side branches off stems before they go through the chipper. It can't be used in the rain which isn't cool when you live in one of the wettest countries on the planet (Scotland).

We have the quick charger for the battery (20 minutes).

This saw has it's uses but in no way does it compare to the sheer power of a 2 stroke.

Having said that, when you got something small that needs a quick cut it's nice to be able to just pick it up and press the trigger and away it goes (no pull start obviously). It makes the weirdest whining noise.

Keep it sharp and remember to put oil in it now and again and there is a place for it in arb.
 
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