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Sounds like you made an impression! You stud muffin
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Fully understanding that I only know you gents via the Buzz, it’s still funny to me. When did I last ever hear someone say “stud muffin” anyway?
 
oceans said:
Fully understanding that I only know you gents via the Buzz, it’s still funny to me. When did I last ever hear someone say “stud muffin” anyway?
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That’s cause your not hangin around our islands.. if you did I’m sure I could find a pet name for you
 
I know I’m safe, but jeez there‘s just a weird feeling when reaching out to full extension over the side of an overpass! Looks like I’ve got about 3 more miles to go. The logistics are pretty interesting...I really have to play the Sun and plan which way I’m facing in the AM and try to have an equal amount on the return to the truck in the PM.

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I've been wanting to eventually make up a more proper review of the Milwaukee battery tools, but have kind of accidentally made one already.... so here it is. No youtuber bs here.

Overall, they are OK, but all weirdly different levels of quality. I have the rear handle chainsaw, blower and pole saw. If you are trying to make money in the tree business and getting started (or are just a homeowner) they are fine, if you are already making money, spend the extra for something better that as a pro you will actually enjoy using. The pole saw feels like a pro tool but too heavy, the others feel kind of crap. The blower is chintzy and a bit week, the rear handle saw is awkward feeling and terrible for limbing but surprisingly good on bigger wood. Neither are very good tools. But, they work OK. Best I can say.

Keep in mind I'm comparing them to the Husky stuff that is 2x the price.

The Milwaukee pole saw can and should run a bigger bar for its weight when I compare it to the Husky. It has the power. It is way too heavy with the 12ah battery it comes with compared to running a 5ah battery on the Husky and given the weight I'd pick the Husky 95% of the time unless I have a particularly big cut to make.

Its a mixed bag, but overall I'd spend my money elsewhere unless I was really on a budget.

Here is an earlier comment I made about the various pole saws:

My first power pole saw was the big Stihl gas, and I loved it just in terms of the new ability it provides. I do a lot of low deadwood or limbing of firs for long driveways, etc, so you just need to get some horsepower, otherwise you will die with a manual polesaw in your hands, shoulders hurting, job half done, haha. Also great for hazardous work to make cuts form a safe distance, but I don't have to explain the benefits of the tool to you obviously.

The Stihl has a lot of power, and sometimes I need that for bigger cuts, but it's pretty heavy and well, its a gas tool and battery tools are just so much more pleasant to run. So I got the Husky, it feels light and sporty in comparison, but when I made the very first cut I was already disappointed with it's lack of power. The chain can't be touching even the smallest twig, or it won't start spinning up. And, push it just a little, and it stops itself in the middle of your cut and that doesn't take much. I deal with those annoyances and make it work, and I grab it over the Stihl gas 90% of the time just because it's so much more convenient and lightweight. But I carry both because sometimes I need to make those big cuts.

I saw videos about the Milwaukee and its great cutting performance, and thought it would be what I was looking for, convenience of battery tool, with cutting power closer to the gas one. And it is those things, but god it feels heavy. It does look and feel like a solid pro-level tool. It can pretty comfortably cut wood as big as the 10" bar, where the Husky starts to struggle around 5" wood and you have do do that carefully. The Milwaukee you can just lay it on wood, pull the trigger and it will dig right through. But I find myself wanting to use the Husky if I don't need the power, because it's just so much lighter and easier to run. I also find the throttle mechanism on the Milwaukee annoying.

So: Stihl gas - powerful, heavy and loud. Husky battery - light and kinda weak. Milwaukee battery - powerful and heavy.

None is perfect, I was just hoping the Milwaukee would be the goldilocks tool that met all my needs/wants and it just doesn't.
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