Yeah, here shortly I’ve gotta trim the driveway close to the house. Limbs hang low after the rain, delivery trucks aren’t clearing them anymore. It’s been a couple years since I’ve trimmed them.Yup, I have the battery pole saw. Looking for the pruner like Jamie mentioned. I don't want to take away all of the cover, just enough to clear the camper in the driveway.
I have a lot of money into awnings on our camper. It was raining the last time I brought it home and I didn't want to pull it in. I used the yard and had the wife stand in the rain watching. So you can imagine the notifications I get since thenYeah, here shortly I’ve gotta trim the driveway close to the house. Limbs hang low after the rain, delivery trucks aren’t clearing them anymore. It’s been a couple years since I’ve trimmed them.
So I finally bit the bullet after the tree in the yard. Got me one of these saws. Found the tool only for $250. I have put it to work and it'll work. This job was big for this, to big. But I knew that going in and didn't really care to tackle it all at once. It'll run a long time on a single battery (5 amp hour) if cutting 6-10" branches. It'll run longer than you want to hold it with the big battery (12). My thirst got the best of me more than once with this battery.Impressive, Jesse! Good and fuckered is right. Lol
This weekend I went to Rural in hopes of finding a Milwaukee battery powered blower. I found one… $160 for the tool only, no battery. Then I look high up on the shelf and see the Milwaukee “chainsaw kit.” Intrigued, I pull it down for closer inspection. Package included a M18 Fuel chainsaw, a BLOWER that I wanted, a battery charger, AND a HD12 battery for $449. No-brainer. In the cart it went. I didn’t need another chainsaw. I have a Husq 445 that runs just fine. But hell, one more couldn’t hurt.
Back in the spring when I was able to start cutting firewood I bought the Stihl MSA 220 and another battery. I figured it would be a little easier on me for a lot of the stuff the township left behind when they cut a bunch of my trees. Great saw for cutting anything too big for a hand saw and limbing felled trees. If I'm cutting anything under 12", I'll get the quiet saw out for sure. For serious cutting, I'll be sticking with the 290, although Stihl has a battery powered saw now that will run a 20" bar...In the end, I am very impressed for what it is and happy I finally made the purchase. Great for limbing and average homeowner use. Not a good purchase for a guy with a wood burning stove tackling trees. Unless you only used it to limb out a tree. No ear plugs needed!
That I'm running from a simulator! Sounds like a great retirement gig.What's next, a solar powered excavator?
Was the MAC comparable? When I worked in a shop in Columbus, we had both trucks show up weekly. MAC seemed comparable but a little less $$Forgot to post but I finally got my new roll cart in last week! Great little box for around 1000 bucks.