Bought A Snapper 60V 16Chainsaw

Dick L · Jun 29, 2017

It just came today and I have not used it yet. It seems a bit heavy for me and I am wondering if I should have ordered a 12" chainsaw. I'll give it a try this weekend and see how it works. It looks nice anyway.
The main use will be to notch fence posts for braces. I do have a few small trees that need cut and some low limbs to clip.

CKain(MI) · Jun 29, 2017

Hope it works for you ! I just ordered a B&D 14"/40v. Too hard to pull a rope start these days.
Could not believe they go up to 82v batteries now !

Russ from MN · Jun 29, 2017

I have always wondered how high a voltage a battery would have to be to be a shock hazard.

Goose · Jun 29, 2017

My wife bought a B&D 40V unit. It's not too bad for light trimming, limbs up to 4" or so. For bigger stuff, though, it still takes a gas powered saw.

I've been wondering lately why no one has developed an electric start chain saw. The way everything else is being miniaturized, you'd think it would be possible.

Ten years or so ago, I bought a B&D unit when they were first coming out. On that one, the chain speed wasn't high enough to be effective, but this 40V one is OK.

jeffcat · Jun 30, 2017

Many years ago Mc Culloch did have an electric start chainsaw.

Bret4207 · Jun 30, 2017

(quoted from post at 21:54:46 06/29/17) It just came today and I have not used it yet. It seems a bit heavy for me and I am wondering if I should have ordered a 12" chainsaw. I'll give it a try this weekend and see how it works. It looks nice anyway.
The main use will be to notch fence posts for braces. I do have a few small trees that need cut and some low limbs to clip.

The weight is in the battery and motor. The extra 4" of bar and chain amounts to only a few ounces.

CKain(MI) · Jun 30, 2017

Russ, Just depends on wetness & thickness of your skin. I check a 9V battery by touching it on my tongue... but on your hand, probably take near 50v to feel it.

JGayman · Jun 30, 2017

> "Hope it works for you ! I just ordered a B&D 14"/40v. "

Isn't the B&D 40v unit a 12" saw?

jeffcat · Jun 30, 2017

Here ya go. Look on "Chainsaw Collectors Corner" They have the specs. On virtually any saw ever made. Mc Culloch made an electric start back in the drak ages. Was a model Super 10-10E. That E was for electric start. Had a nicad pack under the handle and a stator like your Briggs and Stratton to charge them. Here is a picture. Know a guy who has one. With the batteries brand new and fully charged it does work.

jeffcat · Jun 30, 2017

Also if AC or DC. AC you start to get a tingle from stray voltage. High DC stray voltage will just pop you. You will not even know what hit you. Sneaks up on ya. See what happens in the dairy barn if you have stray voltages feeding back through the milking system. Production goes into the toilet. Way back in the 60s some local county agents were given VTVM meters. These were the most sensitive meter you could buy at the time. They found plenty of problems on farms. Today a cheap $10.oo digital is far more sensitive and quick as a bunny to use. Put it in the AC setting for lowest voltage. Shove one lead in the Wet soil and touch anything you are concerned about. If you see anything more than a couple of volts....you got a problem. Usually a floating voltage that low will trip a GFCI. Funny when people got P off cause the "stupid" th8ng keeps tripping. They have no CLUE they are not getting electrified! !!

GordoSD · Jun 30, 2017

If it doesn't work try a Dewalt sawsall for those brace notches. I always like to use the smoothe 8 inch pins to hold them Drive them through the upright, pilot hole sometimes. Rebar will work.

Dick L · Jul 1, 2017

I thought about a battery sawsall. I have the corded ones but thought I wanted a chainsaw because I can't start the chainsaw I bought last year with the loss of grip in my hands.

Dusty MI · Jul 1, 2017

I have a couple of 120 volt, 16", Remington chain saws, I like them.
I also have a 20 volt ion B & D pole chain saw. It's rather slow for a chain saw, but it is nice to be able to reach out to trim trees above my drive way.

Dusty

chuckinnc · Jul 1, 2017

It will do what you want easily, I got sick of ethanol laden gas problems with small engines so I bought a 40v Ryobi 3 years ago
and was so impressed I also bought a 80v 18" brushless Greenworks this year. I cut alot of fallen wood on my land and so far
have been able to get by with only 2 batteries for each saw, inital cost is alot more than gas but it works out in the long run.

Dick L · Jul 1, 2017

I just cut two trailer loads low hanging pine limbs. The saw worked like a charm. I cut all I could reach setting in my walker. Took two hours to do a half hour of actual work but it is done the way I wanted it. Having to do it with a walker means you cut a little and load it on the trailer so you can get the walker to where you can cut more.

^D It was in the front yard and two different cars slowed down to rubber neck. The battery has four lights to show the charge. Three were out and I could not tell the difference in the cutting power. I am pleased!

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