07-13-2019, 11:59 AM | #1 |
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Looking at a battery powered chainsaw for backroad travels and camping
After running into several downed trees last weekend when the wife and I went for a drive up in the mountains (our "drive" was a forest road only accessible by 4-wheel drive), I figured it would be pretty useful to start carrying a chainsaw. My Stihl is too big to drag around, and I'd have to carry gas and oil with it. I'd seen that different manufacturers are making battery-powered chainsaws now.
With a battery chainsaw, all you need to carry is bar oil. I could recharge the battery using an inverter on the vehicle's 12v system, but only if it is a hella big tree. Usually, I can just hook my winch up to an end and drag the tree out of the road, if I can't get around it. I also carry an axe and a small bow saw. To make a long story short, I found DeWalt makes something that fits my requirements: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...k_ql_qh_dp_hza Now this is for my traveling and camping only, not for serious wood cutting duties. But, I did have a question about something else. I believe it was after that shooting in Florida that CNN or USA Today ran a graphic of the AR-15, and showed that you could mount a chainsaw bayonet on one. It was apparent they stole the graphic off someone's parody site, but their editors didn't catch the silliness and they ran with it. So, I asked my question: https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions...k_ql_ql_al_hza
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07-13-2019, 02:30 PM | #2 |
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too funny
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