Chain saw

[forgotten_aria]

I've never even used a chainsaw before today. We had a large branch fall from a tree during the storm and a hand saw just wasn't going to cut it. I bought the 40v battery powered ryobi. I waffled a little on getting the 18v, because then I could use the batteries in my other tools. I think I'm glad I got the 40v, because it had some other features as well and it cut super smoothly. Only draw back is only have one battery, so once it's spent, it is a 90 minute wait for a recharge.

Comments

[mathhobbit]

Oooh, that's so sexy!

I hope you are not offended by this remark.

[forgotten_aria]

You have an oil painting of my ass on your wall... so, no. I am not offended by that. :p

[kelkyag]

Three cheers for shiny new useful tools!

I'm sure you can get it a second battery if you wind up running it out of charge frequently.

[forgotten_aria]

I can, but it's cheaper to buy a tool and a battery and charger than just a battery. (They run $100.)

I have a 24v trimmer/edger that if I can sell, I'll buy the 40v version for an extra battery.

[jered]

Yay!

I assume you have done so, but if not please read the safety instructions that came with the chainsaw as well as common sense advice from the Internet. A chainsaw is one of those tools with which one can seriously injure themselves without expecting it.

[forgotten_aria]

I did and I had my mother who has had a lot of chainsaw experience give me some pointers, but I've watched her do it enough I seemed to have fairly good intuition on good safety practices and how the pieces would fall.