Damn, the new chain saw is so good, I'm quickly going to run out of logs to cut.

[NNadir]

For Christmas I got an 18 inch Ego battery electric chain saw, my complaints about lithium batteries notwithstanding. (Yes, I'm a hypocrite.)

It's the fifth chainsaw I've had in the 30 years in living in this house, 3 gasoline, 1 corded electric and then this one.

I always have a ton of logs from downed trees on the property, and over the years, it has always required a chain saw to get them ready for splitting, which I do by hand with an axe. I'm an old man now, but I can still swing the axe.

I had some rather large longs stacked on the property, but the 16 inch corded electric job (Homelight) was just awful to use on logs this size, and it was a pain in the ass to run extension cords out to the wood pile. I'm certain the logs I cut today in an hour would have taken days of work.

The thing is quiet, and cuts through wood amazingly quick.

I now have enough firewood now to get me through two winters.

I'm going to run very quickly out of stuff to cut if I don't lose anymore trees.

It's just a minor expression of happiness.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Husqvarna

Company's changed hands a number of times but they make a great saw.

Power equipment went to hell in a handbasket when they bifurcated into professional vs consumer saws. This occurred in the 90s with many manufacturers.

Maybe you could offer light tree removal in your town to gain more trees to cut.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Logline: Retired Yuppie attracts envy and attraction from neighbors with new chainsaw, especially the Widow MacKenzie

and her two sons, Bob and Doug.

Now in production with John Krasinski and Selena Gomez.

[NNadir]

3. I'd like it better if it's young professional woman with a chainsaw meets handsome executive on the Hallmark channel.

The Hallmark channel: I recently had to take my wife to urgent care, and the Hallmark channel was on in the waiting room.

It made me miss my late mother-in-law who always had it on when we visited her.

[Tetrachloride]

6. i might quote you

i am working on a presentation with strong woman lead

[electric_blue68]

4. Chain saw art?

[Morbius]

5. Makes me think of a song.

Here.

[UTUSN]

7. Congrats! AND it's quiet!

I do electric, corded or battery - mower, trimmer, tiller - because of the quiet, push button start, no gas/oil.

[WestMichRad]

8. Nice!

I got an Ego chainsaw a couple years ago after my 20+ year old Stihl finally crapped out, and I love it. Quiet, no more dealing with gasoline every too often, and no more yanking the cord to start it. I’ll never go back to gas powered.
Got an Ego mower, too. Same benefits.

[NNadir]

9. Yeah. I started with the mower, then the snow blower, finally the chainsaw.

The snow blower does not throw heavy. wet NJ snow 40 feet (as advertised) but it works well enough for my purposes. I'm satisfied with its performance.

[Emile]

10. I use two gas powered Stihl chainsaws, 20" and 12" bars. I found

these new high compression motors are extremely hard to pull start. I found if you tug gently on the rope once or twice before pulling, it releases the pressure and makes it easier to pull hard to start.

I have two battery saws too. Pole saw, and a small one hand saw. They have really improved these battery saws, and are quite powerful. I used to split wood with a heavy monster maul, and I contribute that to my bad back. 30 years ago or more, I bought a used 5 hp log splitter. I'm on my second engine, but what a back saver it's been.

[NNadir]

11. I have a bad back and bad hips as well (bursitis, not arthritis).

I limit manually wood splitting if pain requires it, but I must admit I still split manually since over the decades I've found it a tremendous stress reliever.

Funny story: My son and his girlfriend are both finishing up Ph.D degrees in nuclear engineering, but she, unlike him, grew up in a relatively rural area. Last winter I was teaching him to split wood with an axe, and during the lesson he made a point of calling his girlfriend to let her know he was engaged in the manly art of wood splitting. I was, to say the least, amused.