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    I have enough trouble starting 1 chain saw let alone 24 of the buggers

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    seems to be more of a publicity stunt to raise name awareness for Dolmar (a Makita product) than anything else.....

    The camera shots from the ground make it look faster than it probably is.....

    The guys that build it probably had an interesting time doing it...

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    Does that make it a 48-stroke motorcycle?

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    Does that make it a 48-stroke motorcycle?
    Sure makes for one to give you 24 heart attacks trying to get it started. If there ever was something that needs an auxiliary starting capability it is chain saws.
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    That`s why I love my Stihl saws...easy starting.

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    Am I a total commie for even considering an electric chainsaw for my next saw? Last time I stopped in our local Stihl shop, multiple workers were raving about them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baja View Post
    That`s why I love my Stihl saws...easy starting.
    Yeah for the 1st 100 cords of wood and 2 or 3 tune ups maybe. by then the plastic junk begins to fall apart. I have several Stihl machines and won't use anything in them but Stihl fuel and products. My 3 year old MS120 is starting to get to the point where I threaten to toss it in the river every-time I have to add fuel to it.
    TO be fair to it though I have probably ran 30 gallons of fuel through it so it has had a good run. a lot of hard mesquite has been turned into fire wood and it is probably due another real tune up not just a spark plug and filter changing.
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    Am I a total commie for even considering an electric chainsaw for my next saw? Last time I stopped in our local Stihl shop, multiple workers were raving about them.
    There is nothing wrong with the industrial grade electrics almost all electric line men will have 1 or 2 on their trucks or a hydraulic powered one for the larger jobs. Having to weed yourself through branches and limbs while working on a line is difficult and dangerous enough even in a man bucket . Then the prospect of yanking on a pull rope just adds another problem to an already precarious situation. I have an electric (corded though) for when I need to do some quick trimming around the house or the occasional cutting of a small log that I drug up and hadn't cut up with the gas powered saws it will slice through a 6 to 8" log before I can start 1 of the Stihls
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    Interesting. I did get a cheapo Amazon electric $100 pole trimmer, and it's gotten quite a bit of use cutting ladder fuels around the property. So far I've only had to change out the gearbox for $50. The li-ion batteries do wear down over time. Sometimes I will even use it where a chainsaw would be more appropriate, because it's faster to start, and obviously much safer; even with its shortest extension, I'm six feet away from the chain.

    The electric chainsaws are also gaining favor among forestry contractors doing government contracts in public places, like parks. People don't want to listen to 2-cycle engines.

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