24-Chainsaw powered motorcycle - video and photo

**Jon** · Dec 8, 2018, 08:45 PM

24-chainsaw powered motorcycle. And yes, you have to pull start each one.

2:13 video:

Previously:

chainsaw robot carving stools
Masonry chainsaw - video
Tree climbing chainsaw trimming tool - GIF
Motorcycle chariot - GIF and video
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...242#post116057
Motorcycle/camper hybrid - photo
1869 Roper Steam Velocipede first motorcycle - video and photo
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Wheelchair-accessible motorcycle - GIF
Log motorcycle - video

**Frank S** · Dec 8, 2018, 08:57 PM

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

**bimmer1980** · Dec 11, 2018, 06:47 AM

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...

**baja** · Dec 11, 2018, 07:20 AM

Does that make it a 48-stroke motorcycle?

**Frank S** · Dec 11, 2018, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by baja

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.

**baja** · Dec 11, 2018, 08:29 AM

That`s why I love my Stihl saws...easy starting.

**Frank S** · Dec 11, 2018, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by baja

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.

**Jon** · Dec 11, 2018, 08:42 AM

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.

**Frank S** · Dec 11, 2018, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

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

**baja** · Dec 11, 2018, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

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.

I don`t thinks so. I have two, one is a light one for my wife`s projects and mine is a 4 HP McCulloch that I don`t use much because my firewood processing area is out of reach of electricity without transporting a generator back there. On a cautionary note, I purchased the original McCulloch several years ago when I was given permission to cut mesquite along the railroad right of way. It didn`t last long and it took over a year for them to warranty it. I would never buy another McCulloch product.