I like this. I lived in the South Florida. We don't do much logging down here but once a year need to clean up trees before hurricane season. If a tree falls during a storm, that needs to get cut up too. The problem with gas saws is that it may get used for maybe a couple of hours a year but requires a lot of maintenance or they seize up. Having a battery powered saw and a charger plugged into a generator will be perfect for hurricane season with a lot less maintenance and issue than having a gas saw that sits for a year and gets gunked up.
Just used one for the first time today. Chopped the thick base of a very large bush quite easily. Very simple and quick, at least for that particular use. Be sure to add bar oil, if you're new to electric chainsaws.
My right shoulder rotator cuff is trashed so this and its 20V relative work very well for me because it's not the cutting but the pull starting which hurts. I can't afford to further damage my shoulder because I'm a mechanic. Perfect homeowner seasonal use saw IMO. I have an Echo Timber Wolf for heavier work but had no problem felling multiple 10"-13" diameter magnolias and gums so the Echo stayed on the wall. I bought extra batteries and a fast charger (DeWalt like to screw customers by including cheap chargers with kits, but there's so little inside them it's obvious the price differences are just "product differentiation") which give me ready spares since I'm also getting other Flexvolt tools.
I bought this saw recently. I agree with everything in the review. It would have been nice if DeWalt would pick a way of referring to the FlexVolt batteries and stick to it. It was hard to determine if the saw came with the 9ah Flexvolt (listed as 3ah) or some bastard hybrid only delivered with the saw. Nowhere was the actual model number of the battery to be found. I got it to replace a gas 18'' saw. It seems well able to fill that role (major cutting is handled by the Stihl 660). My wife used it to work down the winter pruning brush pile. She had no complaints with it. I thought she might be put off by the thumb lock as the spring on that is rather robust. The chain was easily resharpened after she ran it repeatedly into the ground.
Thank you thank you thank you for actually wearing the correct safety equipment and handling the saw safely. I've seen way too many youtubers that run saws like they don't give a shit about their limbs.
Well actually if you would have read the instructions on your saw chaps they more than likely say not to be used with electric saws. This is due to the lack of a clutch that all gas saws have.
firejunkie4219 so you should just wear no protection and cut right through your quadriceps? No. The chaps give you protection. Period. Even if it gives you an extra half second to release the trigger. Be my guest to rock nothing instead of something. Even a rubber with a pinhole is better than nothing.
Well consider this, in my shop with my saws (none of them electric) I have several pairs of saw chaps, custom made loggers, and that same fancy hard hat with shield and ear muffs attached, and nomex green pants and shirt. I have wildland fire fighting training in saws so before you try and tell me how to and when to use safety equipment learn something about the safety equipment at hand and how it works. I was giving the fact that saw chaps that were being worn in the video will not stop the chain of an electric saw as if it were a gas powerhead. Saw chaps were not made for electric saws, period. If you doubt me try it, but please put the chaps on a log and see how they work. And if you are stupid enough to have the bar near you quads (unless you are a climber) you deserve to have them cut( because that's just a little to close to my nuts for me). Stay safe and research before you try and tell someone in their field about their field.
Fire, I don't want to get in between your discussion with Chris. I assumed that electric saws cut out once they were full of the material like a gas saw. So, what do I get to show people the correct items to wear. This is an awesome idea for a video also. Can you help educate me on this?
So straight out the box i used for like 5 minutes with no oil!! Didn’t know🤷🏻♂️ is that way the chainsaw is not cutting at all even after i added oil??
Normally, when there is no oil on the bar and chain, the chain will get very tight. It will also get very hot. After you add oil and the chain starts moving again, the chain will normally be very loose from being stretched. That should not make a huge difference in the chains ability to cut. If it is not cutting, might you have hit metal or got the chain in dirt? It most likely needs to be sharpened.
the DeWalt guys put a 16 inch bar and plastic dogs. clearly they do not consider it for cutting logs. cleary useful and convenient for construction sites. i run a Makita 36volt that has a 14 inch bar and metal dogs. i really find the metal dogs useful when falling trees or cutting bigger stuff. it will definetly stall if you apply too much pressure but you get used to what it can do and the metal dogs really give stability and precision when cutting bigger cuts. i did a lot of cutting in the garden. it's definetly a small saw but i get the job done. i like it how Makita only has 18 volt batteries that you can use in pairs as well. very simple and flexible!
If a person were on the DeWalt battery system and the EGO battery system, how would you compare this to the 56 volt EGO with the same size bar and say a 5 amp battery?
recently bought one of these 60v 3ah the first thing I did was add oil and when I did a test it started to smoke Can you explain to me why or if it is normal the first time.
OK great info here, have enjoy your reviews, nice job keep them coming... Looking to make the switch to battery power saw and I have seen this review, your review of the 40v "commercial rated" Dewalt, and reviews of the EGO 56v. Now, I have a Ego 580 blower, and carbon fiber shaft string trimmer, with 7.5 hr battery...and love these tools btw. I am also deep into Dewalt 20v and flexvolt tools [10-12]... My question is this, if you had to compare the performance of the 3 which had best performance [combination power and run time] ???
Is this good option for cutting through tgi joist, plywood floor and rim board. On a daily basis i need to make 3 or 4 cuts through these materials on the job site. As of right now im leaning toward an electrical chainsaw, i just need some kind of confirmation before investing in one. Help would be greatly appreciated
What other electric tools do you use? If you already own compatible batteries for an existing chain saw I'd lean towards that. I have the 20V DeWalt and that thing will drop and delimb a ~10" diameter tree on one charge. I'd use that on a job site because it's light and effective, but if you make long cuts or want more torque the 60V might be a better choice. Check the Makita saws too as some use two 18V batteries which fit their other tools.
Hard to beat charge time, QUIETNESS, and versatility. No stinky gas sitting in your garage then wondering if the gas is still good. Charge your battery at home and start cutting. Never need to refill the can. I’m a auto technician who owns nothing but 20v dewalt power tools and that is one of the main reasons I bought this saw. No air hoses for me, loud, annoying, and old school. I can be mobile anytime I want. Dewalt is on top of their game right now and their lithium ion batteries are the best. Damn near full power until the battery runs out. Buy just one dewalt 20v tool to get your feet wet and you’ll never go back. I don’t work for dewalt by the way lol I just love their tools.
Jay Fillet no, because you will buy according to your budget , so power and voltage would be just the wow factor, now a tool nut would buy exactly what he needs
I’ve had this saw for almost two years (Type 1), and find it very useful for bucking smaller trees. Lately, however, I have had an issue with the chain brake. It no longer makes a clear “click” when pulled back. Instead, it feels mushy. And more than half the time, when I start cutting it disengages the saw without anything touching it. Anyone had this issue? I ordered some parts and am going to try to disassemble it, but Dewalt tech support was absolutely no help.
might run better if you didn't force it and let the weight of the saw do the work plus you'll save more of your energy that is if you have the chain sharpened to the proper angle I find 35 is the best
I don't want to saw logs. Dead or alive. But when one of the five ginormous oak trees that engulf my home, driveway, and yard, decide to shed, I do need to make sawdust at usually inconvenient moments. Electric the only way to go for me.
Anyone have issues with this saw smoking a little bit in first use? I don't know if mines defective or if this is just "breaking in"... This is my 1st chainsaw, so I don't know what to expect.
You won't see that any time soon. Corporate America has sold us for a bit of a profit a long time ago. No patriotism here anymore. An Orange Twitter in chief is the prime example. Wearing that idiotic MAGA hat that's Made in China.
While the 40-volt line is discontinued, the 60-volt batteries only have 15 cells because they are part of the 20-volt line. All of the 40-volt packs had 30 to 45 cells. That allowed them to pull more amps from the pack with less heat and have more "power" on tap without issues.
It comes down to watt hours and if the battery is 1P, 2P or 3P. The 60 volt battery is 1P meaning it has enough cells to make 60 volt. All 40 volt batteries are 2P or 3P meaning they have 2 sets of cells that equal 40 voilts or 3 sets that equal 40 volt. So they could be 80 or 120 volt packs. Watch this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MKwoXHwMqPc.html
You must like being bent over doing all that cutting with the bottom of the bar that should be done with the top, and it's easier to keep it out of the dirt with a little practice. Cutting with the tip is easy too with a hair of skill and keeps you from being bent over all the time. Also metal dogs are better especially when cutting trees down and doing the back cut and nearing the hinge area.
Hey Travis, Cutting with smaller saws, especially ones with lower RPM and shorter bars is easier at the bottom of the bar. We fully agree with you that in most cases, with a good gas saw and a good chain, that using the end portion of the bar for cutting can reduce fatigue. The chances for kickback increase, but with a faster rpm of a gas saw, grabbing of the grain is less likely. Of course metal bucking spikes are better than plastic ones, but the reality of this small saw is that it is not a great saw for felling trees. It is under-powered and can cause a more dangerous situation than a good high powered saw. We go over a lot of that in the video if you watch long enough. If we had out Stihl 660 out, our cutting style would change 100 percent!
Amazingly I learned on an 026 when I was 12... (best birthday present ever!) Cutting trees with that small of a saw is easy, I even used the newer 260 extensively cutting trees up in Alaska when we had to clear more area around the runway for safety/bird reasons. On my own saws I would run a 3/8" pitch 0.063" semi chisel and run them until a few break off from being sharpened to pointy nubs. I also used my dad's old hand me down 064 (which did around 10,000 cords of wood from standing to the mill) for bucking and felling after he got a newer one but it really wasn't much faster off the landing to justify carrying the extra pounds climbing over the trees we had in northern WI. I did have fun trying to teach all my coworkers in Alaska that being bent over cutting with the bottom of the bar was silly as they'd often bury the bar in the dirt until sparks fly. We had a pool of saws for our shift but after having to do massive amounts of sharpening on the saw I'd grab I started to just take the chain off and put an old one on there so I wouldn't have to redo it every day. And every one of these people claimed to be pro firewood cutters yet didn't know enough to file down the rakers, and when I tried to tell them you have to as you sharpen the chain I was vehemently rebuked. I think they thought a raker was some kind of magical being that should under no circumstances be touched, and this was even by a friend who claimed to work as a pro cutting firewood for a company on the east coast.... If you did the hinge right then it shouldn't matter how much power a saw has when felling trees, but then what do I know....... And I did watch the whole video as I'm looking for something to throw in the truck for camping or strap to the dirtbike for clearing trails and already have a bunch of dewalt 20 volt tools so this would just give me another battery that would get used when the saw is not.
Travis S Sounds like you have a lot of experience with gas saws, but battery is different. You never know when it might time out from and overload. They are not as powerful as the saw you listed. Good luck buddy.
You do understand that when cutting a tree down you are not hogging wood but going carefully so you don't overcut the hinge so it shouldn't be working hard by any means. And even if it did time out that shouldn't mean squat except that the tree is still standing for a little bit until you can cut again. You can always use wedges to keep the cut open if you're worried about a pinch but then you should have taken the lean into account before choosing the direction to drop the tree. Good luck to you friend and don't drop a tree on yourself :D
checkmate Depends on how many brain cells and common sense you have. I ran 3/8" .063" chain and never threw a chain ever.. Threw a chain clearing brush from around a tree I wanted to cut but that was with a shop saw with 30"+ inch bar and .050" chain. A lumberjack is someone who plays with axes for competition, I was a logger..
Mike Zeke yes the Makita is better. Makita x 36 line I have used it and I have used the devolt 40v. I like the Makita more I was thinking of switching from Bosh 18 to Makita or devolt I'll go with Makita ..
XR does not specifically mean brushless. Extreme Runtime (XR) is what it stands for and its the higher end of the Dewalt tools that have longer run time, better motors, more torque, more settings, brighter leds etc.
Electric motors are deceivingly powerful, they have full power when even at low speed, problem is that you need a big battery to keep them running. A 80kg electric motor can even pull off over 250 horsepower.
I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle ru-vid.comUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and it did a great job. I used the lever for the built in sharpener to clear chip buildup out more than to actually sharpen the chain. It managed to cut some hardwood stumps much larger than it's size without bothering the neighbors with hours of 2 stroke noise.
This review is not 100% accurate. I can just almost use my gas stihl 16" chainsaw for the same amount of time as the dewalt with a 12 ah battery tho. I've cut down numerous 12-16" live trees, including oak. And the dewalt just chews it up like nothing.
@@princenoah21 Made sense for me, powerful enough for the amount of cutting I do in a year & don't need a carb service every year like with my gas saw. Price is kinda steep up here in Canukistan. $500.00,,,, if you're in the states, I think it's half that much.Says on the packing box that with a bigger battery, it'll cut twice as fast.
Power is P=U*I where U is the voltage and I is the current so a 40 V chainsaw could easily have more power than a 60 V one if it could draw more current.
Andrew Browner I think you are referring to me putting the chain brake on whenever I walk or move? That comes from using a gas saw and is a safety step that is important. I have never wore one out and still have all my limbs. Safety first bud.
Love all my Dewalt Tools. But NOT this saw. Nothing but flimsy plastic and one threaded nut holding the bar on . Not one video of this saw cutting sideways. The bar sags so bad that the chain runs off the drive gear. I would gladly have paid a $100.0 more to have an aluminum plate with two threaded nuts holding the bar on. I currently own and use 4 gas saws. This was a waste of money but more importantly a dissapointment. I currently own over $2000. worth of dewalt rechargeables without the saw.
They are quite handy for intermittent use. If you are falling the big trees for a logging company you may not want one, but they eliminate carb maintenance (and ethanol fuel problems when that's all you have available or handy).
Naw, tech has moved on. For a logger, no not yet. For an arborist, many are using battery electric. For the average homeowner, a battery electric saw will be miles ahead of a gas saw.
I don't want to saw logs. Dead or alive. But when any of the five oak trees that engulf my house, driveway and yard decide to shed, I do need to move fallen limbs when seldomly convenient. Electric the only way for me.
