*Coming up on having had this saw for a year....am a casual user and bought it to cut up sections for bowl blanks. Easy to start, **Bestfor.Garden** also recommend even after storage for a couple of months. Simple chain tension adjustment. Just cut up some 20" Osage Orange, including ripping bolts in half (at an angle). Like butter!*
If there was an apocalypse, it's easy to have electricity to keep those batteries charged. All you need is a simple solar charging system, like I have in my 4WD. It includes 1 x 80W solar panel (fixed to the roof rack), 1 x 600W inverter and a second battery. Hence I can keep charging chainsaw batteries off grid, night and day.
I bought the go green pro series two years ago. Best move ever ! After buying the 18” chain saw and seeing how good it was I went back and got the long reach chain saw and the weed whacker. Now that weed whacker is is the cats 😸. I am stunned at the power all of these tools have. Gas units suck! I need to sell them to get that smell out of my shop😁.
I think the rubber covering the button must have been damaged and the water went in but dryed it for days but no good I am gutted as they are such a good tool and always had makita.
@@GearheadDaily I could say since getting a lot of makita chain saws and hedge trimmers I use in my landscape maintenance business tool maintenance has gone down massively
@@danielreynolds6498 YEP! That's why I'm moving away from gas powered tools where i can. Much much lower costs over all even when you factor in getting replacement tools.
my sister bought a small cabin... talking her into buying one of these... when they need to cut small limbs branches and stumps good idea to not make too much noise like the gas powered models.
I am looking for a light saw to carry on the tractor. I use it for cutting larger bush honeysuckle when I am brush hogging in the woods. How does the weight compare? Does it use a common chain size? I can sharpen my Stihl chains but, could I use the same sharpener for this. No one has mentioned this yet but, if you are planning on using this as a limbing / brush saw it makes a big difference.
These Makitas run Oregon 90PX 3/8” x .043 1.1mm chains. They need a 4.5mm round file for sharpening (or any equivalent sharpening tool I guess). Weight is 10.94 lbs incl. batteries. So almost a pound lighter than the 11.7 lbs rear handled version, the XCU04. That rear handle version is easier and safer to handle though, compared to this top-handle model which is more aimed at arborist type work. If you want something significantly lighter, you could look at the 18V version (XCU06), that might be capable enough if you’re planning on using it on small diameters only.
Does it overheat and cut out often? I have the 18-volt version and it is complete garbage. It overheats and shuts off all the time. I can't cut two 4x4 posts one at a time without it overheating after the second one.
Im looking at getting one of these for when I go camping and don’t want to haul firewood up the mountain, how many cuts would you say you can get out of 2 fully charged batteries?
Thank you sir! Less moving parts, less futzing around with gas motors that never seem to start or run properly, no ear protection... its really a decent way to go.
The top handle saw is a limb saw, for pruning yet it will cut the trunk your on. The XCUO3 or 4 will move through even better. I own the XCUO3 and it's great.
I bought the other model with back handle and its an amazing tool to have in the van and with a sharp chain will cut any thing plus good with batteries How Ever my on off button got wet and broke and to have replaced part and labour £240 discusting so saw chucked in store unusable bloody shame so just be aware of this. 😩
