If I had to guess I'd say that saw was only designed with the high output 12.0 battery in mind so the saw cuts out before the 12.0 forge cells are at their full output. Great comparison of the two though, you were able to do the longer torture test with less heat on the forge. So hopefully that means it would have a longer lifespan in real use as well.
I collect a lot of it into boxes and bags to dry and then burn. The chips are big enough not to be a problem. When I get time I'm thinking of trying to use my hydraulic press to make sawdust logs.
Looking for 12.0 forge for our Milwaukee chainsaw. We sell Christmas trees. Wondering if forge puts out more power than reg. 12 high output that we run now. Shortened bars for more speed. Dont' see much on youtube about this
try it . put a shorter bar on one saw .what do you have to loose .in some parts of world where trees are generally hardwood they shorten the bars on saws . Seems like a general practice .
awesome video! Can always rely on your channel to get the hard evidence. It'll be interesting to see if the results differ or not with the dual battery chainsaw. Both when comparing the high outputs vs forge and the dual battery vs the ego commercial saw. Looking forward to that!
VERY surprising results, indeed! Can't wait for someone to identify the cells and calculate the rated output so we can see how it compares to the previous gen batteries. Milwaukee claims that the Forge batteries are capable of more power output (and for longer stretches with less overheating) than the High Output batteries, and that several new versions of their tools were specifically being designed to be able to use this extra power while stepping down to the lower power output of the non-Forge batteries so as to still have backwards compatibility without overheating. I'd attribute it to just marketing hype that didn't deliver, but various tool reviewers even showed their previous-gen circular saws, drills, and drivers all performing better with the Forge batteries. You're the first person that I've seen test the 16" chainsaw with them, though. I could understand if the performance was the same, but I can't understand why it would be worse. BAFFLING
@@reusefull I have the 12 inch one and going to get the new 8 AMP FORGE BATTERY and already have the 6 and 12 and will see what battery is faster when I get my chain Sharp again I'm hoping they sell the DUEL BATTERY Bare tool for $600 next year but KNOWING MILWAUKEE they will sell it for $750
The best to give a fair comparison test it is by using different new blade with each saw as the blade is losing sharpness specially on the continous cuts on the runtime test
@shannonholmes2494 I did a couple sessions. I did one with an hour break or so in between, and I did one back to back. It didn't seem to make much difference, the battery was the weak point, not the saw motor. I have had other saws where the motor heats up, but the Milwaukee seems to manage the motor heat pretty well by having a lower chain speed and more torque than a lot of other saws. Sorry... I also did a few cuts the next day starting with the Forge first and it still seemed to stall easier than the HO battery if that's what you're asking about.
@bigsouthboy21 I'm actually not 100% sure. Something that was getting decommissioned in a substation I'm sure. Maybe we were replacing the old porcelain enamel with plastic... but I grab any of that old stuff when I see it headed for the dumpster.
This is why I will stick with my Stihl and Husqvarna two strokes. If you use them for fire wood your gonna freeze. Weed eaters blowers chain saws with battery power are useless as tits on a bore hog.
@harlanborders943 I do my firewood with a Greenworks 82CS34... have been for years. Once everything uses the same battery and you have a bunch (zero turn does too), battery life isn't a problem. I'm never more than a few hundred yards from the barn and I never run out of juice with the charger.
Tell that to the 60ft cherry tree that me and two friends of mine processed in two hours; all with battery operated saws and pruners! That's cut down, bucked up, including branches, loaded and dumped twice!
This isn’t meant to replace gas saws, it’s meant to work with gas saws. Cleaning up some brush or cutting down a small/medium tree? I grab my Milwaukee. Cutting down a big tree or cutting up big trunks? I grab my Stihl 661 or new 500i. Battery string trimmers work good as long as you’re cutting grass and not thick weeds. I agree with you on blowers. They simply don’t move enough air and rip through batteries. But don’t count these battery saws out. WAY quieter and no pulling the pull cord 1,000 times.
