electric pole chainsaw

[lightning02]

lets talk electric (corded) pole chainsaws.

what does everyone have?
pros and cons?
what to get and what to stay away from?

i wont be cutting anything more then 4inch thick and it be used about 1 or 2 times a year just to keep the overgrown stuff off my fence line in my back yard from the woody area behind it. nothing to crazy. most of the stuff is viney 2inch think **** that i just want to cut flush with my fence and maybe cut some queen palm tree branches off here and there. i dont want to deal with gas or battery powered stuff. i dont have that much area to cut either.

 

[zendriver]

I have the one from Harbor freight, it's awesome.

Solid, powerful, and a self oiler which is a must.

The only complaint is I think the bar could a little bit longer, since it seems to have the power to drive a longer chain



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[lightning02]

How thick of stuff have you cut with it?

 

[zendriver]

How thick of stuff have you cut with it?

Probably 10 or 11 inches. They were thicker than the length of the bar so I had to reposition the ladder and saw from the other side which is why I thought it could use a longer bar since it seemed to have the power.

It will cut easily, up to the length of the bar. It seems about as powerful as an older electric chainsaw I have, which I thought was pretty good for electric chainsaw.

It gets good reviews. I think I got it after sale price and 20% off coupon for about $55




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[rr361]

I'll 2nd the HF saw. Had mine about 6 months and used it extensively. No issues at all. $55 or so with the 20% coupon.

 

[engineer2]

I've got a Remington 10" 8 Amp electric pole saw. Works great, 10 foot handle.

I was going to get the HF, but I hear no spare parts are available. Don't know if that is true though.

 

[zak77]

I have the HF pole saw also and seems to work just fine. I'd say the thickest branch i cut was probably a 4" oak. I would like a longer pole for it but it sure beats using the manual trimmer. I dont use it much but it's great when i do need it.

 

[MattVette89]

Another HF pole saw user. Works great. Just remember it uses regular motor oil instead of bar oil.

 

[dclassical]

I got this years ago:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HLJRNG/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Works well. I use it a couple of times a year, cut up to 5" without problems.

 

[lightning02]

Another HF pole saw user. Works great. Just remember it uses regular motor oil instead of bar oil.

Thats good info to have. Thanks.

I always have motor oil around so that makes things easier for me.

 

[lightning02]

i ended up getting the HF one for like $60 bucks give or take. so far it works really well. if i had to change anything id wish they used a alum pole instead. other wise it seems very good for $60 bucks.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have a Remington, that was given to me, because the previous owner lost the chain before ever using it. He said that he could not get a replacement chain, so he gave it to me. I took it to a regular chain saw repair place and they custom made me a chain for like 4.00 and the world is good.

 

[acer66]

I've got a Remington 10" 8 Amp electric pole saw. Works great, 10 foot handle.

I was going to get the HF, but I hear no spare parts are available. Don't know if that is true though.

I have too, like it and their customer care department treated me very good when I needed a spare part.

 

[derosa]

I've used my parents to help them out, worked good on 4-6" hard maple. Only complaint was my dad complaining that it must be wearing out as it doesn't cut as fast any more. Course 4 years later it is still using the original chain and has never been sharpened, go figure.

 

[BQuicksilver]

I have the 18V Black and Decker cordless. Used it a ton and have cut several 8" branches with it. It's nice to be cordless when you have branches falling and don't want the cord cut or to be tripping as things fall.

 

[kctyphoon]

You can probably go with any of them. The real key is keeping the chain sharp if you're gonna use it a lot.. The HF electric blade sharpener is a great little tool. Watch a few YouTube videos to learn how to sharpen the blades and you will be fine.

 

[weadjust]

I have abused the hell out of my Harbor Freight one and it's still going strong. Cut mostly oak limbs 6"-8" limbs no problems.

 

[lightning02]

What bar/chain oil does everyone use in there HF?

 

[magicrat]

if u use it that sparingly go with the harbor freight......no need anything else.

 

[drink]

I've got a Remington 10" 8 Amp electric pole saw. Works great, 10 foot handle.

I was going to get the HF, but I hear no spare parts are available. Don't know if that is true though.

Many years ago I bought a Remington pole saw like yours at Home Depot for about $99 plus tax. I needed it in a hurry to do some trimming in a tight spot and it got the job done. HF had not made a big presence back then compared to now.

A problem with corded pole saws is they are limited in range to the length of the power cord and if the cord is too long the motor might burn up from voltage drop.

Years ago I was cleaning out a small wooded area and was using a small 3" max diameter Troy-Bilt wood chipper with a small chute. A good feature about the Remington is you can remove the electric chainsaw and use it to cut small stuff. Since my chipper had a small chute I had to frequently use the saw to trim branches into straight sections that would feed into the narrow chute. The electric saw was always ready to use on a moments notice and I didn't have to pull start it to run each time like a gas powered saw. Being the chute was so narrow I had to reach for the electric saw frequently with one hand while holding the branch to be chipped with the other hand to begin to make any time chipping.

To begin with I did not think the electric saw would last long but it ran quite a while. At one time I had to order some repair parts and I fixed something that broke.

My Remington worked for many years and did a lot of work. One day a tree sheared off about half way up and the upper half of the tree fell upside down across a ditch that had some water in it. I was able to cut up a lot of the tree top on each side of the ditch but a lot of it remained spanning the ditch. To make things more difficult the tree top was still hung up in neighboring trees that were about 10 feet off of the ground. The worst problem was these difficult areas to reach were over 100 feet from an outlet. I was able to get most of the hung places free and hooked a line to my garden tractor to pull the tree top to the ground. I ended up adding a small extension cord to my 100 foot cord and made the last cuts to get it down and thought I would sacrifice the saw rather than have to delay any longer. I made the last cut and the windings smoked a little. Then my tractor pulled the top of the tree over so it could be cut. My pole saw has not been used since.