Handy electric pruning saw - hack and squirt. Almost chainsaws and wood cutting

[schiker]

This is a handy little tool a battery powered pruning saw. This one was $60 has 2 batteries&charger with 3 chains from Amazon. It should last a year maybe 2 of light work. For real work I might buy a premier brand but for testing and trying method this one worked well. First battery lasted almost through a squirt bottle lost track of cuts.

My property has an abundance of Sweetgum trees and other unwanted under story trees/shrubs.

This year trying to thin out some stuff with the hack and squirt or frill and squirt. Now is the season. The hacking works but sometime vines, briars, and limbs limit your swing. Also, the skinny hack kerf then spray on blade slows procedure and makes swing next time sling off build up. Bigger trees need more hacks. This tool zips thru bark and can easily cut 2 or 3 large arcs and squirt with less effort. My method does sling saw chips back at you but that is all natural and better than the splatter of herbicide off a hatchet.

 

[jrsavoie]

We recently bought a similar saw at an overstock discount store.

A friend bought one off Temu that seems OK and has a pole saw extension that seems really handy for pruning.

I haven't figured out Temu and I'm not sure I want to. I guess if your buying made in China crap, you had just as well get it as cheap as possible.

My wife also wants a cordless power washer. We're just starting to look. We saw one, 40 volt rated at 1,000 psi. I think that was Temu also.
That was all the farther I got before I got called back for my appointment

 

[schiker]

Yeah, Temu is scary. I would buy Vevor though. This one was recommended on Amazon. I have scoffed at battery chainsaws but they do have their uses. Didn’t want to spend $200 for name brand then not like using it for this purpose. When this one dies I’ll rethink buying a nicer one.