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Videos that I've seen show the pro model Husqvarna as capable but by the time the battery and charger get added to the saw invoice a bank loan is needed to buy one. Can they possibly be selling many?
The convenience factor is hard to beat. Try one out: buy it at a place like The Home Depot where you can return it if you don't like it.
My neighbor bought the grinder package so his must be the other one.One can get virtually any Makita product via the Home Depot website, hardly any Makita stuff in the brick and mortar places. Not sure how that relates to returning if not pleased. BTW there are at least two 18+18 Makita chainsaws, the one in the grinder package is not the rear handle direct drive model.
My apologies, Since I posted that I have seen the rear handle direct drive xcu03 in a grinder package. I would search for a four battery package. not a two tool and two battery. The xcu02 is the dual battery top handle which is pretty awkward to use in my opinion. Not sure what all I posted in this thread. The rear handle direct drive one I like but eventually the turning itself off will likely lead to taping the operator present lever in. After a while of having it shut off after a few seconds I ended up keeping the operator present lever held in which isn't too safe. I figured taping it was better. It still times out pretty much like the Husqvarna one just the husky starts the clock from the last time the chain moved not when the operator present lever was released. When it gets to gloves turning it on many times a minute gets tired.My neighbor bought the grinder package so his must be the other one.
I had a Makita 7.2v drill in the early 80'sOne of the biggest advantages for pro arborists is the fact that you can start much earlier in the morning on a removal than with a petrol saw. I see plenty of them in use in Urban areas and community type setups where a guy running a 200T at 7am may not be made to feel welcome.
Did anyone think that when the first cordless makita drills came out that they would make most corded drills obsolete eventually?
They were just seen as a novelty and a small handy drill that could be used on the space shuttle..
Some of those are still running!I had a Makita 7.2v drill in the early 80's
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