Milwaukee M18 Chainsaw on the Way

[rayjay257]

I already have the Stihl MSA120C homeowners saw along with two 16" gassers and my 20" O39. I rarely ever run the little gas saws so I have decided to get rid of them. Home Depot has an online only deal going on the Milwaukee where you get a free 12ah batt and free shipping so I decided what the heck.

I have 3 trees I want to fell that will be perfect for a 16" saw so I am anxious to see how it does. I'm super happy with the Stihl cordless but I do abuse it occasionally. I am also going to hack some battery adapters so I can use the Milwaukee M18 batts in my B&D, Ryobi and Milwaukee 12V tools.

 

[Matt_Ellerbee]

What saws are you selling?

Interested in your thoughts on the new tool.

 

[rayjay257]

I've got a Home Depot Homelite and a pretty nice Stihl 010

 

[rayjay257]

I finally got to use the Milw today. I had a 6" hardwood that was curved out over my chain link fence. This tree has several bare spots and a large dead section about 2/3s the way up the trunk. I did the felling cuts with my Stihl cordless and switched to the Milw for the bucking. The thing does a great job. Not as fast as a gas saw but not slow either. I bucked out 18 to 20 sections plus a few limbs and the batt was still showing 4 bars. All in all I am very happy with this saw.

 

[bulletpruf]

I finally got to use the Milw today. I had a 6" hardwood that was curved out over my chain link fence. This tree has several bare spots and a large dead section about 2/3s the way up the trunk. I did the felling cuts with my Stihl cordless and switched to the Milw for the bucking. The thing does a great job. Not as fast as a gas saw but not slow either. I bucked out 18 to 20 sections plus a few limbs and the batt was still showing 4 bars. All in all I am very happy with this saw.

I picked one up a few days ago, and decided to use it on a stump in my backyard. I don't have any more plastic Poulans and I'd rather not use one of my nicer pro saws for stump work, so it was a good opportunity to try the Milwaukee. It did fine; I think it'll be my go-to saw for chopping up stumps.

 

[jellyroll]

The milwaukee uses the same bar mount as a poulan wildthing.

 

[HumBurner]

Has anyone tried throwing a 24"+ bar on this thing?

Any issues so far?


I've been eyeing this saw lately.

 

[HumBurner]

Has anyone tried throwing a 24"+ bar on this thing?

Any issues so far?


I've been eyeing this saw lately.

I finally found an RPM on the specs. 7600 max, presumably under load. This has me concerned using it as a falling saw, especially in critical conditions where somewhat higher RPMs (2k-3k more) would be ideal for safety. The horsepower looks good, and their reported longevity on not-the-strongest-battery looks decent.

The batteries being exposed on top gives me concern for both falling applications and working in rain.

Outside of those two things, and the standard battery-saw clutch, this seems like a good building block for future iterations. Might not be pulling the trigger on this yet, as I'd like to read some more experiences.

 

[bulletpruf]

Has anyone tried throwing a 24"+ bar on this thing?

Any issues so far?


I've been eyeing this saw lately.

I can't imagine the clutch could handle a 24" bar or anything close to it.

 

[bulletpruf]

I finally found an RPM on the specs. 7600 max, presumably under load. This has me concerned using it as a falling saw, especially in critical conditions where somewhat higher RPMs (2k-3k more) would be ideal for safety. The horsepower looks good, and their reported longevity on not-the-strongest-battery looks decent.

The batteries being exposed on top gives me concern for both falling applications and working in rain.

Outside of those two things, and the standard battery-saw clutch, this seems like a good building block for future iterations. Might not be pulling the trigger on this yet, as I'd like to read some more experiences.

It's good for light work, and I like the fact that I can run it early on a Sunday morning without waking up the neighbors, but if I need to drop a tree larger than a sapling, I'm going to grab something gas powered.