What’s going on with Oregon

[pioneerguy600]

I don't know squat about battery powered chainsaws, but find it hard to imagine a battery running my 400c or 500i. What are the current capabilities of a batter chainsaw? How long of a bar and for how long?

I do have neighbors that run their chainsaw very little to never, and would probably like a battery powered chainsaw more then the gas. But they are the rare exception. They would probably be better off with a sawzall, and skip the whole chain thing.

Most gas chainsaw nuts like us are missing the point that there are way more of the casual , homeowner occasional user types out there now and they will and are turning toward electric and battery saws. We will continue to deny it to ourselves being that its our love and hobby using gas saws but the movement has already begun. Ask the same questions to the major saw manufacturers, see what they have to say. The PRO saws will be the last to go out of production but go they will mostly due to the great, EPA , regs that are ever tightening the noose on fossil fuel burners.

 

[Franny K]

An electric motor, on the other hand, will continue to try to rotate until the power source is interrupted or it goes up in smoke.

This has been discussed many times. My take is that a brushless motor type battery chainsaw takes the dc from the battery and converts it into a pulsed three phase dc that goes to the motor. In all my brushless battery chainsaw stuff there is a circuit breaker built in and the battery saws cut out easier than a comparable gasoline saw. I think the mass of the motor's rotor is less than say the crank of a 30cc similar device. There must be some brush type electric chainsaws that behave in a manner which I quoted. My stuff can cut out if you hit a twig the size of a pencil sometimes. Try it for yourself. The danger from my use so far is the battery saw the chain stops quicker and I get in the habit of putting it down in a manner that becomes somewhat dangerous when switching to a gasoline saw. But if it really is a cause for concern get a battery pole saw.

 

[sawfun]

They still make 3/4, 404, 325, and 3/8 chain here in Oregon, mayb 3/8 lo pro too. The back of their campus has been expanded with what looks like heavy manufacturing construction. I drive around their campus and pickup their employees in my transit bus and try and see what's up.

 

[Urbicide]

Most gas chainsaw nuts like us are missing the point that there are way more of the casual , homeowner occasional user types out there now and they will and are turning toward electric and battery saws. We will continue to deny it to ourselves being that its our love and hobby using gas saws but the movement has already begun. Ask the same questions to the major saw manufacturers, see what they have to say. The PRO saws will be the last to go out of production but go they will mostly due to the great, EPA , regs that are ever tightening the noose on fossil fuel burners.

Placing the emphasis on pursuing the consumer saw market, while neglecting what gave them their claim to fame, the pro market, is what did in both McCulloch & Homelite.