Never tried it, but I assume that a reciprocating saw would be better. Easier to control the blade placement. A chainsaw would throw hamburger in your face.
I have used tree loppers on deer before, worked great.
That is what I use my old 020AVP for, don't need the bar oil really- venison might be different, but I find beef & mutton carry enough fat to keep things fairly well lubricated whilst breaking a full carcass into halves.
Man that used to come out butcher a hog for us every year used a gas powered stihl (not sure what model) to cut the carcass in half from ahole to sternum and sling bone and meat, dog would clean it up. I remember my step dad asked him if he had to use oil in it and the man just laughed. The man used to butcher cattle and bison as well so I’m sure the saw was a powerful model.That is what I use my old 020AVP for, don't need the bar oil really- venison might be different, but I find beef & mutton carry enough fat to keep things fairly well lubricated whilst breaking a full carcass into halves.
You dont need a whole lot of power- bone doesnt put up much of a fight and the muscle is dead easy. You can still buy the butchers handsaws designed to split a cattle beast carcass into halves as you describe. I just dedicate the old 020 to that task and that task only- takes longer to strip the bar off and clean the saw down than it does to split 3-4 cattle beasts!
Is that a "por n" slang term?
Tried both on Moose , reciprocating saw was the most efficient for the purpose !
Milwaukee originally wanted to call their product ‘SawzMoose’, but decided that was too limited in scope.
I have used both the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ PowerSharp chains. They cut fairly aggressively, especially in softer woods. Several threads on it here in the forum.
