Parkside petrol chainsaw...recommended?

tamworthy

FreeBear said:

If you are wanting a chainsaw for occasional use, an electric one may be better.

Petrol will evaporate from the tank, gum up jets in the carburetor, and will need regular servicing. An electric one is much quieter, and may only need new brushes once every 5 years or so.

Argh, that's something that I haven't thought about. Thanks a lot! Because of the location, it's the petrol one I'm after for now. Though I might see how the set-up can be changed in a few years time to accomodate an electric one. Cheers!

Ectophile

Don't forget to buy the PPE to go with it, as having two legs is better than one.

Woolsery

FreeBear said:

If you are wanting a chainsaw for occasional use, an electric one may be better.

Petrol will evaporate from the tank, gum up jets in the carburetor, and will need regular servicing. An electric one is much quieter, and may only need new brushes once every 5 years or so.

Totally agree.There is no advantage in having a petrol chain saw unless you have a serious amount of land and even then most people would be better off with a battery model.

For chopping up logs in the yard I use a Makita mains saw coupled to a Portek logmaster stand, which means I can operate the saw one-handed and get far more cuts per hour. I'd guess the whole set up cost aboout £250 and hasn't given any trouble in 5 or 6 years.

DB1904

tamworthy said:

FreeBear said:

If you are wanting a chainsaw for occasional use, an electric one may be better.

Petrol will evaporate from the tank, gum up jets in the carburetor, and will need regular servicing. An electric one is much quieter, and may only need new brushes once every 5 years or so.

Argh, that's something that I haven't thought about. Thanks a lot! Because of the location, it's the petrol one I'm after for now. Though I might see how the set-up can be changed in a few years time to accomodate an electric one. Cheers!

In that case use super unleaded or ethanol free fuel don't use E10.

tamworthy

Woolsery said:

FreeBear said:

If you are wanting a chainsaw for occasional use, an electric one may be better.

Petrol will evaporate from the tank, gum up jets in the carburetor, and will need regular servicing. An electric one is much quieter, and may only need new brushes once every 5 years or so.

Totally agree.There is no advantage in having a petrol chain saw unless you have a serious amount of land and even then most people would be better off with a battery model.

For chopping up logs in the yard I use a Makita mains saw coupled to a Portek logmaster stand, which means I can operate the saw one-handed and get far more cuts per hour. I'd guess the whole set up cost aboout £250 and hasn't given any trouble in 5 or 6 years.

Well, I must say doing the job one-handed is something of a dream to me. Perhaps one day I could move onto the next stage and get an electric one. Thanks though!

tamworthy

DB1904 said:

tamworthy said:

FreeBear said:

If you are wanting a chainsaw for occasional use, an electric one may be better.

Petrol will evaporate from the tank, gum up jets in the carburetor, and will need regular servicing. An electric one is much quieter, and may only need new brushes once every 5 years or so.

Argh, that's something that I haven't thought about. Thanks a lot! Because of the location, it's the petrol one I'm after for now. Though I might see how the set-up can be changed in a few years time to accomodate an electric one. Cheers!

In that case use super unleaded or ethanol free fuel don't use E10.

Cheers, mate! Will bear that in mind