dyna-ti
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I’ve got the Stihl version. smaller batteries(10.8v) though you do get two and spares are pretty inexpensive. I was wondering about getting the mini chainsaw they do, which uses the same batteries, and would probably be ideal for trail clearing.
MC has one of the tiny chainsaws, I got to have a play with it… It is great but, I was kind of always aware of the size of accident you could have with one, being so small and easy to use it’s easy to forget it’s still a bloody chainsaw. Just fantastic for brashing, you can do stretchy-armed stuff, cut close as you like for safety, work really quickly through deadfalls… Massive time saver. In the end I didn’t do anything I couldn’t do with my £7 saw, but I did it in like 10% of the time and ended up with an untired arm. I doubt it’s any use for the sort of thing OP mentioned?
Similiarly I have a cheapo reciprocating saw with a long blade on that’s quite useful. It’s not as good as the chainsaw for a lot of stuff, but, it does have some big advantages, not least it’s safer. Also you can screw up and destroy a blade and they cost like £3. (I got one completely stuck in a tree, just unclipped it and came back with another blade and cut it out). You can do surprisingly thick logs with it, but it’s quite bad at doing loose branches as it tends to just whip them around instead of cutting. And it does tire you more. Also super useful for root grubbing, just stick in a short worn blade and you don’t care if it gets mangled on rocks.