300 for saw and charger. I'd like a smaller saw for tops and yard trees. Don't feel like lugging the rancher 61 around for everything.
Pros- Stihl, less noise, no gas fill up, perfect for that type of work Cons- it’s easy to forget it still needs bar oil
Pros: I imagine its lighter than a gas saw of equal power. Ive never held one so cant say for sure. Go mix to fuss with. Quieter than a gas saw. No pull rope to start...squeeze the trigger and cut away. Cons: Shorter cut times. Not as much rpm so may bog easier in cut. Need to run extension cord into the woods to charge battery!
Never heard of the MSA 60 c -b MSA 160 12 inch bar great for limbing using the AP 300 battery , fill the oil every time the battery is changed. MSA 220 16 inch bar great for limbing and logs up 12 inch diameter uses three AP 300 s batterys to do half a cord, and fill oil every time the battery is changed. MSA 300 20 inch bar a little heavy for a lot of limbing , great for logs up to 20 inch diameter two AP 500 s batterys will do half a cord , fill oil every time the battery is changed. Have never used the AP 500s battery in the smaller saws as I fear running out of oil before battery.
Just saw this post on the MSA 60 c-b. I just bought one of these. I'm a new chainsaw user, so I don't have a lot to compare it to but here are my impressions: It's a great saw for brush and smaller logs. Our property was logged and I'm using it to clear up tree tops and smaller logs (6" max). It could cut larger than 6", but my husband's Stihl Wood Boss is better for larger logs. It is the updated MSA 120. The main difference between the two is that the 60 has a controllable throttle (I use my 60 on full throttle most of the time so this isn't a biggie to me, but chainsaw carvers like it). I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the difference between the 60 and 70. The 70 has the larger capacity battery (AK 30 vs AK 20) and is more powerful (my guess is that the motors are identical and the power differential is due to different control settings). If you put the AK 20 battery in the 70, the power is throttled back to that of the 60 and they both get 40 minutes run time. If you put the AK 30 battery into the 60, you don't get any more power, but you get 55 minutes of run time (compared to 45 minutes with the 70). For my purposes, the 60 has enough power and the price difference between the 60 and 70 wasn't worth it. A surprising thing about the MSA 60 C-B is that the chain oil doesn't last as long as a battery charge. I run out when the battery is about halfway depleted. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised given the 3.7oz chain oil capacity (the same capacity as the 70 - note that the MSA 160 C and larger battery chainsaws chain oil capacity is 7.1oz). My husband contacted Stihl to see if this is normal for this saw and they said that it was. All that said, I'm VERY happy with my new chainsaw and I'm going to be carrying extra chain oil in my backpack when I hike a mile or two into the woods to cut trails.
I picked one up and have used it a few times now. I haven't had any issues with running out (or low) on chain oil with a fully charged battery.
These are the only pics I've got so far: me heading up the mountain to do some cleanup and a the kind of stuff I'm cleaning up. c
What kind of oil are you using? The oil I'm using appears thinner than the Stihl Woodcutter oil (PowerCare is the brand). That might be the difference, but the PowerCare oil still lasts for a tank of gas in my husbands Stihl Wood Boss, but he's still monitoring it.
I'll have to look at what brand it is but it was something I've had laying around for awhile. Unopened quart sized bottle on a back side of the shelf in the garage sort of thing, right? My problem is that I use the saw for hardwood (yeah I know, wood snob! The battery lasts nowhere near as long as it would last cutting the type of wood that I see in your pics. Is that some body of water in the background of your first pic? Hope you don't have to carry the firewood too far; work safe!
It was crazy making for me trying to decide on a battery saw. Too many decisions. I decided on a $100 Chinese top handle(ebay). Great little saw. Screams. Cuts like crazy.
