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#21 ·
I use both. I have a Kobalt 40 volt that makes short work of anything less than 10' off the ground and trails into the stand. Use the telescoping limb saw for the high up stuff. I like The Kobalt electric because it is less intrusive (no gas smell and quiet) and I don't have to tote gas. I simply put chain bar oil in a 16 oz. plastic bottle, tuck in my pocket and start trimming. The battery last about an hour or a little longer of repeated off and on cutting. That is another good thing about the electric. Pull the trigger it cuts and then it turns off while you clear. I bought an extra battery to tote along as well.
 
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#22 ·
Echo! string trimmer, brush cutter, chainsaw, blower, and ive added the hedge trimmer attachment. I also use a small 021 stihl chain saw and a nice pole saw with the loppers,..clearing trails and shooting lanes is also much easier before the trees leaf out.
 
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zmax hunter said:
Echo! string trimmer, brush cutter, chainsaw, blower, and ive added the hedge trimmer attachment. I also use a small 021 stihl chain saw and a nice pole saw with the loppers,..clearing trails and shooting lanes is also much easier before the trees leaf out.
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This is the set up I have. I am impressed with the pro series echo and pas attachments. Nothing short of awesome, especially since I picked up the extension. Between this set up and a rotary bush hog behind the 4 wheeler clearing or setting up stand sites is pretty damn easy and quick. Instead of 20 minutes on a manual pole saw I can crank up a power head and knock it out in less than half the time.
 
#26 ·
a manual by far.

a gas powered is way too short, way to heavy, and way to hard to balance when you pull it up the tree...

If your cutting lanes solo, which I am often, you have to climb up into the stand to guarantee you are cutting the lanes properly, which means you need to hoist the saw up.

The manual is no slower either, sometimes I think it is actually faster to be honest.

I have a Corona, but only because I use mine in salt marshes and take on boats all the time to get to the hard to reach spots, or I would purchase a more expensive silky.
 
#27 ·
Use both a manual and a gas powered Stihl.
Both have their place, but I find myself using the manual more often.
Better reach and much lighter, especially when I'm up a tree.
 
#35 ·
silky 21' extendable saw is by far the best money I have ever spent. I beat the crap out of it and it works as good as first time I used it
 
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