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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH = MAKITA CHAINSAW, September 6, 2011

This chainsaw is the cat's pajamas. In other words, it tears through trees like there's no tomorrow. In other words, if you want a 14inch chainsaw that has ridiculous amounts of power; is well designed; starts "every time" by just pulling the trigger; will probably last for a long long time; and that you will never-ever, regret purchasing... then this is your saw!

Don't be lulled into buying one of the cheapy electric chainsaws because of their lower price. This is the saw you want. You could probably own this saw for 20 YEARS and your total cost for those twenty years would be 83 cents per month. Makita is known for making quality tools. This chainsaw is no exception. I ordered it from Amazon and with my Amazon Prime subscription it arrived the next day. Wonderful! The following day I used it to assist in dropping, and cutting up, a 70 foot oak tree which had fallen during a storm, in my backyard.

The tree had fallen diagonally, but got hung up in the high branches of another tree, and came to rest at a 45 degree angle with the ground. My brother in law came over with two friends to help me bring the tree to the ground and cut it up. They all had gas chainsaws with 16 to 18 inch bars. I had the MAKITA 14 inch ELECTRIC CHAINSAW. Within the first 15 minutes of cutting small branches near the ground, one of the gas chainsaws failed to start anymore. They had all seen me put the bar and chain onto the new Makita saw, and then plug it into the extension cord, and probably viewed this electric saw with some skepticism; but after it began cutting 14 inch sections of tree with the same or less effort than the gas saws we had on site, we all soon realized that the Makita electric chainsaw was a saw to be admired and respected.

During, and after, the first hour of using this saw, among it's cousin gas chainsaws, the requests just kept coming in... "Hey, hand me that electric saw"... "Hey, let me see that saw"... "I don't want to be using a gas chainsaw that high up"... etc. The Makita ELECTRIC Chainsaw really stole the show. It even surprised me a little! I would say that 75% of the cutting done on that 70 ft. tree was done with the Makita electric chainsaw (and this was because everyone "chose" to use the electric saw due to it's light weight, ease of use, and constant availability.

The saw arrives in a nice cardboard box with the chain in a plastic bag, and the bar seperate from the saw, and it includes a bar cover. Being a man, I really wanted to install the bar to the saw without reading the instruction manual, but I was in a hurry, and I was unfamiliar with how to do it, so I broke down and opened the manual. The nice thing, I learned, is that you don't need any hand tools to remove or attach the bar/chain. Actually, you don't need hand tools to do anything to this saw. A very nice feature! There is a plastic tab which you rotate out from the side plate (the plastic tab is attached to a metal screw)... then press down on the plastic tab and turn it counterclockwise... within seconds the side plate of the saw is off, and you can now put the chain on the bar and put the bar assembly in place on the sprocket on the right side of the saw, then just line up the chain adjustment pin (located on the side plate) to it's receiving hole on the saw, and then turn the plastic tab (mentioned at the beginning of this process) back into it's respective hole to tighten the side plate. Don't tighten the side plate to the saw, completely, until you use the chain tension adjusting knob to tighten the chain so it only has 1/8th inch of play... then turn the plastic tab clockwise to tighten the side plate all the way against the saw, tight.

It has an automatic oiler, so you just turn the oil cap counter-clockwise and it removes and you add a SMALL amount of chain oil. Get a thin funnel to add the chain oil to the saw's reservoir. The reservoir does not hold much, so it is easy to overflow it... be careful or you'll have a big mess to clean up. You can view the chain oil level via the saw's clear holding tank. Check it frequently, because you will need to refill it several times during a cutting job.

All in all a great saw. You would never think an Electric Chainsaw could be the choice over gas saws, but this one was, AND IS. It's only deficit is the bar legnth, but don't get me wrong... a 14 bar is all you need for most cutting jobs (remember we cut 75% of a 70ft. oak tree {27 inch diameter trunk} with just the electric saw), and you can cut from both sides if you encounter tree diameters in excess of 14 inches. If you have ever experienced owning a gas chainsaw, and dealt with the inevitable problems (failed or dirty spark plug, bad fuel, water in the fuel, wrong fuel-oil mixture, air cleaner dirty, cracked fuel hose, carb needs adjusting, exhaust port clogged with carbon, etc.), that gas chainsaws can have, you know how frustrating and...

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great saw, April 30, 2010

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