I just really hope you don't get too close to those power lines....Zfft! Bing! Pfft! and Larry glows in the dark until November. Think what a great Jack O Lantern you'd make!

I cut three more this morning, so far so good! The wind picked up from the wrong direction so I decided to call it a day.

Wise man. Be careful. I learned from sad experience how hard it is to get a tree to fall exactly where you want it. My wire arbor is still leaning a little sideways....

Well, I am still here and all the cedars that were up in the wires are gone. With only three trees left (by far the biggest and most dangerous being one was growing into the transformer) the power company called and said they would send a man out to look at the remaining trees. They said he might just lower the line and let me cut the trees or he might decided to top them out himself. I met him at nine in the morning, one man with a bucket truck. He looked at the trees and decided because of all the lines involved it would be much better for him to top out the trees from up in his bucket. He had a sawz all type saw, and it worked pretty well on the really small stuff, but he broke several blades and went through three batteries. I had destroyed my bar and chain, and was not able to get a replacement in time, but the chain saw dealer let me borrow (really nice man) a battery powered chain saw, when he realized he was not going to be able to get me a bar and chain in time for me to be there with it when the power company arrived. I had used it to finish up three trees before the power company man arrived. I told him he was welcome to use the saw and that it had really impressed me with its cutting ability. He agreed to try it and he liked it so well when he finished cutting the tops out, he continued cutting with it until the three trees were cut way down,. I finished cutting those three trees down the rest of the way and trimmed up everything and finished just as the battery was dying. I did appreciate the borrowed saw. I do have a new bar and chain on order, but they got the wrong one the first time, now they have discovered they can't get the right bar, so I am hoping to be able to make some changes and switch over to a more readily available bar and chain.

RE: Battery powered chainsaw. I am really interested in this. What brand do you recommend? I could use something with enough power to do moderate/light cutting (not felling big trees, just removing limbs, etc.) and a gas powered saw really is too hard for me to use (*giggle twirls hair, I'm just a little old girl.. .). I have so much trouble getting it running and keeping it tuned etc. the time it takes is too much considering how little I use a saw. What does something like that cost? Website? Thanks Larry! You my go to guy!

The saw was a Husqvarna, and it was great to use. But, like all Husqvarna products it is expensive.From what little I saw on the web they must make at least two models, they appear to look the same and the only real difference I see is the battery amperage! I am not sure which amperage battery the chainsaw I borrowed took, but being that dealer is mostly for professional lawn and landscapers and due to how well it cut and the amount of use I got out of the one I borrowed, I would strongly suspect it was the 4.2 amp.
These are just two of the sites I pulled up on a quick search. One thing to consider is that some dealers will not service products they do not sell, just keep that in mind and ask when checking around.
It might be possible a dealer would let you try the cheaper version and see how it did before buying, the one I borrowed was a demo.
I think this is the cheaper battery version (not sure it comes with the charger)
https://www.vminnovations.com/...
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This should be the 4.2 amp higher priced version it should come with the saw the battery and the charger. The charger is rather large and you can hear a little motor kick in sometimes.
https://www.vminnovations.com/...

Thanks Larry! Helpful as always. I'm going to check this out and I'll let you know if I decide on anything.