If chainsaws were NOT 2 stroke, would you still enjoy them?

[Analyst Man]

9 days to more sunshine. (This is the sunshine forum right?)

 

[HarleyT]

You all would still have a hard time removing the clutch!!!!

 

[SmellyPirateHooker]

If you travel back to the 50's you could have

Nah, they made them up into the late 80s - early 90s

 

[B440]

Everyone here would be running a 4-stroke. Here's the future (copied from the history of Chinese saws): Everyone poo-poo's them. Couple guys find an ebay deal on refurbs for ~$40 shipped and everyone now has one (or twelve) to play with. Huztl copies design and starts making BB kits and lumpy cams. A pro-porter snags one cheap, puts a microturbo on and starts selling fuel-injected turbo kits. Harley announces a prototype v-twin saw. People argue over which 4-stroke oil is better.... and....

 

[SmellyPirateHooker]

Everyone here would be running a 4-stroke. Here's the future (copied from the history of Chinese saws): Everyone poo-poo's them. Couple guys find an ebay deal on refurbs for ~$40 shipped and everyone now has one (or twelve) to play with. Huztl copies design and starts making BB kits and lumpy cams. A pro-porter snags one cheap, puts a microturbo on and starts selling fuel-injected turbo kits. Harley announces a prototype v-twin saw. People argue over which 4-stroke oil is better.... and....

No way. Unless the epa totally crushes 2 strokes to the point of uselessness like outboard boat motors.

 

[lambs]

If I got a diesel would I still have to file my chains or could I just use the grinder bolted on the accessory mount?

 

[DSW]

Hell No.



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[Analyst Man]

 

[homemade]

This is only non two stroke I would consider.

But if as much time and research was invested into electric motors as porting is today, I feel there is some serious improvement to be made.

 

[homemade]

If I got a diesel would I still have to file my chains or could I just use the grinder bolted on the accessory mount?

With a diesel, sharp chain is no longer a limiting factor. Only leverage on the bucking spikes. It comes with a cheater pipe you slip into the back handle. Oh yeah, and the chain starts to look more like a stump grinder teeth.

 

[John Lyngdal]

I'd have to go back to using det cord. The cuts aren't as clean, but on the other hand you there were no chains to sharpen.

 

[ericm979]

I love two strokes but I have a lot of brush and trees to cut. If four strokes or battery were the best available that's what I'd be using.

Eventually batteries will get good enough to compete with gas saws power/weight wise.

 

[CacaoBoy]

Well, my Stihl HT103 is really a chainsaw, just with a long reach, and it is a 4-mix, so maybe not a traditional 4 stroke engine but pretty much there. And I am very impressed with what the little guy can do. My string trimmer is a Honda with a 4 stroke engine, and while marginally heavier than a comparable 2 stroke trimmer I do not know that I would give up the power of the 4 stroke for the weight savings. Of course the harness for the trimmer does minimize the weight issue.

But electric, not in the foreseeable future. With my battery operated tools I just eat up the batteries. And while plenty of people tout the virtues of electric vehicles, electric lawn mowers, etc., as being non-polluting, unless they are getting their electricity from a non-polluting generating facility I do not see environmental benefits.

 

[Analyst Man]

Solar powered.

 

[Canyon Angler]

Only half as much.

 

[B440]

No way. Unless the epa totally crushes 2 strokes to the point of uselessness like outboard boat motors.

I never said anything about anyone here not being able to keep or use their 2-stroke. We'd all still have what we have now, and a 4-stroke.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

If battery tech was such that I could cut for 2 days between charges and the chain speed was the same, I would gladly swap a gas powered for an electric. No starting procedure other than pulling the trigger, no gasoline to mix or store, no noise hazard. I fail to see the drawback. The keys would be advanced battery tech and chain speed.

 

[1Alpha1]

I've always had a thing for small engines when I was young. No matter 2 or 4 cycle. As I've grown older, that thing I had still exists.

I enjoy the simplicity of the 2 strokes, although the 4 cycles can be just as much fun in the right application. I suppose that why I like m/c's so much.

 

[Thommo]

This is a Gardenline 4 stroke chainsaw that Aldi sells. I bought one for a laugh to see if they were any good and was surprised. It cuts quite well with its 3/8 low profile chain. Sounds like a generator when idling and like a 4stroke dirt bike when you rev it up

 

[BangBang77]

Nope