Unboxed it (pole saw) this afternoon and assembled it. Had to put the chain on the bar and put the bar on the saw and fill the bar pol tank (Which holds 2 times what the corded Portland holds). Like the Portland is comes with an Oregon greaseable roller nose bar (I like greaseable roller nose bars).
In fact all my saws (echo and Stihl) have greaseable noses. I have a nice little grease gun wit the tapered needle tip and I keep it filled with very expensive 45 bucks a tube, synthetic grease that is specially formulated for high speed bearings.
It only comes with one loop and it's lo pro reduced kickback with the second raker, but I just ordered a second one from Amazon. I always have at least 2 loops for all the saws, that way, when one gets dull (as in making sawdust or the heel of the tooth starts building pitch, I can change it out for a sharp chain.
Slapped a 3AH HF Bauer battery in the handle but it started to rain so using it will have to wait until tomorrow.
The chain adjustment is 100 % conventional with the adjusting screw left of the bar. The big knob on the outside cover adjusts nothing, it just secures the bar and chain and I'm 100% good with that and it is very light and well balanced too. The pole part looks to be either fiberglass or structural fiber, don't know which. For 60 bucks, it's worth it but time will tell how much grunt it has and how fast it eats the batteries.
60 bucks is the tool only price, no batteries or charger but I already have that as all my infrequent use tools are all Bauer now. I have 7 now and I've never had a failure on any of them.
Additionally, HF lists in the owners manual, both the Oregon catalog number for the bar and the chain.
In fact all my saws (echo and Stihl) have greaseable noses. I have a nice little grease gun wit the tapered needle tip and I keep it filled with very expensive 45 bucks a tube, synthetic grease that is specially formulated for high speed bearings.
It only comes with one loop and it's lo pro reduced kickback with the second raker, but I just ordered a second one from Amazon. I always have at least 2 loops for all the saws, that way, when one gets dull (as in making sawdust or the heel of the tooth starts building pitch, I can change it out for a sharp chain.
Slapped a 3AH HF Bauer battery in the handle but it started to rain so using it will have to wait until tomorrow.
The chain adjustment is 100 % conventional with the adjusting screw left of the bar. The big knob on the outside cover adjusts nothing, it just secures the bar and chain and I'm 100% good with that and it is very light and well balanced too. The pole part looks to be either fiberglass or structural fiber, don't know which. For 60 bucks, it's worth it but time will tell how much grunt it has and how fast it eats the batteries.
60 bucks is the tool only price, no batteries or charger but I already have that as all my infrequent use tools are all Bauer now. I have 7 now and I've never had a failure on any of them.
Additionally, HF lists in the owners manual, both the Oregon catalog number for the bar and the chain.
