Recent content by Giant Insect

Good point! I'll have to mention that to the higher-ups. Regarding the danger you mention, I've really never heard of anyone experiencing personal injury from cutting roots with a chainsaw. I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm just a bit surprised it'd be a problem, like getting zapped from a...

Reciprocators are good for many roots, but for anything larger than around 3 inches the power draw from the batteries is too much for them or their motors cannot handle it. Also, and this has just been my experience, recirocators go through their batteries rather quickly when cutting anything...

"No chainsaw will work to cut roots buried in the ground, the chain will be blunt in seconds." So, yes, at least 1 person said it was impossible.

Here's a recording of me using a used chainsaw blade to cut through a pine tree root. The blade is steel and is used. (Technical details: It's an mov file from an iphone. If you can't play it, tell me what your device accepts and I'll transcode and upload for your convince.) Here's a picture of...

Actually it's for irrigation pipe and conduit for wire, not concrete. Normally, you can shovel out the dirt around the roots, but sometimes, the roots are so thick that it's impossible. Their size varies from what can (and often times is), taken out by a lopper cutter to 12 inches thick for just...

Actually, I do not care about weight. Chainsaw's are light compared to a shovel full of wet dirt. It's price/performance. Because it took so long for someone to reply here, I ended up looking up chainsaws myself, but I have no idea what brand is good. What do you know about Holzfforma? They...

I did try loosening the chain without improvement. I also tried changing the chain. The chainsaw did have oil in it. So I do not think there was anything mechanically wrong with it. It was returned to the store as defective. I am of the opinion that Husqvarna was listing the chainsaw's peak HP...

Pictured above is what I'd call a torque converter. It's the big metal part near the center of the video. It transfers the power from the engine into the chain causing the chain to spin. Well, actually it's a bit longer. But yes, ordinary steel chains dull rather quickly. It helps if you can...

Hello, Today, I had the displeasure of using what is advertised as a 3.2 HP gas powered chainsaw. It spins when I have it in the air (chain break off, of course,) but when I apply it to the roots I needed to cut the Husqvarna begs for mercy and the torque convertor causes the oil to smoke...