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Dirty Frank said:
There is a price history feature on amazon.ca ATM. Thinking it won't be there long but it can be eye opening to view the price history for the previous year of products before clicking buy.
If it is a discrecional buy it is nice to know that you are not buying it at the top of the market
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I've been using a chrome plugin called Keepa for years for that. It works well and is free. It embeds price history in the product listing. I check it quickly before buying. I use camelcamelcamel for things I want eventually. For instance, Victorinox Classic SD. They break, get seized by security, etc so I need one every few years. A price alert on CCC sends me a message when it is a good time to buy one for stock.
 
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I've been looking for top handle chainsaw. Lighter and easier to use in trees. I don't do enough climbing to justify the >$800 for a good one from Echo/Stihl/Husky/Milwaukee. Enter Vevor. $120. Reviews are decent. If it gets stuck, don't pull on the handle or you will break it off but otherwise most people have good luck with it. Haven't bought one yet.

www.vevor.ca

VEVOR 12 Inch Gas Chainsaw – 25.4cc Two Stroke Wood Cutter

Looking to cut wood as quickly as possible? VEVOR 12 inch gas chainsaw 25.4cc engine offers easy handling with its lightweight body, ensuring precise and smooth cuts.
www.vevor.ca www.vevor.ca
 
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GreyGhost said:
I've been looking for top handle chainsaw. Lighter and easier to use in trees. I don't do enough climbing to justify the >$800 for a good one from Echo/Stikl/Husky/Milwaukee. Enter Vevor. $120. Reviews are decent. If it gets stuck, don't pull on the handle or you will break it off but otherwise most people have good luck with it. Haven't bought one yet.

www.vevor.ca

VEVOR 12 Inch Gas Chainsaw – 25.4cc Two Stroke Wood Cutter

Looking to cut wood as quickly as possible? VEVOR 12 inch gas chainsaw 25.4cc engine offers easy handling with its lightweight body, ensuring precise and smooth cuts.
www.vevor.ca www.vevor.ca
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I have the bigger vevor chainsaw 62 cc it is a loud beast but works well.

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GreyGhost said:
I've been looking for top handle chainsaw. Lighter and easier to use in trees. I don't do enough climbing to justify the >$800 for a good one from Echo/Stihl/Husky/Milwaukee. Enter Vevor. $120. Reviews are decent. If it gets stuck, don't pull on the handle or you will break it off but otherwise most people have good luck with it. Haven't bought one yet.

www.vevor.ca

VEVOR 12 Inch Gas Chainsaw – 25.4cc Two Stroke Wood Cutter

Looking to cut wood as quickly as possible? VEVOR 12 inch gas chainsaw 25.4cc engine offers easy handling with its lightweight body, ensuring precise and smooth cuts.
www.vevor.ca www.vevor.ca
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Either pay the extra for the Stihl/Echo/Husky or go electric. This way it's reliable and you can either sell it or pass it down when the time comes.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Either pay the extra for the Stihl/Echo/Husky or go electric. This way it's reliable and you can either sell it or pass it down when the time comes.
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Part of me agrees with you and I normally buy once and cry once but I've been keeping my eye open for years with no real luck. I only climb to cut a few times a year, I guess I could probably rent one but I hate that as the times I want to do it, others do too. Another option is I could fix (idles poorly, probably throw a carb at it) an 026 I have access to and put a short bar on it. That would cost me more than the Vevor, be heavier and not be top handle but it is a nice saw.
 
GreyGhost said:
Part of me agrees with you and I normally buy once and cry once but I've been keeping my eye open for years with no real luck. I only climb to cut a few times a year, I guess I could probably rent one but I hate that as the times I want to do it, others do too. Another option is I could fix (idles poorly, probably throw a carb at it) an 026 I have access to and put a short bar on it. That would cost me more than the Vevor, be heavier and not be top handle but it is a nice saw.
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I bought the vevor as I wanted a larger saw than my Stihl and am cheap. It works great and I only use it once or twice a year. It actually starts first or second pull every time.

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GreyGhost said:
Part of me agrees with you and I normally buy once and cry once but I've been keeping my eye open for years with no real luck. I only climb to cut a few times a year, I guess I could probably rent one but I hate that as the times I want to do it, others do too. Another option is I could fix (idles poorly, probably throw a carb at it) an 026 I have access to and put a short bar on it. That would cost me more than the Vevor, be heavier and not be top handle but it is a nice saw.
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How high do you have to go? I bought a Dewalt polesaw last year and I can reach the majority or what I need to cut without climbing but it's light enough that I can go up a ladder with it as well. Was under $200 on sale (tool only). I was seriously surprised how well it cuts. Wish I had have bought one years ago.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
How high do you have to go? I bought a Dewalt polesaw last year and I can reach the majority or what I need to cut without climbing but it's light enough that I can go up a ladder with it as well. Was under $200 on sale (tool only). I was seriously surprised how well it cuts. Wish I had have bought one years ago.
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I can borrow pole saws from the neighbours. When I'm climbing it's higher than they can reach. In the ballpark of 30+ feet up to clear out damaged limbs or chunk a tree down.
 
I have a Ryobi 40v mower and weed whacker package that came with two 6ah batteries

Purchased a 40v tool only 10' pole saw and a 40v open box tool only small chainsaw for about $250 total. Use at cottage mostly, but also worked well for our Mississauga place with a now very large large maple tree in the back yard. Planted about 25 years ago. Trimmed off a number of lower branches to lift the canopy up about 4' higher as neighbours were complaining about a too large tree, in their opinion. Actually looks better now.
 
I have a similar tool.
ReSTored said:
I have a Ryobi 40v mower and weed whacker package that came with two 6ah batteries

Purchased a 40v tool only 10' pole saw and a 40v open box tool only small chainsaw for about $250 total. Use at cottage mostly, but also worked well for our Mississauga place with a now very large large maple tree in the back yard. Planted about 25 years ago. Trimmed off a number of lower branches to lift the canopy up about 4' higher as neighbours were complaining about a too large tree, in their opinion. Actually looks better now.
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Mine is a greenworx 40v extendible pole saw and it’s used a lot. I take off the extensions to use it as a mini chainsaw when I need to.

One thing that is super useful that I have is an electric mulcher. It’s a Joe Blow brand one and it comes out whenever I’m doing any trimming as it just reduces all the branches etc to mulch that I use on the flowerbeds and no need to haul it to the dump or anything.

Managed to get both of these on good sales.
 
JC99 said:
I have a similar tool.


Mine is a greenworx 40v extendible pole saw and it’s used a lot. I take off the extensions to use it as a mini chainsaw when I need to.

One thing that is super useful that I have is an electric mulcher. It’s a Joe Blow brand one and it comes out whenever I’m doing any trimming as it just reduces all the branches etc to mulch that I use on the flowerbeds and no need to haul it to the dump or anything.

Managed to get both of these on good sales.
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Considering how low the buy in is a electric shredder/mulcher is a must have if you have any green space to manage.
Bought one on a whim when it was discounted and i'm surprised at he amount of use it gets, handy thing to have.
 
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I have a Ryobi 40v mower and weed whacker package that came with two 6ah batteries

Purchased a 40v tool only 10' pole saw and a 40v open box tool only small chainsaw for about $250 total. Use at cottage mostly, but also worked well for our Mississauga place with a now very large large maple tree in the back yard. Planted about 25 years ago. Trimmed off a number of lower branches to lift the canopy up about 4' higher as neighbours were complaining about a too large tree, in their opinion. Actually looks better now.
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Which one is the one you have.

I'm considering buying a battery mower.
My sons wants to start a lawn cutting business and at the age of 12, I feel the battery will be better for him.


Not that he has any trouble starting our gas mower when doing our yard.
 
oioioi said:
Which one is the one you have.

I'm considering buying a battery mower.
My sons wants to start a lawn cutting business and at the age of 12, I feel the battery will be better for him.


Not that he has any trouble starting our gas mower when doing our yard.
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Battery mower probably isn’t good for a mower business unless you have a bunch of batteries. My 80v will do a reasonable sized back and front yard and not have that much left over afterwards.
 
JC99 said:
Battery mower probably isn’t good for a mower business unless you have a bunch of batteries. My 80v will do a reasonable sized back and front yard and not have that much left over afterwards.
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It's going to be a 12 year old.

I don't expect him to be doing 5 lawns a day.
 
A number of years ago I saw pro's with battery mowers. Inverter/charger in the truck; spare batteries on hand. Technology is more advanced now; much improved. I talked to the guy. He loved them. It's the way to go these days.
 
 
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I'm looking for a lightweight electric chipper for cottage cleanup. This one says capacity is 1.8", but virtually everthing I'd be shredding would be less than an inch. Anyone using this one, or something similar?

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That looks like a rebrand/non brand of the one I have. Mine is a steady performer. You can jam it up if you overfeed it but it’s easy to clear the jams. It prefers brown wood over green but will mulch either. The mulch you get out of it is basically chipped but not super fine but it’s definitely good enough. Make sure you adjust the bag underneath often as most jams occur from the exit chute clogging rather than the insert chute.

Great little device when you get it cheap enough and it will swallow reasonably thick branches. Whatever it doesn’t chip is big enough to burn on a fire.
 
oioioi said:
It's going to be a 12 year old.

I don't expect him to be doing 5 lawns a day.
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I dont know your nieghbourhood , but if a 12yr old put a sign up on my street he'd be doing every house. Nobody on this street mows their own lawn. At least 10 different property manitenance groups , they all own stihl backpack blowers with H-D straight pipes on them . All hours of the day . every day
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