Chainsaws

While the chainsaw has been one of the key weapons in horror movies over the years, the humble chainsaw has been an extremely powerful tool for home renovators, gardeners and landscape companies for hundreds of years and has completely transformed the act of garden maintenance.

While this device must be treated with care, in competent hands it is possible to use a chainsaw to cut through all but the largest and hardiest pieces of wood in a fraction of the time it would otherwise take with a conventional hand powered saw.

Chainsaws are basically portable mechanical saws which are either powered electrically or more commonly via a gasoline powered engine.  In most cases, these are two stroke engines which provide a significant amount of power.

Chainsaws have been used over the years for tree felling, pruning, hedge trimming and in specially designed saws even the cutting through of concrete and stone!

Two primary manufacturers of chainsaws are Stihl and Husqvarna and both of these manufacturers build some of the most popular and effective chainsaws on the market.

Dependent upon your requirements and needs, chainsaws are available from the low hundreds and up and in a variety of configurations and styles so that options are available for both residential and commercial use.

In addition, both manufacturers also offer pole saws, which are basically smaller chainsaws at the end of a long pole – this enhanced reach provides the user with a greatly increased flexibility in their renovation requirements.