DEWALT FLEXVOLT 60V MAX* Brushless Chainsaw Kit with 3.0 Ah Battery+Charger $299

Tremodels

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TremodelsYesterday 02:02 PM

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I've killed two of these. The gear that drives the oiler is a small plastic disc with a plastic pin the size of a needle, the pin is connected to a small piston for the oil and snaps off after not much use. Then you get no oil and start tearing through chains and batteries. Getting to the part to fix it is like major surgery, like 20+ screws and removing spring loaded mechanisms and all order of annoyance. It's a serious design flaw.

After the second one went I fixed it and sold it, not worth my time.

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joltfire

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joltfireYesterday 06:20 PM

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I've killed two of these. The gear that drives the oiler is a small plastic disc with a plastic pin the size of a needle, the pin is connected to a small piston for the oil and snaps off after not much use. Then you get no oil and start tearing through chains and batteries. Getting to the part to fix it is like major surgery, like 20+ screws and removing spring loaded mechanisms and all order of annoyance. It's a serious design flaw.

After the second one went I fixed it and sold it, not worth my time.

The oiler in mine still works but it leaks out no matter what position I store the saw in. I try to estimate how much oil I'll need for the session each time. Also, the auto torquing bar nut loosens while cutting, so every 10 seconds of cutting or so I have to tighten it back up or the bar falls off. It loosens much faster if it's not a smooth cut. That being said, the saw is excellent other than those flaws, surprisingly powerful (about equal or better than a similarly sized gas model) the battery life is crap, I use dewalts fastest charger and I have way too many flexvolt batteries so I can use it all day without stopping, but if you only have a battery or two with a standard charger you're going to have a lot of down time.

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cruzingmax

Today 04:51 PM

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cruzingmaxToday 04:51 PM

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Thanks, I was waiting for this one.

Colte

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ColteToday 04:54 PM

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Quote from Tremodels

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I've killed two of these. The gear that drives the oiler is a small plastic disc with a plastic pin the size of a needle, the pin is connected to a small piston for the oil and snaps off after not much use. Then you get no oil and start tearing through chains and batteries. Getting to the part to fix it is like major surgery, like 20+ screws and removing spring loaded mechanisms and all order of annoyance. It's a serious design flaw.

After the second one went I fixed it and sold it, not worth my time.

I purchased one of the first models of this saw and didn't get the first tree cut down before it stopped oiling. I never took the time to perform saw surgery and it remains an unfinished project years later. The saw had impressive power. I'm surprised they haven't fixed it by now, it seemed to be a common enough issue on the very first model.

DEWALT FLEXVOLT 60V MAX* Brushless Chainsaw Kit with 3.0 Ah Battery+Charger $299

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