Hand-powered chainsaw -- for emergency use
When we boondock, we sometimes come upon fallen logs blocking the forest roads (especially in the wake of the bark beetle epidemic), and I usually use a bow saw to cut them (if we can't just move them...
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Lwiddis wrote:
Newer trucks and SUVs have 110 volts plugs for low powered stuff including electric chain saws. My 2015 Tahoe was limited to 300 watts, the 2020 Silverado has 400 available.
That would have to be a pretty tiny saw. My 16" electric chainsaw draws 12 amps, way more than any 400 watt inverter I've ever seen can handle. Electric chainsaws can still be messy too. If my saw tips over, it will leak bar oil.
-Michael
