Comments on: Milwaukee Chainsaw Review

By: James Fredrick Fleck

James Fredrick Fleck — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 21:58:17 +0000

In reply to BT. Since my previous post I have had my saw rebuilt to repair the stud pullout problem. The tech at the repair centre said the repair required new improved parts from Milwaukee and pretty much a complete disassembly. The repair was done for free. On the subject of bar and chain combos, I bought 4 16" loops of Stihl semi chisel 43 guage chain that really improves cutting. I also bought an Oregon 14 inch 140GPEA041 50guage bar but have yet to mount it and try it out.

By: yes no wheel

yes no wheel — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 01:29:05 +0000

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By: BT

BT — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:26:02 +0000

In reply to Jeff Williams. Good to know, really happy with the Milwaukee pole saw and invested in the M18 system so,,,

By: Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:28:53 +0000

In reply to BT. Just this last week they released the same saw but now offered with a 14” bar.

By: BT

BT — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:58:12 +0000

My big question is can you/should you and would replacing the 16″ with a 14″ bar help the performance?

By: James Fredrick Fleck

James Fredrick Fleck — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 02:15:27 +0000

I was an early purchaser of this saw and use it almost daily in the summer. We live on three acres and most of it is woodlot so lots of clean up, pruning, and we do burn wood. I am more than happy with the performance and convenience of a quiet battery saw and it compliments my Husky 61 when I have heavy cutting to do. I do however have two complaints. The bar mounting studs are fragile and risk pulling out if torqued the least bit too much and, secondly , it consumes far too much chain oil. It uses more chain oil than my Husky with a 20 inch bar.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:29:35 +0000

In reply to Ted Bashinski. I've had similar results with my saw. It cuts well enough and the 12ah batteries last a long time, but I've already thrown the chain at least half a dozen times on the first tank of bar oil and I'm thinking I'll return it. I've got about a dozen chainsaws and I know how to set chain tension and also my 40v ryobi doesn't throw chains like this. Sorry to say, I'm disappointed with this saw.

By: Ted Bashinski

Ted Bashinski — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:08:33 +0000

I bought one and it failed miserably. The chain would not stay on. Within the first full battery charge of the 12AH battery I had to reinstall the chain no less than 20 times. I was careful for pinching with small limbs too because I am well aware of this tendency with these small chains. Finally the chain bolt started spinning when trying to back the nut off one time to put the chain back on. Nothing I could do from that point so I turned it in for warranty. Milwaukee denied the warranty claiming user error. What?? $350 for a chainsaw to use 30 minutes??? Milwaukee didn’t want to return the saw either. I pitched raised can so they finally shipped it to me but it was in pieces. What I found when i got it back was that the bar bolts have a small head inside set into a small plastic hex for backup and the plastic had stripped out. Bad design. Small plastic hex on a bolt? How many times have we seen this mistake over the years? I’ll never buy another Milwaukee tool again because of this. Makita makes great stuff I have since found.

By: Darth1970

Darth1970 — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 23:48:28 +0000

In reply to Frustrated. I'm surprised we haven't seen a shootout with these saws. Somebody needs to jump on it.

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 14:20:33 +0000

Almost no one is doing comparisons of Makita 36v vs Milwaukee 12ah tools, this is extremely frustrating. It would be nice if someone would FINALLY do a few reviews with those two and maybe throw in dewalt with its 12ah.