Free firewood and a battery powered chainsaw.

When we moved out here, one of my goals was to use fossil fuels as little as possible. One of the things I wanted to try was a battery powered chainsaw. The use of Li-Ion batteries these days has made battery powered tools a much more reasonable proposition, but I had my doubts whether a chainsaw would pass muster.

After reading reviews, I decided to try a Greenworks 40v saw with a 16" blade. I bought one extra battery to go with the saw, for a total of 2.

I have been very pleased with the rig. In general I will head out onto the property with the saw and a wheel barrow. I get about 2 hours of work from a battery, which is pretty much all I want to do anyway. I put up about a cord of wood before winter started getting serious, and I figure I will put up a couple more before next winter. I have focused on the juniper, which seems to burn much cleaner than the pinon.