I'm lucky to have good neighbors who like to use their chain saw at any opportunity. Win for all.Yeah, I really don't know if it is worth my money to get my gas chainsaw up and running only to let it sit for who knows how long? By the time I might really need it, it might have the carb all fouled up again. Almost all my chainsaw jobs can be done with my smaller battery powered chainsaw, but run time with batteries on my 40v chainsaw is very limited, especially now since I am down to only one 40v 4.0 Ah battery. (Assuming the off brand Ryobi 40v 6.0 Ah battery will be sent back to Amazon).
I also have a Ryobi 18v 12 inch chainsaw, and enough 18v batteries to run that for hours and hours. But, a 12 inch chainsaw is not very good if you have a large tree fall down. Excellent for limbing the branches, but no so good on a tree trunk which exceeds the bar length.
I know if I used my gas Stihl chainsaw more often, it would be better for it. But I just don't use any of my chainsaws very much so the battery option is better for me if it can get the job done.