The Ice storm the other night took down a lot of branches - I stood out on the back porch and listened to the trees exploding... Both of my Ham Radio antennas came down :-( and a 300 lb branch was left teetering over the back yard. After connecting 2 8ft 2x3s together and then attaching my tree trimmer and getting on a ladder, I was able to cut it all down (in 3 1/2 hours.)
To cut it all up, I bought the Homelite UT43100 14 inch Electric Chain saw from Home Depot (I had a gift card.)
It is AWESOME! Outperformed my small old GAS Chainsaw - it cut through like it was cutting butter. Speaking of butter - I chose to keep it a Petroleum virgin (except for the plastic it is made out of) and I put vegetable oil in it - it worked great.
