I got the 672 for "free" when I bought a CubCadet mower as a promotion. It was a generic $350 of DeWalt tools, so it took some digging to make sure my dealer could get that part number. (Stanley B&D own MTD and Hustler mowers now. Makes sense, as Cub and Hustler are both yellow. MTD also has been making Craftsman mowers for a while.) I have only felled a few trees with it. The first tree was a bit obnoxious with how quick the chain was to hop off, so those narrow kerf chains do stretch much faster, for sure. I took down two small dead standing hickories and a dead oak. It did pretty well, even if the trees weren't very thick. The biggest question mark will be a 60 ft dead standing pine that is rooted in a seasonal creek wash with bad footing. Not a hard wood, but it's a harder species of pine, and it's 20+ inches vs 11". Most of my property is hardwood, so time will tell.
Wait till the worm gear strips on the chain tension. Design flaw. I put a oring on mine behind the gear to keep the slack out. If not the gears strip and it just clicks when you adjust the tension. A simple lock washer or oring fixes it for 2 cent lol
Just happened to mine! Fid you get a worm gear replacement? Did you have to do through dewalt? I'm going to add the oring for that reason, just didn't know nit had this issues until now.
So yourself the biggest favor and buy a Oregon powersharp diamond chain and bar kit. I went 18' on mine and I am blown away I regards to sharpening times and overall performance. Look it up. Comes with a push activated chain sharpener.
Random question... have you tried the DCCSD670 thin kerf 16" chain bar .043" on the DCCS677? I'm just curious, as The .050" kerf 20" chain/bar combo on the DCCS677 eats the 9ah batteries really quick, so I was wondering if I could swap to the think kerf 16" bar/chain to maximize the battery when I don't need to cut large rounds...
No, I haven't tried that. I really don't like flimsy thin kerf bars unless they're like 12" or less. You might get a little bit better battery life, but I doubt it would be substantial. I would invest in larger batteries before I'd go to thin kerf. I you do try it, let me know how you make out.
I have had the 16” for a few years. The washer for a sprocket is it’s weak spot been thinking about trying 2 washers and seeing if that helps. Wondering if the new improved real sprocket would fit on the 16” model. Hate to turn around and but another one.
You’re on the right track. I do DeWALT warranty work, and every chainsaw with that single washer leaves my shop with two washers. And a new sprocket if it’s rounded over on the outer edge.
I don't have any personal experience with ripping chain on this saw. Granberg, Stihl, and Archer make a 3/8LP 0.050" ripping chain. Any of those should work, you just need to figure out what length bar you want and get the appropriate length chain.
I'm on a search for battery chainsaw, so thanks for very detailed and interesting insight into Dewalt's .. vendor lock to specific bars and chains. I was in hope that this DCCS677 with proper nuts instead of toolless tensioner would be my favorite, as I do have some 18/20V tools from them. But I tend more and more to check proper chainsaw makers like Stihl and their MSA300 .. any ideas, insights into comparison of MSA300 vs Dewalt's DCCS677 ??
While searching for comparison I hit "new" dewalt DCMCS575 review .. looks like upgraded DCCS575 , BUT has nuts instead of toolless + is in 18"/20" | 45/50cm versions only. More over it, according to add materials, supposed to have 3/8" - 1.3mm/0.050" chain and bar. Not sure if it's till that flimsy as old one. Will check.
I think you're looking at the dccs670. The dccs670 is tooless, but the dccs677 is not. It's not vendor locked. It uses the same bar mount as many other manufacturers and any 3/8lp chain will fit it with the correct number of links. It's just difficult to find longer bars with that mount. I'm not sure what the deal is with the dsmcs575, but it looks like a foreign version of the dccs677. Everything is identical, except for the 54v/60v branding. I haven't gotten my hands on a MSA300. I imagine it's a pretty nice saw from the looks of it, but the price gap is immense. The MSA300 is almost $800 for the bare tool, and the batteries are almost $400. If you wanted a saw and 2 batteries you would be at about $1600 after tax. I already have dewalt 60v batteries and tools, so it's really economical for me to stick with dewalt. Project farm did a comparison of the dccs670 and the msa220, and machinery nation did a comparison between the msa220 and the msa300. I haven't found any comparisons between the 670 and the 677 though. I guess it really comes down to how much you're willing to spend. Let me know if what you get and how you like it.
@@IrionLumber I have the same feeling, just feeling, that DCCS677 in 60V (US version) is same as DCMCS575 in 54V (EU version). Maybe because of advertisement rules are stricter in EU and do not allow to advertise 60Volt because battery is actually just 54Volt (tech limitations). I don't want to spent arm&leg on chainsaw. But I'm also not that rich to afford to buy a cheep stuff, either. I had one with toll less tensioner and "never more". Also seen teardown by AvE channel, and those lower spec tool less are just not for me. That's why I rather postpone a buy, save some more money, wait for makers to make a proper stuff and buy a tool later and on a low profi border. As I want to rely on it, use it for long time and occasionally but use it without being worried it will break any moment. That's why I do not want 670 but checking dccs677 / dcmcs575. Some comparison of those mage channel "Irion Lumber". If even 677 is not good, then I need to save more and buy Stihl. Which is old very renown chainsaw maker. IMHO a tiny better then Husqarna I'd say as I had a chance to compare their chainsaws my self.
I went to Stihl and got a low profile carbide chain thinking it might make the DeWalt invincible. What a joke. 3 small logs later and I nearly tore every carbide tooth off the chain. The carbides have so little metal to weld to on the low profile that they tear right off from the 2X torque the DeWalt puts to them. I want to run a 20" full sized bar & chain or maybe even a bit longer. The electric motor seems vicious enough to pull it with the 15Ah batteries.
I've never tried the carbide chains, but I haven't heard good things about them. I really want to try a full size chain too. I can't help but think that if the saw could handle it dewalt would have put one on from that factory, but I want to try it.
@@IrionLumber So, I took off the drive sprocket. It's a 10mm left hand thread (righty loosey, lefty tighty). I locked the chain brake and held the bar and chain with one gloved hand and tried a right hand twist. It pulled on the chain more than I thought it should, so I tried reversing to left hand twist and the bolt came loose easily. It's a tiny short bolt so be careful. The sprocket is reversible and has a flat sided drive shaft and I'm not sure what size. In the process of looking up all this, but my heart tells me it's best not to fight the design and just buy .050 lp 3/8 by the foot and get a chain breaker rivet repair link kit to make my own 20 inch chains. It lets the batteries last longer and broken sections could then be repaired without trashing the whole chain! Good job, DeWalt! Make chains scarce so customers happy with buying replacements are forced to resort to doing workarounds with other brand chains. Who was the engineer that thought this thru? Lol.
Kinda really sucks that dewalt designed the saw to only be able to run a specific type of bar and chain that is hard to find. 😡 I'd say it's time to go back to the drawing board and make a gen 2 of all 3 saws, especially the oldest one that thing is very poorly designed.
Yeah, it would be really nice if they made it a little bit more customizable. Like using a stihl 3003 mount and offering a few different sprockets. The thing is they're not a chainsaw manufacturer. They're a battery tool manufacturer that decided to make a chainsaw. All in all I'm pretty happy with it. It's a huge improvement over the previous model, and holds it's own against every other battery powered saw on the market. I'd like to try some different chains, but chances are I find that the one they picked is the best for it anyway.
@@IrionLumber Dewalt may be a power tool manufacturer, but so is Milwaukee and Makita as well as other brands such as greenworks, ego, ryobi so on so forth, and they're cordless chainsaw are much better built than the Dewalt's and can take standard profile full chisel. Thing is they could fix all these issues if they wanted.
I know for a fact that Milwaukee and Makita both use the same chain (3/8LP) as the Dewalt, which means they can't take a standard profile chain, unless there are aftermarket sprockets available. Every head to head comparison that I've come across has had the old Dewalt as a clear winner on cut speed, beating out stihl, husky, milwaukee, and makita. Presumably their new saw would do as good or better. I don't know what evidence you have for "much better built", I guess that's a matter of opinion. My opinion is that all battery powered saw are chintzy, but the latest Dewalt is about the best built of the ones I've gotten my hands on. Also, none of those other manufacturers offer 18" or 20" bars as far as I know. If you want to see a good head to head check out project farm's videos. They're a bit outdated now, maybe he could be convinced to do another one. Here are his vidoes ruclips.net/video/_aBZt8m1XkQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/9WDaTwEwhTk/видео.html . If you know of any models using a standard profile full chisel, please send me the info. I would like to know more.
@@IrionLumber I think you're right about the sprockets needing to be different but as far as clearance, they can take standard without the plastic catching on the cutters, I don't think makita's lxt 36v has clearance but I believe the new xgt one does, maybe I'm wrong we'll have to see.
The 16" bar and chain are 3/8 low pro, so they are made to work with the sprocket that's on there. I will try machining the sprocket and using a standard 3/8 when I get my cannon bar in, but that is on backorder.
@@IrionLumber Which is why I'm taking the not fighting lp chain and just buying lp 3/8 in a roll. Until the plandemic dipsh*ts get finished worshipping Elon, logistics will be a mystery as the currency books get balanced between frenemies China, Russia and U.S. Inc. with the decades old push for bio microchip digital cattle tagging.
@@IrionLumber any luck machining the sprocket? I'm about to buy several saws for chainsaw art and I don't want to be locked into only buying chains and bars from Dewalt.
I ordered the bar the bar is a 3/8 low profile bar and chain is a 91px056e chain
I got the 672 for "free" when I bought a CubCadet mower as a promotion. It was a generic $350 of DeWalt tools, so it took some digging to make sure my dealer could get that part number. (Stanley B&D own MTD and Hustler mowers now. Makes sense, as Cub and Hustler are both yellow. MTD also has been making Craftsman mowers for a while.) I have only felled a few trees with it. The first tree was a bit obnoxious with how quick the chain was to hop off, so those narrow kerf chains do stretch much faster, for sure. I took down two small dead standing hickories and a dead oak. It did pretty well, even if the trees weren't very thick. The biggest question mark will be a 60 ft dead standing pine that is rooted in a seasonal creek wash with bad footing. Not a hard wood, but it's a harder species of pine, and it's 20+ inches vs 11". Most of my property is hardwood, so time will tell.
Wait till the worm gear strips on the chain tension. Design flaw. I put a oring on mine behind the gear to keep the slack out. If not the gears strip and it just clicks when you adjust the tension. A simple lock washer or oring fixes it for 2 cent lol
Just happened to mine! Fid you get a worm gear replacement? Did you have to do through dewalt? I'm going to add the oring for that reason, just didn't know nit had this issues until now.
So yourself the biggest favor and buy a Oregon powersharp diamond chain and bar kit.
I went 18' on mine and I am blown away I regards to sharpening times and overall performance.
Look it up. Comes with a push activated chain sharpener.
I have the 16 inch DeWalt 60v dccs 670. Can you give me the link for the powersharp diamond chain and bar kit for 18 inches or 16, not picky honestly
Random question... have you tried the DCCSD670 thin kerf 16" chain bar .043" on the DCCS677? I'm just curious, as The .050" kerf 20" chain/bar combo on the DCCS677 eats the 9ah batteries really quick, so I was wondering if I could swap to the think kerf 16" bar/chain to maximize the battery when I don't need to cut large rounds...
No, I haven't tried that. I really don't like flimsy thin kerf bars unless they're like 12" or less. You might get a little bit better battery life, but I doubt it would be substantial. I would invest in larger batteries before I'd go to thin kerf. I you do try it, let me know how you make out.
I have had the 16” for a few years. The washer for a sprocket is it’s weak spot been thinking about trying 2 washers and seeing if that helps. Wondering if the new improved real sprocket would fit on the 16” model. Hate to turn around and but another one.
Yeah, it's a really poor design. The new sprocket won't fit the old design unfortunately.
You’re on the right track. I do DeWALT warranty work, and every chainsaw with that single washer leaves my shop with two washers. And a new sprocket if it’s rounded over on the outer edge.
Any advice on a ripping chain for this saw? I assume first step would be to drop in a 16" or 18" bar.
I don't have any personal experience with ripping chain on this saw. Granberg, Stihl, and Archer make a 3/8LP 0.050" ripping chain. Any of those should work, you just need to figure out what length bar you want and get the appropriate length chain.
I'm on a search for battery chainsaw, so thanks for very detailed and interesting insight into Dewalt's .. vendor lock to specific bars and chains.
I was in hope that this DCCS677 with proper nuts instead of toolless tensioner would be my favorite, as I do have some 18/20V tools from them.
But I tend more and more to check proper chainsaw makers like Stihl and their MSA300 .. any ideas, insights into comparison of MSA300 vs Dewalt's DCCS677 ??
While searching for comparison I hit "new" dewalt DCMCS575 review .. looks like upgraded DCCS575 , BUT has nuts instead of toolless + is in 18"/20" | 45/50cm versions only.
More over it, according to add materials, supposed to have 3/8" - 1.3mm/0.050" chain and bar. Not sure if it's till that flimsy as old one. Will check.
I think you're looking at the dccs670. The dccs670 is tooless, but the dccs677 is not. It's not vendor locked. It uses the same bar mount as many other manufacturers and any 3/8lp chain will fit it with the correct number of links. It's just difficult to find longer bars with that mount. I'm not sure what the deal is with the dsmcs575, but it looks like a foreign version of the dccs677. Everything is identical, except for the 54v/60v branding. I haven't gotten my hands on a MSA300. I imagine it's a pretty nice saw from the looks of it, but the price gap is immense. The MSA300 is almost $800 for the bare tool, and the batteries are almost $400. If you wanted a saw and 2 batteries you would be at about $1600 after tax. I already have dewalt 60v batteries and tools, so it's really economical for me to stick with dewalt. Project farm did a comparison of the dccs670 and the msa220, and machinery nation did a comparison between the msa220 and the msa300. I haven't found any comparisons between the 670 and the 677 though. I guess it really comes down to how much you're willing to spend. Let me know if what you get and how you like it.
@@IrionLumber I have the same feeling, just feeling, that DCCS677 in 60V (US version) is same as DCMCS575 in 54V (EU version). Maybe because of advertisement rules are stricter in EU and do not allow to advertise 60Volt because battery is actually just 54Volt (tech limitations).
I don't want to spent arm&leg on chainsaw. But I'm also not that rich to afford to buy a cheep stuff, either. I had one with toll less tensioner and "never more". Also seen teardown by AvE channel, and those lower spec tool less are just not for me.
That's why I rather postpone a buy, save some more money, wait for makers to make a proper stuff and buy a tool later and on a low profi border. As I want to rely on it, use it for long time and occasionally but use it without being worried it will break any moment. That's why I do not want 670 but checking dccs677 / dcmcs575. Some comparison of those mage channel "Irion Lumber". If even 677 is not good, then I need to save more and buy Stihl. Which is old very renown chainsaw maker. IMHO a tiny better then Husqarna I'd say as I had a chance to compare their chainsaws my self.
Does that organ bar and low pro chain fit on the old style Dewalt saw?
It has the same mount, so it should. I haven't tried it though.
Have you had any issues with the sprocket screw coming loose my Dewalt 670 keeps coming loose
Yeah, I've had them come loosen, and I've had it snap off. It's a really poor design. I'm really glad they updated it.
@@IrionLumber your new dccs677 doesn’t have this issue?
No, I haven't had an issue with it yet. I don't think it will be an issue with the updated design.
Yes used locktite
The 50cm chains are easy 91px068x oragan easy
I went to Stihl and got a low profile carbide chain thinking it might make the DeWalt invincible. What a joke. 3 small logs later and I nearly tore every carbide tooth off the chain. The carbides have so little metal to weld to on the low profile that they tear right off from the 2X torque the DeWalt puts to them. I want to run a 20" full sized bar & chain or maybe even a bit longer. The electric motor seems vicious enough to pull it with the 15Ah batteries.
I've never tried the carbide chains, but I haven't heard good things about them. I really want to try a full size chain too. I can't help but think that if the saw could handle it dewalt would have put one on from that factory, but I want to try it.
@@IrionLumber So, I took off the drive sprocket. It's a 10mm left hand thread (righty loosey, lefty tighty). I locked the chain brake and held the bar and chain with one gloved hand and tried a right hand twist. It pulled on the chain more than I thought it should, so I tried reversing to left hand twist and the bolt came loose easily. It's a tiny short bolt so be careful. The sprocket is reversible and has a flat sided drive shaft and I'm not sure what size. In the process of looking up all this, but my heart tells me it's best not to fight the design and just buy .050 lp 3/8 by the foot and get a chain breaker rivet repair link kit to make my own 20 inch chains. It lets the batteries last longer and broken sections could then be repaired without trashing the whole chain! Good job, DeWalt! Make chains scarce so customers happy with buying replacements are forced to resort to doing workarounds with other brand chains. Who was the engineer that thought this thru? Lol.
This is pissing me off... Need to design a new sprocket so we can have it fully customizable.
Kinda really sucks that dewalt designed the saw to only be able to run a specific type of bar and chain that is hard to find. 😡 I'd say it's time to go back to the drawing board and make a gen 2 of all 3 saws, especially the oldest one that thing is very poorly designed.
Yeah, it would be really nice if they made it a little bit more customizable. Like using a stihl 3003 mount and offering a few different sprockets. The thing is they're not a chainsaw manufacturer. They're a battery tool manufacturer that decided to make a chainsaw. All in all I'm pretty happy with it. It's a huge improvement over the previous model, and holds it's own against every other battery powered saw on the market. I'd like to try some different chains, but chances are I find that the one they picked is the best for it anyway.
@@IrionLumber Dewalt may be a power tool manufacturer, but so is Milwaukee and Makita as well as other brands such as greenworks, ego, ryobi so on so forth, and they're cordless chainsaw are much better built than the Dewalt's and can take standard profile full chisel. Thing is they could fix all these issues if they wanted.
I know for a fact that Milwaukee and Makita both use the same chain (3/8LP) as the Dewalt, which means they can't take a standard profile chain, unless there are aftermarket sprockets available. Every head to head comparison that I've come across has had the old Dewalt as a clear winner on cut speed, beating out stihl, husky, milwaukee, and makita. Presumably their new saw would do as good or better. I don't know what evidence you have for "much better built", I guess that's a matter of opinion. My opinion is that all battery powered saw are chintzy, but the latest Dewalt is about the best built of the ones I've gotten my hands on. Also, none of those other manufacturers offer 18" or 20" bars as far as I know. If you want to see a good head to head check out project farm's videos. They're a bit outdated now, maybe he could be convinced to do another one. Here are his vidoes ruclips.net/video/_aBZt8m1XkQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/9WDaTwEwhTk/видео.html . If you know of any models using a standard profile full chisel, please send me the info. I would like to know more.
@@IrionLumber I think you're right about the sprockets needing to be different but as far as clearance, they can take standard without the plastic catching on the cutters, I don't think makita's lxt 36v has clearance but I believe the new xgt one does, maybe I'm wrong we'll have to see.
So how does your 16" set up work without changing the sproket? Is you sproket or chain getting chewed up or anything?
The 16" bar and chain are 3/8 low pro, so they are made to work with the sprocket that's on there. I will try machining the sprocket and using a standard 3/8 when I get my cannon bar in, but that is on backorder.
@@IrionLumber Which is why I'm taking the not fighting lp chain and just buying lp 3/8 in a roll. Until the plandemic dipsh*ts get finished worshipping Elon, logistics will be a mystery as the currency books get balanced between frenemies China, Russia and U.S. Inc. with the decades old push for bio microchip digital cattle tagging.
@@IrionLumber any luck machining the sprocket? I'm about to buy several saws for chainsaw art and I don't want to be locked into only buying chains and bars from Dewalt.