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Black & Decker Alligator Lopper 4.5-AMP Electric Chain Saw #LP1000

Black & Decker Alligator Lopper 4.5-AMP Electric Chain Saw #LP1000

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Brand: Black & Decker
Category: Home Improvement

List Price: $180.00
Buy New: $85.00
You Save: $95.00 (53%)

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 222 reviews
Sales Rank: 236

Media: Tools & Hardware
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 8.1 x 25.3

MPN: BDLOPPER
Model: LP1000
UPC: 028877503448
EAN: 0028877503448
ASIN: B000BANMUY

Release Date: October 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Electric chain saw with easy to use, scissor-like action
  • 4-1/2 amp motor, heavy-duty cutting bar, and 4-inch cut capacity
  • Rugged plastic handles
  • Saw and cord included
  • 6-1/2 pounds; 2-year warranty

Accessories:

  • Black & Decker 6-Inch Replacement Saw Chain #RC600 (for Black & Decker LP1000 Alligator Lopper)
  • Coleman Cable 50-Foot All-Weather Extension Cord with Lighted End #01288
  • Coleman Cable 100-Foot 14/3 SJTW Vinyl Outdoor Extension Cord, Red #02409-88-04
  • AO Safety Chain Saw Chaps #93049
  • Arnold 128 oz. Bar & Chain Bottle Oil Single Pack #OL-128BC

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  • Black & Decker 6-Inch Replacement Saw Chain #RC600 (for Black & Decker LP1000 Alligator Lopper)
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  • Black & Decker 18-Volt Cordless Electric Chain Saw #CCS818

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description


The Alligator Lopper's wide 4-inch jaw capacity easily chews through small trunks and logs.


Because the Alligator Lopper cuts side-to-side instead of up and down, the chain won't bury itself in the ground when the cut is completed -- saving wear and tear on the cutting surface.


The Alligator Lopper's controlled, smooth cutting action makes clean-up from storms or simple pruning easy, safe, and fast.
Black & Decker's Power Saws -- Driven by Quality
Black & Decker offers both cordless and electric chain saws, including the Alligator Lopper electric chain saw and 18-volt cordless chain saws. Chain saws feature powerful motors for fast cutting and a sturdy, lightweight design that makes them exceptionally easy to use.

The Alligator Lopper Makes Cutting a Breeze
Take a big bite out of fallen trees, tree limbs and brush with the Alligator Lopper -- a revolutionary cutting tool that provides chainsaw-like cutting performance in an un-intimidating tool. With its scissor-like action, the Alligator Lopper's rugged metal jaws clamp onto logs, thick branches, tree limbs, and vines -- and then saw right through them. Once limbs and branches are on the ground, the Alligator Lopper is perfect for chopping them up into manageable pieces to throw away or chuck into your fireplace.

This amazing saw boasts a rugged 4.5 amp motor for fast, powerful chomping through wood -- plus a heavy-duty cutting bar and chain to really chew through dense branches and logs. This model also features auto chain tensioning to keep the tool in top cutting form. Just loosen the bar retainer bolts with the included wrench and the bar automatically takes out the slack and adjusts the chain's tension perfectly.

The Alligator Lopper's jaws offer the ultimate in controlled cutting. The rugged metal guards that cover the jaws protect you from the cutting chain, and they immediately snap back over the blades once the cut is complete. The Alligator Lopper's jaws also mean that there's no skipping around at the start of a cut. Unlike traditional chainsaws, the lopper cuts side-to-side instead of from top to bottom. This sideways cutting action prevents the cutting chain from burying itself in the dirt as the chain completes its cut.

The Alligator Lopper also makes it much faster and easier to cut logs, because you'll never need to prop them up on saw horses or on other any other brace. Just grab the logs in the Alligator Lopper's jaws and cut right through them.

Key Technical Specs:

  • Power: 4.5 amps
  • Bar length: 6 inches
  • Jaw capacity: 4 inches

Applications
The Alligator Lopper is ideal for tree pruning, clearing brush, storm clean-up, cutting firewood and more, and it's a great alternative to chainsaws, manual loppers, handsaws and clippers.

Warranty
This power yard product from Black & Decker is covered by the manufacturer for two years from the date of purchase. This warranty does not cover damage resulting from negligent handling, misuse or lack of reasonable maintenance and care. (Proof of purchase may be required).

Black & Decker's Focus on Performance
Black & Decker is a global marketer and manufacturer of quality products used in and around the home, and it also serves as a major supplier of information systems and services to government and commercial clients worldwide. With products marketed in over 100 countries, Black & Decker holds leading market shares in a variety of industries, and it frequently adds new product lines to its family of power tools, cleaning tools, outdoor power equipment, laser products and more.


Customer Reviews:   Read 45 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Handy tool but it needs a better instruction manual   August 31, 2008
If you are a potential customer for the Alligator and want to know how reliable it is, I've had one for two years now. I've found it to be very usefull around the yard and it certainly feels safer to use than a regular chainsaw. But it just threw the chain and I found that the instruction manual doesn't show how to remount it. The Black and Decker web site didn't help either. It's now waiting for a new chain and I hope it comes with instructions. (Update Sept 4, 2008; I just received the replacement chain and there is a well illustrated set of instructions included in the package.)

I used to live in hurricane country on the Gulf Coast and after every storm the chainsaws would come out to clear away the downed trees and branches. Since the electricity always goes out after a big storm, the Alligator isn't the best choice for those kinds of situations. But for everyday light duty use, the Alligator can't be beat.



5 out of 5 stars Black & Decker Alligator Lopper 4.5-AMP Electric Chain Saw #LP1000   August 30, 2008
The product arrived quickly and worked absolutely as advertised. I really like this product--for its design, its safety, and its utility. Really happy about this one!


5 out of 5 stars Awesome Tool   August 11, 2008
This lopper does exactly what it is built for and does it very well. I have a couple of trees in my yard whose low branches were beating me up everytime I cut my grass. I've been paying to have them trimmed until I purchased this product. It paid for itself in one use.


5 out of 5 stars Great for Women   August 10, 2008
This is the best power tool I have. Makes yardwork a breeze and
is 'fun' to use. I'm 68 and have no problem using it.



4 out of 5 stars Black & Decker Alligator Lopper 4.5-AMP Electric Chain Saw #LP1000   August 7, 2008
I gave this product a 4 (not 5) star rating. It has been a great help to me but it does have some of the drawbacks (getting clogged and jammed once in a while) mentioned in other reviews. I have bad limb damage, trees down and weed/brush around the edges of my yard that need to be cleared. Regular chain saws are great for cutting up the larger logs or dropping a weed tree. But regular chain saws are useless against the tangled, twisted mix of various sized limbs, twigs, and sticks. With the Alligator lopper tool, I can clamp a mass of wood of various sizes between the scissor-like jaws, turn on the power and close the jaws. All the various-sized pieces are cut off and fall to the ground. They can then be carried out or raked up. Doing this with a manual lopper would take 5 times as long. I appreciate the feature of being able to push one jaw under a branch that is lying on the ground and cut it off without having to prop it up. This Alligator tool is easy for me to manage -- easy to use the first time I turned it on.

No tool is perfect for all situations. The Alligator Lopper can be choked up if too many vines or flexible sticks manage to wind back into the chain drive area. Same as with any chain saw. Then one has to stop, disconnect and clear the tool before moving on. This is not difficult but just comes with the job of clearing brush.

The Alligator is just heavy enough that using it tires out my shoulders after a while.

I recommend the Alligator Lopper for chopping up brush and fallen limbs up to about 5 inches in diameter.



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