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05-20-2020, 06:51 PM #476
Like a pruning saw on the end of a pole?
I bought an electric plug in chainsaw on a pole from Harbor Freight for like $60. Worth every penny every time I have to prune dead branches off the line trees - just place saw on top of limb, pull trigger, weight of the saw pulls itself through the branch.
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05-20-2020, 06:57 PM #477
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05-20-2020, 07:01 PM #478
I've used an electric one once, didn't find it any easier than hand pole saw. The weight is the issue. Hard to maneuver the saw through dense foliage. If you need to prune thick easy to reach branches I would go with the power saw. If smaller branches away from the trunk I'd stay with hand.
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05-20-2020, 07:11 PM #479
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05-20-2020, 07:16 PM #480
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Thanks. I’ll look into the inexpensive plug in ones (hadn’t considered them). Yes, pruning saw. If I really want to treat my madrone well, I need to get into the tree, like climbing and standing in a few notches, to prune/thin it. It’s a big madrone. Of course, I’d use whatever I get for more than just a single tree.
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05-20-2020, 07:20 PM #481
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05-20-2020, 07:28 PM #482Registered User
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05-20-2020, 07:34 PM #483
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05-20-2020, 07:36 PM #484
I don't know what a madrone is like to prune. I typo'd my post - meant to write pine trees, not line trees. We have a lot of Jeffrey and ponderosa pines. The dead branches I trim off them are anywhere from 3-8" thick usually. I pruned one branch with a manual saw, and that was enough. Arms were dead. Bought the electric saw.
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05-20-2020, 07:52 PM #485
The Fisker is work, but cuts well.
16' (standard length) gas pole saw for a nice stand of trees is worth the $. Quite the shoulder workout.
Your conifers won't need the frequency deciduous would.
Renting one might fill the need.I am not in your hurry
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05-20-2020, 08:33 PM #486
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I’ve rented a gas pole saw before. It worked for my needs at that time, and I was worked, too . I did all work while standing on the ground.
I might have a neighbor with one that I could borrow.
Madrone is an evergreen hardwood . My limbing life will mostly be use on our conifers, with less use on our oaks, madrones, and even les use on our few fruit trees.
Today, I watched a utility tree guy carefully remove a large oak branch while standing in a bucket truck. He did it in pieces to be able to manually remove the limbs and toss them over some sensitive stuff on the ground directly below the branch. He used his small silky handsaw a lot until the branch thickness was about 4-5”, then he switched to his chainsaw. He was so fast with the handsaw, faster than he could be with his little chainsaw, if you consider the time to pull this chainsaw out, disengage the chain break, and saw the limb. The easy that his silky saw cut through the limbs made me reconsider the idea of getting a mechanical pruning saw or a cheaper manual pruning saw.
/enuf words
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05-20-2020, 08:52 PM #487Registered User
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I don't worship at the alter of (name yer battery ) probably the only thing worse is being married to (name yer battery ) i just use whatever extension cord I can git my hands on
We used 3 of the Fiskers with the blade that telescopes into the handle for a research project, where we measured them and then killed them for science
we cut down > 1100 juvenilie pine/balsam/spruce in the understory (under 4M) also took a a disc at 10cm so that was 2200 cuts and I was suprised at how well the Fiskers worked
IME cleaning the blades with alcohol was pretty key to keeping them cutting wellLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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05-20-2020, 09:11 PM #488
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There are plenty of things that corded tools just aren't practical for. It is what it is.
I'm on the ryobi train as well, started it by buying a whole bunch of stuff off a guy on craigslist for next to nothing. I have a few newer li-ion batteries that came with my weedeater and blower that have been going strong for a few years now. Sure, there are better tools out there, but it suits my needs as a homeowner/DIYer just fine.
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05-20-2020, 09:40 PM #489Registered User
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what we need is one of them relationship advice columns where you put down the name of your battery as yer significant other
ME, I wana git tied up with 50' of 12guage ... pretty kinky ehLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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05-20-2020, 09:50 PM #490
I have a few little gripes about some fiskars grips coming off on hand pruners and gasket loose on expanding loppers. Just going to silicone them both. But I’ve been beating on my fiskars pole saw for probably 10 years. Rope is getting a little beat and pruning mechanism needs to be cleaned. Thanks for idea on alcohol xxx. But I’d recommend for sure. I saw a guy use a silky and I’m gonna day it was probably sharper, but I don’t know what they cost. An electric pole saw is definitely next in line in my quiver. Not sure to go battery or plug. But with as good as batteries are getting I just don’t feel like going gas. I’ve already bird dogged three tree jobs that were out of my league do to location near house or road, need to find a larger partner company to do the heavy hitting.
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05-20-2020, 10:24 PM #491
I've never used an electric pull saw, but silky saws cut pretty goddamn well.
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05-20-2020, 11:06 PM #492
To clarify, I’m considering a pole saw and not pole pruners.
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05-20-2020, 11:38 PM #493
The fiskars comes with both attached. I use the pruner option a lot to nip the ends of branches to stop growth etc I had forgotten that the lock on the extension didn’t work for me when I got it. They sent me a new locking collar. Just pulled it up and looks like they made a completely new mechanizm.
Didn’t realize home depot carried silky.
$46
Vs
$300
That said the silky is 21 feet vs 15.
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05-21-2020, 12:39 AM #494
I was looking at that ^^^ Home Depot cost compare, too. Crazy! Besides length, I’ve read the fiskar ain’t too great with thicker wood. Hard to put value on the 14 yo getting out there and putting in the sweat and saw time... it’s a pretty tough time to be a teen right now. He’s used a silky saw at the neighborhood outdoor school that he went to. So he’s already spoiled with the fancy saw.
I’ve broken some fiskar loppers that were almost 10 years old, and they stood by their warranty. That was pretty rad.
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05-21-2020, 06:18 AM #495Registered User
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Yes, silky saw blades are that much better.
If you have serious amounts of work to do, I recently upgraded from a gas pole pruner and wholeheartedly recommend this: https://en.stihl.ca/STIHL-Products/C...adegeraet.aspxBlogging at www.kootenayskier.wordpress.com
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05-21-2020, 09:06 AM #496
I hate using my Fiskars pole saw on anything over 2-3 inches, so I eventually threw down for an electric pole saw:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...t=#post5977658
I love the electric saw for larger branches, a lot, but the lopper on the Fiskers pole saw is pretty handy for smaller stuff. The electric saw is a fuck of a lot faster on larger branches.
Like XXX-says, I got battery loyalty, plus that Stihl above is even more expensive, so I went with Milwaukee. Tuts only about 10 ft long, so there are some issues there with higher branches, but I feel better about standing up on something than I would with a regular chainsaw, because I’m not in proximity to the bar and I don’t have to extend my arms as much. Anyway, electric pole saw recommended, but they’re spendy.
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05-21-2020, 10:53 AM #497Registered User
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so i ain't above using one of them fangled battery powerd tools I just made it this far without being owned by one
I pointed this out to a carpenter bud, a smart guy, smart enough to get out of the bideness of pounding nails and go back to school
He said well thats fine so if you ever need to do a job just buy the tools and do it
which is different than owning a buncha batteries
So until then I remain not owned by any battery group or any woman
The words & reflections of Corb Lund the Hurtin Albertan seem entirely appropo for this thread
believe it or else buddy was a heavy punk metal rockerLast edited by XXX-er; 05-21-2020 at 11:30 AM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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05-21-2020, 11:27 AM #498
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05-21-2020, 11:35 AM #499
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05-21-2020, 12:22 PM #500Registered User
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