RTM
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Yup, one of them got my dad. And a previous partner of my current arborist. I'm very cautious of my ladder use, and I have 2 crappy shoulders, but not torn, yet. I'll take that gamble over dead.
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Yup, one of them got my dad. And a previous partner of my current arborist. I'm very cautious of my ladder use, and I have 2 crappy shoulders, but not torn, yet. I'll take that gamble over dead.
Only used this a couple of times, but now wont use anything else.
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If someone cannot use this, they should probably just hire the work out.
6.5 Amp 9.5 in. Electric Pole Saw
Amazing deals on this 9.5In 6.5Amp Electric Pole Saw at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
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If someone cannot use this, they should probably just hire the work out.
Milton Shaw
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I love my Milwaukee 6"chain saw, it's light, powerful, fast and last a long time cutting. One of the reasons it cuts so much better than others is that the chain has a tooth on every link, not every other. That takes the vibration out and makes it very fast. I have both a pole pruner with saw blade and a chain saw attachment for my Echo weed eater. Both work great.
Just had a friend three weeks ago tried to cut a limb in his yard. It was about 30 feet off the ground, he fell and broke neck and back and punctured his intestines and other injuries. Two weeks in the hospital and in neck and back braces for next 4-6 months. The limb he was cutting fell on his wife and broke her ankle and she will be off it for 3 months.
That story is a warning to me and all you, tree climbing and working on a ladder is for youngsters, not us antiques.
Just had a friend three weeks ago tried to cut a limb in his yard. It was about 30 feet off the ground, he fell and broke neck and back and punctured his intestines and other injuries. Two weeks in the hospital and in neck and back braces for next 4-6 months. The limb he was cutting fell on his wife and broke her ankle and she will be off it for 3 months.
That story is a warning to me and all you, tree climbing and working on a ladder is for youngsters, not us antiques.
Wakefield
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"Chain saw on a stick" attachment is made for Stihl "kombimotors" and certain string trimmers that the string head attachment is removable and the chainsaw thing fits in its place.
Otherwise the County crews carried the manual polesaws and the better ones work fairly well.
It is still possible to get one of the things caught/jammed in the cut,there is sort of a technique to cut into the wood where it is in tension rather than compression,kind of going into the side or a bit down from the top although you can start with a notch in the bottom if you don't go in too deep
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snickers muncher
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Am I the only one that's contemplated attaching a reciprocating saw to a 12 foot 2x4 and using a step ladder as a fulcrum?
I've got the Fiskars version of the bottom saw and it works fine on our one million pine trees. At full extension, you'll just start laughing at your own clumsiness. Those chainsaw rope things look like they'd get stuck too easily. I've messed with an electric pole saw but it just seems to save time, which I have plenty of. I'd go to some trouble to make sure that a ladder is not part of the solution.Time to trim back my avocado tree.....my *** is too fat and too old to be climbing up in that big tree...
I'm looking at 2 options....has anyone used one of these? ($45)
Or something like this? At $22 it almost seems too good to be true....
I do have a limb pruner....but it's getting old and tired
RTM
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Not even a brief thought here. I'd hire someone before I'd even think of that.
oldmachinenut
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I got this saw attachment for my 40 volt Ryobi trimmer. It works great, I cut all the branches off of a 25 foot pine tree we needed removed and trimmed/shaped our apple tree. The tree trimmer wanted $750.00 to do it, the saw attachment was $70.00. I did most of it standing on the ground.
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Desertskyy
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I have the same one. It actually works great for reaching higher tree branches. For the few times I need something like this this was the ticket. Sometimes you can find it on sale for about $10.00 lessOnly used this a couple of times, but now wont use anything else.
6.5 Amp 9.5 in. Electric Pole Saw
Amazing deals on this 9.5In 6.5Amp Electric Pole Saw at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
If someone cannot use this, they should probably just hire the work out.