Pole Pruner's?

[kevwrenn]

use them a fair bit (telescopic silky), also sometimes useful to get your climbing line over a branch to access a tree when there is a lot of growth deflecting throw bag!

[slasherscot]

ive got a set of jameson pole pruners with a silky blade fitted its very good, used this week, clearing the re growth up to 15 ft on avenue of 40 limes.

[treedude]

i use them for lower dead wood and the occasional crown lift

[bob]

we use powered ones mainly and are about to get a new one spot on for reducing cherries and trees affecting pedestrians and cars

[Andy Collins]

i use one quite alot i think there brilliant for dead wooding and pruning the tips. but awkard to climb with and heavy at full extention but alot easier than climbig out to the tips.

 

heard of someone who was climbing with a pole saw. hooked it on a branch above him save carrying it around. was climbing aroud beneath it when it fell off the branch so he thought he'd catch it. instead slipped through his hand cutting half way through it to the middle of his palm. lovely!

 

I remember that occasion, got himself safely to the ground, then passed out!! The boss was more concerned about the time being lost caring for the injured party! And told him to say he was working on a private job so it didnt reflect badly on the company!

[Mr. Bish]

I have an extendable silky on a pole with the branch pruner attached.

 

It was a £100 special and it's earned it's money 10 fold.

 

Mostly I use it from the ground to finish whispy laylandii that are just to dodgy to reach any other way without getting scaffolding in. It is very time consuming and I get a lot of brash in the face but sometimes it's the easiest option that I have found so far.

 

I used the saw up a rotton old ivy covered ash once. I didnt want to climb it, customer didny want the ivy off!. The cuts were very rough but I got the dead branches down with it, without having to risk climbing the rotton b#*ch.

[Old Monkey]

I use a Corona Bull lopper on a 12' fiberglass pole and a Marvin head pruner on a 10' pole. They are great for dead wooding oaks, pruning fruit trees and many other purposes. I climb with them about a third of the time.

[bill]

i dont like them. you cant get a good pruning cut with them. ok if your not bothered about that tho.

[Dean Lofthouse]

i dont like them. you cant get a good pruning cut with them. ok if your not bothered about that tho.

 

You can if you take it off in stages, but you end up knacked at the end of the day

[Jay]

Are we talking power pruner or silky on a stick here?

The only time I'v used one is in the work climb event....

Most cuts are accessible to a climber with a silky, although I wont say never!

I wouldnt want to use a power pole saw in a tree under any circumstances. I have used the long reach hedge cutters in a rope and situation, although that is another story!

 

i mean a silky one when i say i use one in the tree. using a powered on is just lazy. and stupid.