Prune.

[woody paul]

Has anyone tried or got one of these pruners. 

Milwaukee M18BLTS-0 Brushless Telescopic Shear

After using loppers for 4 days got to make life easier. 

[kram]

I've not used that one but I have a pair of shorty pruners that I climb with, mostly fruit tree prunes or anything small. Also great on holly. Telescopic would be safer for the fingers, I wouldnt want to be near anyone else using a telescopic!

 

What do you currently use?

 

While the one you linked looks good, 3m length would be limiting I think, compared to a 4.5m battery polesaw and same weight, much less versitile.

 

For telescopic these manually powered ones are really good. Very very light, often bring them up into the tree. Thicker stuff above 25mm is hard work if you have a lot of cuts to make.

Good price, they were £85. Come with a saw blade which I never used.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-bypass-tree-loppers-157-1-2-4000mm-/852ty

 

Fiskars make almost the exact same thing, upx86, but it costs a good amount more without the blade.

Edited June 27, 2025 by kram

[woody paul]

Using at the moment, wolf loppers and a bahco pole pruner with 6 metres of reach. 

After pruning 6 holm oak with loppers got to be easier way. 

[Stere]

I Fancy the idea of a 1m reach  battery pole lopper that can do say about a  50mm cut for wide  hedge reducing  etc

 

Hand held tree shear!

 

 

 

Milwaukee one is a bit pricey.

 

There are loads of radom brand secateurs that can go on stick attachments but they are not proper lopper sized blades?

 

Also if the angle or blade to pole was adjustable would be a bonus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[woody paul]

Take a look at Kebtek, I bought a set in  the autumn they are great for hedge reduction and pruning light branches on reducing jobs. 

[tree-fancier123]

If I had masses of repollarding I would consider buying Infaco - just done 3 horse chestnuts with almost a decade of regrowth, would have been great. Infaco are French and pro grade for fruit growers, arb, viticuture.

The large head to fit the pruner looks a beast