powered pole pruner within the canopy??

[elicokiz]

Hi Folks

I was having a discussion with someone earlier who stated that their manager allowed them to use a powered pole pruner from within the canopy?? just got me thinking is this common practice? their argument being that its just a chainsaw on a stick:confused1:

 

any feedback would be very welcome

Dave

[Dan Earp]

Ive been told not to use one but can use a silky on a stick??? Then again ive also seen it used at work, so who knows

[easy-lift guy]

I have seen folks in this part of the world using same machines in trees. Dangerous enough from a bucket or scaffold or on the ground. Working in a canopy or off a ladder

makes no sense at all.

easy-lift guy

[Craig Johnson]

I guess that it would be more cutting back than a tip reduction, seen it used a few times, not pretty

[Dom]

Have only done it as an absolute last resort, when there's been no other way of safely removing a branch. Wouldn't want to make a habit of it.

[Steve Bullman]

can't see any reason why someone shouldn't be able to use one.....struggling to think of a reason why anyone would want to use one though, failing their sheer inability to climb a tree, in which case they should just pass the job on to someone else anyway

[alex_m]

I've done it before, certainly not all the time (maybe twice in 5 years?) and that was because there wasn't a pole pruner (silky etc) to hand.

None of the companies i work for now own one so not an option!

[Joe Newton]

can't see any reason why someone shouldn't be able to use one.....struggling to think of a reason why anyone would want to use one though, failing their sheer inability to climb a tree, in which case they should just pass the job on to someone else anyway

 

I use a silky pole pruner for fastidious deadwooding sometimes whilst climbing.

 

Have you never had a branch you couldn't get to the tips of, Steve?

 

I don't see the point of a petrol pole saw in a tree though, for the record.

[Adam Bourne]

can't see any reason why someone shouldn't be able to use one.....struggling to think of a reason why anyone would want to use one though, failing their sheer inability to climb a tree, in which case they should just pass the job on to someone else anyway

 

Absolutely bang on!

 

I've never had to use a silky pole saw in the tree either!! Most deadwood's are specific any way! Well mainly for me so the wood coming out is of a specific diameter which unless the tips have died back then most of the specified wood is no more the a few feet out!

 

Never struggled and thought that a pole saw of any description would of been handy. Well as of yet anyway

[Joe Newton]

Absolutely bang on!

 

I've never had to use a silky pole saw in the tree either!! Most deadwood's are specific any way! Well mainly for me so the wood coming out is of a specific diameter which unless the tips have died back then most of the specified wood is no more the a few feet out!

 

Never struggled and thought that a pole saw of any description would of been handy. Well as of yet anyway

 

Interesting comment about "specific deadwood" Adam.

 

Where I work I'm usually specced with Major (anything likely to cause damage or injury) or Minor, being abso bloody lutley everything, right out to small twigs on the tips.

 

In leggy trees these can be a real pain, if not impossible to get to, and I sometimes find a pole silky (although annoyingly cumbersome) to be more efficient, in both time and energy.