No more steps.

[kev7937]

That's a controlled hedge though, easy to use one sided on a slow growing hedge that's only a few foot wide and done regular as clockwork.

 

Easy on any regularly trimmed hedge regardless of species.

[Stephen Blair]

Cool!

 

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Amazing.

 

 

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[Acg128]

I'll be there tomorrow

[easy-lift guy]

Very Clever. Another classic example of working smarter instead of harder!

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[Stephen Blair]

Thought about it over the years, it was the thought of tripping over stuff in gardens that put me off!

Hats off to those lads.

[Breezeblock]

Note the brand of hedgecutter they are using

 

ryobi ?

[Treemoose]

Have done this before using someone else's stilts a long time ago. I guess you could trip over but I just lent or held onto the hedge as I went and it felt pretty stable.

 

If I had a maze to trim I'd buy a pair but as our various hedge work goes big set of A-frames seems most versatile. Stilts way more fun tho.

[Goaty]

These "skywalker" stilts are around £200(inbuilt liabilty insurance?) to buy but I picked up a set at a farm sale in good condition for £12 with hedges in mind. Lots of practice is needed just to walk because the extra leverage on the knee is weird. You need a hedge to fall in to because the wind really catches you high up with a high center of gravity.

I gave up as when I fall, if I do normally I roll with it. Its a long way down on these with them still attached to your legs. rolling isn't likely to happen. My 16 year old nephew can stride with them pretty well. Maybe a younger mans skill to learn.

 

Maybe a competition to do at Arb fairs/shows. I would want to be confident of a user with powertool being able to still wield it safely when they went down. The tiny footprint is unstable as well if off hard flat surfaces and a pebble causes alot of twist angle by the time it reaches your knee.

[Craig Johnson]

my ideal hedge cutting