Manual Pole Saw

[Chris J Dixon]

I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.

My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)

Any recommendations?

Chris

[Nick Maclaren]

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

Wolf Garten make an extensible pole (4-5 m), which can take either
loppers or a saw. The saw is useful on its own, and I recommend
the heavier duty anvil lopper.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

[Nick Maclaren]

Post by Nick Maclaren

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

Wolf Garten make an extensible pole (4-5 m), which can take either
loppers or a saw. The saw is useful on its own, and I recommend
the heavier duty anvil lopper.

I forgot to say that I mean the unpowered one. The powered one may
work, but would be a weight at the end of a long pole.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

[Andy Burns]

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

I've got the wolf-garten pruning saw and 4m telescopic handle (plus a
lopper) pretty sharp and shaped so that it stays in the cut.

PC370MSPRO
ZMV4
RCVM

Sensibly, you can reach a branch 5m above ground, you soon work out that
you've barely got a second to run once a branch starts to drop!

[Jeff Layman]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

I've got the wolf-garten pruning saw and 4m telescopic handle (plus a
lopper) pretty sharp and shaped so that it stays in the cut.
PC370MSPRO
ZMV4
RCVM
Sensibly, you can reach a branch 5m above ground, you soon work out that
you've barely got a second to run once a branch starts to drop!

I thought you were supposed to make a shallow cut on the underside of
the branch you intend to saw through just on the "trunk" side of the
proposed cut, so that when you cut through the branch from the top it
doesn't tear a long strip of underside bark with it when it breaks.

How do you do the underside cut with a concave saw blade several metres up?

[John Rumm]

Post by Jeff Layman

Post by Andy Burns

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

I've got the wolf-garten pruning saw and 4m telescopic handle (plus a
lopper) pretty sharp and shaped so that it stays in the cut.
PC370MSPRO
ZMV4
RCVM
Sensibly, you can reach a branch 5m above ground, you soon work out that
you've barely got a second to run once a branch starts to drop!

I thought you were supposed to make a shallow cut on the underside of
the branch you intend to saw through just on the "trunk" side of the
proposed cut, so that when you cut through the branch from the top it
doesn't tear a long strip of underside bark with it when it breaks.
How do you do the underside cut with a concave saw blade several metres up?

IME, with great difficulty ;-)

However if you are mostly below the branch you are more cutting it from
the side rather than above - so that can "snap" cleaner than a vertical
down cut.
--
Cheers,

John.

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[ajh]

Post by Jeff Layman
I thought you were supposed to make a shallow cut on the underside of
the branch you intend to saw through just on the "trunk" side of the
proposed cut, so that when you cut through the branch from the top it
doesn't tear a long strip of underside bark with it when it breaks.
How do you do the underside cut with a concave saw blade several metres up?

You can't but the old Silky I have has a chisel at the base of the saw
blade , so you reduce the weight with a cut away from the stem and
attempt to incise the bark and a bit of sapwood with the chisel before
the final cut. In practice you never get an ideal cut along the branch
collar with a pole saw but often it doesn't matter if you are not near
the stem with your final cut.

[The Other John]

Post by Chris J Dixon
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

Wear a hard hat. My father didn't and a branch hit him on the head and
fractured his skull. He died 3 weeks later without regaining
consciousness.

[Andrew]

Post by The Other John

Post by Chris J Dixon
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

Wear a hard hat. My father didn't and a branch hit him on the head and
fractured his skull. He died 3 weeks later without regaining
consciousness.

And eye protection !!!!

[charles]

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?
Chris

I boughtb a long pole battery powere chain saw from Ryobo - there are
doubtless other makes. A lot easier than manual sawing.

[John Rumm]

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

I have a Darlac ~5m extending pole, that you can mount cord operated
loppers on (for branches up to 2"), or a green wood saw.

They work very well with the lopper. The poll saw is "ok" but can be
hard work - also you can sometimes pull the poll off one of its length
preset detents (they are sprung pins that pop out through holes in the
outer sleeve of the poll).

Note that at full extension are pretty heavy with the lopper on the end.
So difficult to control after the cut completes. The best you can
usually do is influence the descent of the poll rather than fully catch
or stop it).

https://darlac.com/product/dp1570-expert-4-9-metre-telescopic-pole/

and slightly different from mine:

https://darlac.com/product/dp1563-expert-geared-bypass-tree-pruner/

(my ones are two separate attachments rather than a combined one)
--
Cheers,

John.

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[Chris J Dixon]

Post by John Rumm

Post by Chris J Dixon
I am considering buying a manual pole saw, as some of my trees
now have branches too big for my long loppers.
My better half would prefer me to keep my feet on the ground. ;-)
Any recommendations?

I have a Darlac ~5m extending pole, that you can mount cord operated
loppers on (for branches up to 2"), or a green wood saw.
They work very well with the lopper. The poll saw is "ok" but can be
hard work - also you can sometimes pull the poll off one of its length
preset detents (they are sprung pins that pop out through holes in the
outer sleeve of the poll).
Note that at full extension are pretty heavy with the lopper on the end.
So difficult to control after the cut completes. The best you can
usually do is influence the descent of the poll rather than fully catch
or stop it).
https://darlac.com/product/dp1570-expert-4-9-metre-telescopic-pole/
https://darlac.com/product/dp1563-expert-geared-bypass-tree-pruner/
(my ones are two separate attachments rather than a combined one)

Thanks for all the suggestions.

One of my issues is that I already have several long loppers.

One is an earlier version of this
<https://www.fiskars.com/en-gb/gardening/products/tree-pruners/powergear-x-telescopic-tree-pruner-upx86-1023624>

Unfortunately their current saw attachment
<https://www.fiskars.com/en-gb/gardening/products/accessories/branch-saw-for-tree-pruners-upx86-and-upx82-1023633>
does not fit their older pruner.

I also have an old unbranded cord and pulley lopper.

Additionally, because a supplier kept shipping me the wrong item,
and told me to keep it
<https://darlac.com/product/dp110t-telescopic-snapper/>

It has turned out to be really useful. Great for dead heading the
climbing roses, and for pruning thin branches it is far easier to
wield than heavier loppers.

I guess, with hindsight, I should have gone for a different
original solution. :-(

Chris