On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:23:24 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Mike M wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Lew Hodgett wrote:
Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.

The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
into the trees to prune them.

This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.

A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the
gas engine and the controls.

All most all the pruning is done from the ground.


They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than
climbing up a ladder with a chainsaw.

I agree they are great but as an old duffer holding that much weight
up in the air gets old fast.



Ugh-ugh Mike. The beauty of them is that all of the weight is at the
engine, and you don't hold that weight very high. Nor is it that much
weight. As an old duffer myself, I really like the "don't have to climb the
ladder" aspect. Especially with one of my chainsaws. Was a time that
didn't bother me. Now the damned ladder bothers me.

Yours might be lighter then mine I've got the Stihl version where you
use the motor for multiple attachments and I have the bigger one. With
one extention and the saw extension I'm good for about 20 minutes then
it's rest the back. Some of it is from my disability injuries. A tree
guy I do some excavator work and hauling for went to using a Japenese
saw on an extension pole instead of the power version. I miss when I
worked being able to bring an 80' boom truck home with a bucket and
top controls.