I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.

On Sat, 6 May 2017 19:38:20 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.
I took down an entire cherry tree, higher than 2 story house, down to
6 feet of stump, 26 inches in diameter, with nothing but an electric
pole saw and a 10 foot step ladder.

Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.

FOund that in 1960s they proposed using lasers for pruning. I guess you
could get a laser for $100 and put it on a pole, provided the cord doesn't
exacerbate things. It's time for some innovation here.


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On 5/7/2017 12:01 AM, wrote:
Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.


OK, then I won't complain about paying $400 for my tree. How big are
the 5 grand ones?

In writes:

Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.

FOund that in 1960s they proposed using lasers for pruning. I guess you
could get a laser for $100 and put it on a pole, provided the cord doesn't
exacerbate things. It's time for some innovation here.

the GM "Futurama" exhibit at the Queens World's Fair
in 1964/65 had a diorama type exhibit portraying
lasers yes, cutting trees...

*whew*, I remember that from five decades ago
but what did I have for breakfast?





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On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 11:09:05 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/7/2017 12:01 AM, wrote:

Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.


OK, then I won't complain about paying $400 for my tree. How big are
the 5 grand ones?


Ain't that the truth! I had a diseased maple cut down in my
front yard, October 2016, for $650. That included the stump
ground up and of course all the debris removed.

On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 11:12:17 PM UTC-5, danny burstein wrote:

the GM "Futurama" exhibit at the Queens World's Fair
in 1964/65 had a diorama type exhibit portraying
lasers yes, cutting trees...

*whew*, I remember that from five decades ago
but what did I have for breakfast?


Prunes?

:-))

On Sat, 6 May 2017 19:38:20 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.

I have one. The trick is getting in position so you can drop the saw
on the limb you are cutting and not being under it when it falls. The
weight of the saw does the work. Assuming you don't get hit by the
limb the next worst thing is it twists and jams the saw up in the
tree. It is best to take little bites so you can wiggle the saw loose.

On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 12:12:17 AM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:
In writes:

Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.

FOund that in 1960s they proposed using lasers for pruning. I guess you
could get a laser for $100 and put it on a pole, provided the cord doesn't
exacerbate things. It's time for some innovation here.

the GM "Futurama" exhibit at the Queens World's Fair
in 1964/65 had a diorama type exhibit portraying
lasers yes, cutting trees...

I grew up 1 block away from the 64/65 Worlld's Fair.

For 2 years prior to the opening I listened to them pound piles into the swamps of what is
now Flushing Meadows Park so they could build the exhibits.

We got our revenge by spending the next 2 years sneaking into the fair through holes we
cut in the fence.

Years later I worked I worked in the park, driving a "train" that took people from the
boat house to the zoo and Shea Stafium, home of the Mets.


*whew*, I remember that from five decades ago
but what did I have for breakfast?





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On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 12:01:48 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.

FOund that in 1960s they proposed using lasers for pruning. I guess you
could get a laser for $100 and put it on a pole, provided the cord doesn't
exacerbate things. It's time for some innovation here.

But not for $100. My husband has a degree in electro-optics, and has
been working with lasers all his career. His first jobs was with
industrial lasers. He says "Unlikely it would work, and the FAA would
have something to say about it."

Full credit for imaginative thinking, though.

Cindy Hamilton

In DerbyDad03 writes:

the GM "Futurama" exhibit at the Queens World's Fair
in 1964/65 had a diorama type exhibit portraying
lasers yes, cutting trees...

I grew up 1 block away from the 64/65 Worlld's Fair.

For 2 years prior to the opening I listened to them pound piles into the swamps of what is
now Flushing Meadows Park so they could build the exhibits.

We got our revenge by spending the next 2 years sneaking into the fair through holes we
cut in the fence.

You should have swiped one of the Amphicars...


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On 05/06/2017 10:38 PM, wrote:
I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.


Polite comments please.



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On 5/6/2017 10:38 PM, wrote:
I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.

I have one and it works very well. I've used the gas model with the
engine on the bottom. These units are very awkward and there is little
weight to push the chain through the branch. With the electric, the
motor is at the end of the "stick", so the extra weight up top helps to
push the chain through the branch.

On Sat, 6 May 2017 19:38:20 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.


I've been using a Black & Decker 18v model. I guess the new ones are
"20" volt. Anyhow, compared to using the Fiskar manual blade, this
thing was a lifesaver. Much more work in the same amount of time, and
a lot less tiring. I got mine from Amazon.

My Amazon reviews:

B&D:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-r...JM8&pldnSite=1

Fiskar:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-r...BMV&pldnSite=1


-dan z-

On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 6:40:23 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 12:01:48 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.

FOund that in 1960s they proposed using lasers for pruning. I guess you
could get a laser for $100 and put it on a pole, provided the cord doesn't
exacerbate things. It's time for some innovation here.

But not for $100. My husband has a degree in electro-optics, and has
been working with lasers all his career. His first jobs was with
industrial lasers. He says "Unlikely it would work, and the FAA would
have something to say about it."

Full credit for imaginative thinking, though.

Cindy Hamilton


Idiotic kids, adults and drunks have been aiming powerful laser pointers at passenger planes and helicopters often interfering with the pilot's vision.. Jail time cures them of that of the stupidity. ヽ(ヅ)ノ

http://mentalfloss.com/article/65424...inter-aircraft

https://tinyurl.com/ljqwrfj

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On 5/6/2017 7:38 PM, wrote:
I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.


Be careful that saw don't fall off the pole and cut off yer noggin'.

On 5/6/2017 8:02 PM, wrote:

I took down an entire cherry tree, higher than 2 story house, down to
6 feet of stump, 26 inches in diameter, with nothing but an electric
pole saw and a 10 foot step ladder. And then I woke up.

On Sun, 7 May 2017 00:09:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/7/2017 12:01 AM, wrote:
Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.


OK, then I won't complain about paying $400 for my tree. How big are
the 5 grand ones?
I had 2 maples and a flowering crab pruned and it cost me $600. They
didn't do it to my satisfaction so they had to come back and finish
the job.

On 2017-05-07, danny burstein wrote:

You should have swiped one of the Amphicars...

I went to that. Traveled from CA to NY when I was 14 yrs old. Didn't
see tha "amphicar" rides, but saw the Mopar Turbine Car. Amphicars
are still around. Try and find a turbine powered car.

nb

On Sun, 07 May 2017, slate_leeper wrote:

I've been using a Black & Decker 18v model. I guess the new ones are
"20" volt. Anyhow, compared to using the Fiskar manual blade, this
thing was a lifesaver. Much more work in the same amount of time, and
a lot less tiring. I got mine from Amazon.

This one looks kind of neat:
https://www.amazon.com/EcoPro-Tools-.../dp/B01066ZJ1C

No reviews yet, so I presume it is a new model.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 07 May 2017, slate_leeper wrote:

I've been using a Black & Decker 18v model. I guess the new ones are
"20" volt. Anyhow, compared to using the Fiskar manual blade, this
thing was a lifesaver. Much more work in the same amount of time, and
a lot less tiring. I got mine from Amazon.

This one looks kind of neat:
https://www.amazon.com/EcoPro-Tools-.../dp/B01066ZJ1C

No reviews yet, so I presume it is a new model.


I bought one of the 120 volt AC pole saws. I think it is a Remington.
The saw will come off if I want to use it without the pole. Works well.
My problem is that if I extend it out all the weight makes it hard for
me to hold. I am not sure how it would work, but I think a handle
sticking down about 2 or 3 feet from the end with a switch on it would
make it easier to use.

I later bought one of the Harbor Freight $ 88 generators to use it when
I was away from the house. That works out well except I am almost wore
out by the time I get that generator started. The little generator has
a reputation of being hard to start. I even changed to a 'quality'
spark plug as recommended on one of the Youtube videos.

Do buy some kind of eye protection that wraps around your eyes so the
wood chips don't get in the eyes.

On 5/7/17 12:12 AM, danny burstein wrote:
In writes:

Had sim concerns. My Fiskar pole pruner blade dulled, and all the blades I
got from Amazon weren't exactly the same. I get quotes of five grand per
tree for pros to cut or trim.

FOund that in 1960s they proposed using lasers for pruning. I guess you
could get a laser for $100 and put it on a pole, provided the cord doesn't
exacerbate things. It's time for some innovation here.

the GM "Futurama" exhibit at the Queens World's Fair
in 1964/65 had a diorama type exhibit portraying
lasers yes, cutting trees...

*whew*, I remember that from five decades ago
but what did I have for breakfast?


Yeah, me too, I worked at the Fair during the 1964 season!

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"Gee, you look great!”
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On 5/7/2017 3:17 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2017-05-07, danny burstein wrote:

You should have swiped one of the Amphicars...

I went to that. Traveled from CA to NY when I was 14 yrs old. Didn't
see tha "amphicar" rides, but saw the Mopar Turbine Car. Amphicars
are still around. Try and find a turbine powered car.

nb


I remember seeing you there playing with the touch tone phone at the
Bell Telephone display.

I did see a turbine car on TV a while back. Forget the details, but I
think it is the only one left.

On Sun, 7 May 2017 18:06:19 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 07 May 2017, slate_leeper wrote:

I've been using a Black & Decker 18v model. I guess the new ones are
"20" volt. Anyhow, compared to using the Fiskar manual blade, this
thing was a lifesaver. Much more work in the same amount of time, and
a lot less tiring. I got mine from Amazon.

This one looks kind of neat:
https://www.amazon.com/EcoPro-Tools-.../dp/B01066ZJ1C

No reviews yet, so I presume it is a new model.


I bought one of the 120 volt AC pole saws. I think it is a Remington.
The saw will come off if I want to use it without the pole. Works well.
My problem is that if I extend it out all the weight makes it hard for
me to hold. I am not sure how it would work, but I think a handle
sticking down about 2 or 3 feet from the end with a switch on it would
make it easier to use.

I later bought one of the Harbor Freight $ 88 generators to use it when
I was away from the house. That works out well except I am almost wore
out by the time I get that generator started. The little generator has
a reputation of being hard to start. I even changed to a 'quality'
spark plug as recommended on one of the Youtube videos.

Do buy some kind of eye protection that wraps around your eyes so the
wood chips don't get in the eyes.


buy a can of "quick start" -aka ether - and it will start first pull
virtually every time I drill a 1/8" hole in the air filter housing-
and use the "straw" nozzle from a can of WD40 to give it just a whiff
of ether before pulling the rope on hard starting equipment. You can
do it with aerosol WD40 too - it works but not quite as well ( I think
they use butane or propane as propellent)

On 05/07/2017 11:33 AM, slate_leeper wrote:

[snip]

I've been using a Black & Decker 18v model. I guess the new ones are
"20" volt. Anyhow, compared to using the Fiskar manual blade, this
thing was a lifesaver. Much more work in the same amount of time, and
a lot less tiring. I got mine from Amazon.

some are "20V max". They're not 20V except immediately after charging,
so for the most part 20V is a lie.

[snip]


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Garibaldi.'" -- entire text of letter

On Sat, 6 May 2017 19:38:20 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I have a few dead branches in one of my 50-year old maple trees. Rather than climbing up on a very tall ladder to access the branches, I am thinking about renting an electric saw on a pole to do the job.

I am fairly handy and always do my own tree stuff, but this would be a new experience for me and I am looking for some ideas and thoughts from the folks here who maybe have used such a tool.

Polite comments please.

Given my rather's, I'll take a hydraulic operated saw over electric
but those are owned by a tree service on a bucket truck.

Snow broke down a tree years ago, I cut it further with a chain saw.
Took a 10 ton truck to pull the stump out (8" dia. trunk) with a wild
root system -- close to my water line at the street so a grinder
may/could have done damaged to the pipe (s).

Big trucks, big tools :-)

On Sun, 07 May 2017 19:46:17 -0400, wrote:

I drill a 1/8" hole in the air filter housing-
and use the "straw"

I'm stealing that nugget of advice. Beats removing the cover on the
air filter. Why didn't I think of that?

For the starting fluid: Valvoline Starting Fluid has an upper cylinder
lubricant and a straw :-)

http://www.autozone.com/deicer-and-starting-fluid/starting-fluid/valvoline-11-oz-extra-strength-starting-fluid/7877_0/?_requestid=1836091

Or https://tinyurl.com/mt5nxe2