Pole saw promotions

[ArlyA]

I do trail clearing for my job and as a volunteer. This sometimes entails the opening of a new trail, but more commonly its the maintenance of established ones. These are XC and hiking trails if that matters. Part of the hiking trails we do are on federal land which makes us take a NPS sawyer certification course. After getting certified by them, I purchased a Stihl professional saw. Then a few years ago with an organization I work for, we rented a pole for the season and by the end of that, I was sold on there utility. Today we now have several Echo power units and saw ends for them. I think they call them "power pruners". We won't got into the field without these units.

Below are a few photos of them in action..

 

[747driver]

They are as you say...indispensable ! I have the Stihl H101 pole saw..slides out to 12ft if needed. We live in the Cherokee National Forest and have many trails that always need trimming. I have the wife drive our JD Gator and i stand in the back to get some needed height ! Good lookin dog you have there !!

 

[Code54]

I have a Stihl model and love it. We have a long (3/4 mile total) road I maintain and it is great for keeping the limbs back so UPS and FedEx can easily make it down the road.

 

[ArlyA]

We looked at telescoping models and decided that they were to long for convenient storage in the back of a UTV that we use to get onto the trails with. We ended up with these Echo's that break into sections and down to about 4ft in length. We have been happy with them and seems we got the first one 4 or 5 years ago.

How short do your models get??

 

[Code54]

Ours breaks down in sections - about 4' each. I does fit in our Mule FXT pretty well. Little sucker gets heavy after a while if you are using all the extensions and reaching out at an angle a lot! Great tools and awesome for trail maintenance, thats for sure.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I have been seriously debating on getting one.

I just need it to keep the big azz mature trees around my house cut back off the house and road.

 

[boggen]

stay away from Remington 8.5amp 2in1 electric corded pole saws. on 4th or 5th unit then need to exchange for another unit, run for about 1 hour total (not contentious 1 hour). and end up either having saw dust get in motor and smoking the motor up, or plastic zip melting inside the winding and smoking the motor, or plastic casing snap, causing gears to no longer mesh up correctly, or the pole becomes un-glued at worse possible time, or the oiler bottle not letting out out and plugging up with saw dust. and the ever 4 philip head screws to clean out any sort of chips / leaves that might get caught on the chain.

 

[xyz123]

Love the echo versions. Real 2 stroke still is a big plus too.

 

[Thomas]

There worth every dime and makes job quicker and safer.

 

[ArlyA]

Here is a few more photos of ours at work. Ya, how did we get along with one?

 

[xyz123]

Shoot just noticed you dont even have the extendable one. Like the ppt 260 280 266 etc

I was thinking about buying the saw head for my pas 280 too.

What powerhead you running?


Info from 2011 when I was researching.



Also 5' section was available for 261 and others. Page Not Found | ECHO USA

I was just curious on the echo number to compare.

PPF 225 7'9" Dry Weight (lb)* 13.9 no bar chain

PPT S 265 8' Dry Weight (lb)* 15.1 "" ""

PPT 265 12' 2" Dry Weight (lb)* 17.4 "" ""

PPT 261 12' 10" Dry Weight (lb)* 16.7 "" ""

PPT 280 13' Dry Weight (lb)* 19.2 '' '' '' ''




ppt ext

 

[ning]

I've got a Jameson b-light pole saw (manual saw). It's pretty amazing - very light and so sharp that it cuts through wood in a snap.

I did a lot of research into power pole saws and while I've no doubt that they've got their place, for many uses a manual saw is sufficient - if not better.
(Note - I did say power saws have their place, but I'd still like people to understand there are alternatives!)

These pole saws come with 6 foot sections of pole - either wood or fiberglass of various wall thickness (I got a pretty light version - plenty strong but very light), with aluminum ferrules (connectors) at the ends, with a hook and saw mounted on a connector you put on the top section. You can use it short (single section) or with as many sections as you need (I've got 4 sections and can cut a limb - with some placement difficulty - that's almost 30' off of the ground, though it's easiest to cut with fewer sections as the poles start getting some bounce the longer they get and you have to learn how to handle it).

If the wood you're cutting is green, the branch comes down before you know it. Cutting through dead oak that's up high is still a chore, but it works. You can also get a pruner that goes on the pole (actuated by rope). Works great if you need to cut something up there.

 

[ArlyA]

XYZ, I assume you are asking me this? We didn't get an extendable one because they seemed toooooo long to haul in the back of a UTV. To the best of my knowledge, all Echo power units use the same connector. That is they'll attach to any Echo tool end. We have or had 260 and 280 power units but they all have plenty of power for the chain saw end. These don't seem to need much HP. We get the larger HP units for the string ends that we also use. The pole saw extension part is 4' long.

Hope that helps!

Shoot just noticed you don't even have the extendable one. Like the ppt 260 280 266 etc

I was thinking about buying the saw head for my pas 280 too.

What powerhead you running?


Info from 2011 when I was researching.



Also 5' section was available for 261 and others. Page Not Found | ECHO USA

I was just curious on the echo number to compare.

PPF 225 7'9" Dry Weight (lb)* 13.9 no bar chain

PPT S 265 8' Dry Weight (lb)* 15.1 "" ""

PPT 265 12' 2" Dry Weight (lb)* 17.4 "" ""

PPT 261 12' 10" Dry Weight (lb)* 16.7 "" ""

PPT 280 13' Dry Weight (lb)* 19.2 '' '' '' ''




ppt ext

 

[ArlyA]

We just returned from a weekend of trail clearing with the trusty old saw and other power tools. On the way out to the 1st site, we found a tree across the NFS rd. No problem for a saw on a stick. The last 4 are on the trail we maintain when trees came down on it this past week. Note how one can get into these messy crowns and still get them safely cleared.

 

[Code54]

I had mine out the other night for a quick timing of a few trees. Love the Combo idea, weed wacked (String trimmer), flipped over to the saw and did the tree trimming and now have the pole hedge trimmer on to do a quick trim of the bushes later this week!

 

[ArlyA]

Being able to switch the heads out has been good for our work as well. We hike out and we'll bring different heads along, so we can take care of whatever we find out there.

 

[kathy50]

The GreenWorks 20302 G-MAX Cordless Pole Saw can handle trimming up to 8 feet because it is extendable. This pole chainsaw has an 8-inch Oregon bar and chain with an automatic oiler to keep the bar and chain lubricated at some points of use. This thing is great for limbing or cutting smaller trees. Pulled it from the box, charged the battery, put chainsaw oil in and went to work.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I know that most of you are talking commercial quality saws, but on a whim I grabbed the Lynxx from Harbor Freight, it is a 40 volt rechargeable unit with Oregon bar/chain. I bought it thinking it would be toy like in use/function. I was wrong. While I have no doubt that is NOT the saw for a person planning heavy use, it is amazingly serviceable for a person like me with 15 acres and maybe 2 miles of trails plus the tree line along my 3 acre yard. I charged it up and my father and I took it out and thought we would cut a bit until the battery died and decide if it is total junk or not. After 3 hours of passing it back and forth, and sectioning up the limbs on the ground.... it was down to half battery remaining and our arms were DONE! We were both amazed that even on 4" limbs it had no trouble at all. If it lasts a few years with us going out and periodically doing limb trimming and trail touch up work, I got my $140 worth out of it.

So depending on your service life expectations, the HF Lynxx saw may be worth considering. It is far better than what we expected, but service life is unknown. First impression is that we are amazed at how effective it is at the designed task, and the battery will far outlast your arms ability to use a pole saw unless your some freak of nature that can work overhead all day long. I'm 46 and I can not outlast the battery even while passing it to my 69 year old father when I can not take any more.

 

[ArlyA]

Rock, In our case, we do indeed use professional tools. We've occasionally gone into the field and spent 10 hours with pole saws, so battery powered might not cut it . Nonetheless, these might work fine for many people and do let us know how the long term use of your HF one is. Thanks for posting!

Arly,,, not thinking of saws what-so-ever. 220" of snow to date A

 

[ericm979]

The Lynxx works pretty well for the price. But don't fill the oil tank to the top like you do on a saw and then store it upright. I did that and mine leaked oil all over the unit. It's taken some effort to get the oil out of the sliding mechanism so it'll stay in place. There's a max line on the oil tank sight window and I ignored it. I fill it halfway up the window now.

They just came out with a chain saw.