Re: trimmer/edgers/pole saws

Hmmm- I looked at the black and decker website, and yours is a bit different than the one I used today (we borrowed it from a friend). Seems yours is a bit smaller (8 inch bar) and the one I used was a 10 inch bar- so yours might weigh less, but some how I still suspect I would need bigger shoulder muscles to use the pole extension...

Thanks for the info Jim-
Theresa

james singer wrote:

Right. Chainsaw doesn't come off the pole and the shortest pole you can have is about 7 feet. It has an extension that will make it about 14 feet long, I think [haven't used that yet]. Also, the hype and instructions say it's limited to 4-inch diameter limbs--but I've cut 6-inch limbs so far by notching and cutting. It's very easy to handle and weighs less than my Grass Hog Trimmer. For price, I found Amazon had it at a discount--but my local Home Depot had it for the same discounted price without Amazon's shipping charge.

B&D also makes a similar item that has a hedge trimmer head rather than a chainsaw.

I got it mainly to keep our main avocado and oldest mango in bounds. But so far I've used it to prune a bitter orange that was hanging over my fence and a mulberry that was planted [by me] in the wrong place. Gotta check my calendar on this, but I think next week I'll be using it to top two loquats and remove another.

On May 29, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Theresa wrote:

Jim- is that a small chain saw type contraption?

I was using a small Remington chainsaw (a corded one) this am to cut a bunch of branches off of the 2 Aristocrat pear trees on the side of the house (something that was long overdue). With this Remington you can use it in your hand or attach it to the pole extended. In hand works fine for me- made very quick work out of all my trimming, but I couldn't use it on the pole- too heavy for me to handle at that distance. I simply don't have the shoulder muscles for it.

I still have great fun chopping off all the branches and then hacking them up into small peices. I'll be throwing branches and leaves away in the green waste pickup for weeks to come- but that is easy enough since they are all chopped to size now.

Theresa

james singer wrote:

I like mine so much that I also bought their cordless pole saw. And it works slick, too.

On May 29, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Theresa wrote:

It was Bland and Decker's new cordless rechargable trimmer/edger. I got one myself after our discussion on list. I love it- you just put it back on the charger when you are done and it's always ready to go.

Theresa

Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:

I know there was a discussion here last summer about the
virtues of some brand of trimmer/edger, but I can't remember
which. I think I have persuaded my DH to get one. I really
can't do the job with scissors any more. He is such a technophobe - had one once that he couldn't make work
right, so has refused to have one ever since. Of course
he doesn't do the edging, either.
Auralie

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