polesaw

[Jamin_Mayer]

Sorry, I just had to add another one...

 

[CHOPPER]

You must be talking about a petrol powered pole saw, and if there taking that up in a tree, they are lazy sob 's.
A pole with a hand saw on the end is a valuable tool in the tree especially for fine dead wooding

 

[Babberney]

I hear ya, Jimmy. I only use a pole if I don't feel safe climbing to the cut. Mostly that means pecan reductions, though I recently pruned a Spanish oak where I heard cracks from two different tie-ins (badly sunscalded after line clearance). I used a pole.

I never tried to forbid a climber from using a pole; I just show them I can do without. But I think you are not always on site with the crew, so I can see where you might go that route. Old timers (and old is relative) tend to get lazy, and if you're out on a a sales call they can get away with it.

I've said it before: I used to climb with a pole most of the time, and I genuinely tried to make every cut perfect, and I made quite a few lousy cuts. Pole saws should be a last resort.

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