Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

[27RMT0N]

Never used it, but that massive head seems really limiting for where you can actually make cuts. I mean, just look at the photo they are using to demonstrate it...

 

[Friedrich]

Better pics here:

Helium 400

Telescoping Pruner | min. 2,36 m | max. 4,00 m | max. branches Ø 35 mm

shop.freeworker.com

Kinda looks similar quality to the fiskars…

i know a guy who is doing a lot of fruit tree pruning and says this helium pole pruner is the bee‘s knee‘s and last‘s much longer than the fiskars.

i own a fiskars and for the occasional crown raise it serves me well. i‘ve had it for 3 years…

 

[southsoundtree]

Pole pruners cutting into the bind has always been a flaw.

For max cutting at the butt, take weight off the limb (or even push up on the limb with a pole or pull up with a rope).

Some years ago, I realized how much some added pressure, making it so that the blade is against tensioned wood, makes a difference.

With hand pruners, this is easy and very helpful, particularly with lots of hand pruner use, like fruit tree
work.

 

[Bart_]

Was just cleaning out some resprout the other day with the Felco hand pruner and lo and behold pushing the sprout so that the sharp blade was in tension wood really helped. I've also spotted that keeping the Fiskars Stik sharp blade above helps cut and letting it get pinched on the underside makes the cut harder.

Tensioning the fibers actually slightly increases the capacity of your hand pruners.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

CUtting most things under tension is easier.

Try cutting saran wrap thats off the roll.

 

[Matias]

CUtting most things under tension is easier.

Try cutting saran wrap thats off the roll.

That's a great analogy. So many things seem so obvious once you know. That sense of, "how did that not occur to me?", is disorienting even at times. I had learned early on about creating tension in the wood to cut it more cleanly from an orchardist who grew the most amazing fruit and trees I have ever seen, but he used different words.

 

[Bart_]

Back to the helium 400 vs stik, a few details. The stik has a polyester or black nylon main flat band pull cable that snakes through the tubes and eventually to the pull handle(s). During one change of manufacturer they switched to a poorer quality but switched back. I find I can spring that cable under heavy use and it can change tightness under different temperature and humidity conditions. I anticipate that main cable is what the helium references as spectra. I could see that as an improvement. Possibly a de-improvement is the fiber cable to the blade clevice on the helium vs the steel chain links on the stik. Been a while since I had a stik apart, but I recall the intermediate cable between the main cable and the head being kern mantle with spectra core - I had one fail. Don't know what the helium runs there.

The stik head goes from folded flat to almost 90 degrees on the far side. The helium pic show +/- 90 degree only. Is that the case? Putting the stik head at 45 degrees makes a good hanging hook in the tree.

 

[dspacio]

been using these Fiskar pruners a bunch lately. The pair I have doesn't telescope but covers a lot of ground in little crowded trees.

 

[ATH]

Saw a new one (Growtech) advertised from AM Leonard:

Telescopic Pruner, 6ft to 11ft length, Boone by Growtech

The Growtech Extendible Pruner is a powerhouse tool designed for landscaping and grower professionals seeking unmatched cutting capacity and durability in a long reach pruner. Featuring a tool less removable top gripper, easily switch between 'Cut & Hold' and 'Bypass' modes for up to .6"...

www.amleo.com

Could this be the pruner @Dead Cottonwood was asking for in the original post here???

 

[southsoundtree]

0.6" capacity

 

[Rusticus]

In other searches, I came across this unit by Felco. Appears to work similarly as the Stik, but telescopic. Does anybody have any experience with it? I figured Felco would make a solid one.

Felco Telescoping Pole Pruner