stilts

[jeff_r]

anyone have experience with these: http://www.sherrilltree.com/Professional-Gear/Miscellaneous_3/Articulating-Dura-Stilts-137

I am a master with orchard ladders but my wife wants to get involved and wants stilts. Any thoughts? Of course, they only go 40", but thats enough to get lots done on the small trees, around the edges at least. .

 

[treebing]

I have always wanted a pair. never have been able to justify but they seem great.

 

[cerviarborist]

They look pretty much like every day ordinary drywall stilts. With new construction as slow as it is right now, if you wanted to try a pair out, you ought to be able to find a pair for next to nothing on craigslist, or at a pawn shop.

 

[treebing]

good idea. many on craigs list around my area for as little as $40.00

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I walked around on ma pair. Just the driveway and on the lowest setting.

I guess a person could learngood footing. But...if you fell, it's even furhther

 

[zale]

If you are working on flat, hardscape surfaces, I guess they would be alright. I wouldn't trust myself in a turf setting. Given the wide variety of tools we can use to prune small ornamentals, are they really a time saver?

 

[surfarmer1]

I do alot of ornamentals and a tallman orchard ladder is very useful, much more so than a pair of stitls would be, but if I were to prune rows of dwarf or semi dwarf fruit trees (as I have done in the past) I might consider stitls.. PS I would think the turf would be better than a hardscape such as cobble stones or architectural concrete, especially if you fall

 

[Babberney]

never really inclined to prune small trees with them, but we have ball moss here and sometimes I think it would be nice for picking those low tips, and maybe for clearances, too. never tried, though.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

During the winter I always think I need a pair.