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Cobnut

Joined: 29 Aug 2008
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Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 10:05 pm Post subject: Which pole saw?

Hello. Iï¿½m after a telescopic pole saw with a replaceable blade; can anyone recommend a good one please? Iï¿½ve heard Silky are excellent, and although this one
https://www.theselfsufficiencyshop.co.uk/203-silky-hayauchi-3-extension-pole-saw.html
is just what Iï¿½m after itï¿½s a bit on the pricey side. I prefer to get good quality, although Iï¿½m not a tree surgeon so it wonï¿½t have a hard life.

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Location: Eastoft

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 10:13 pm Post subject:
Silky are a great brand but that price???????????????? Surely there's a cheaper way

Cobnut

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Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 10:18 pm Post subject:

Bernie66 wrote:

Surely there's a cheaper way

This is what I'm hoping

There are others on the market but whether they are false economy or not I don't know

Midland Spinner

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: Under a green roof

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 11 2:06 pm Post subject:

We have a cheap-as-chips Saw-&-pruner combo. As we were using it this morning to take a high branch out of the weping willow I remarked to OH how it's worse than either implement on it's own. The saw is cheap & flexible, the pruner's cord gets in the way as does the spring for the pruner -and the telescopicness of the handle isn't much cop either.

I'd opt for a dedicated tool for each job. And buy the best you can afford (within reason) we only got this one because it was the only one available at the time and in all fairation it's been very useful - we've done a lot of pruning with it .but I think the neighbours may have learnt a few new words

We managed to get the branch out of the willow safely, and it's now flat-packed on the lawn & in barrows while we have lunch.
We've got a lot more light on the new veg bed now

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 11 9:29 pm Post subject:
I watched an independent comparison between a silky & a Bahco pruning saw a while ago & the difference was extreme. The Silky was cutting through apple branches about 40mm thick in one or two swipes, the Bahco was just like any other saw & needed a hell of a lot more input. So if I had the money & needed the tool.

Shane

Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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Location: Doha. Is hot.

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 11 4:56 am Post subject:

I've tried a cheapo one which lasted about five minutes, and a Wolf Garten one which was good, but struggled on high and / or thick branches. As the branches I was chasing were getting higher, I bit the bullet and bought the same Silky that you're looking at. Don't regret it for a minute - it's tough, and cuts like a hot knife through butter. I've also got the lopper attachment for it, which I don't use much, but it is also very well made.

I went for the Silky because I'd already got one of their hand saws, the Silky Zubat 330, which was a revelation to me after years of using bow saws.

In short, the pole saw is blimmin' expensive, but very well made and really does the job - if you can afford it, buy one and you won't regret it.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 11 12:11 pm Post subject:
Silky are absolutely fabulous, streets ahead of anything else I've ever used.

Cobnut

Joined: 29 Aug 2008
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Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 8:12 am Post subject:
Thanks everyone. Sounds as though the general consensus of opinion is get a Silky if I can afford it then

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 8:21 am Post subject:
Just had a thought. Why not buy a Silky pruning saw & get someone cunning & devious to construct a pole to fit it to?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 8:28 am Post subject:
I was just going to say, do you really need it to be over 6m long? However, I've a normal garden pole saw with a wooden handle and that's not really up to the job, it's too bendy and it's much shorter than 6m. If you do need it that long I doubt you'd save that much buying a cheaper version would you? If you do get it I'd be very interested to hear how you get on.

Cobnut

Joined: 29 Aug 2008
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Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 10:11 am Post subject:

Tavascarow wrote:

Just had a thought.
Why not buy a Silky pruning saw & get someone cunning & devious to construct a pole to fit it to?

Funny you should suggest that because Iï¿½d already wondered whether I could just tape a pruning saw to a pole as I did something similar to a paint brush and it worked OK.

Treacodactyl wrote:

I was just going to say, do you really need it to be over 6m long?...

ï¿½If you do get it I'd be very interested to hear how you get on.

Hmm, Iï¿½m not sure really, Iï¿½ll have to give it some more thought. I suppose the longer the pole the more difficult it would be to handle. Iï¿½ll let you know when I buy something and road test it.

Midland Spinner

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Location: Under a green roof

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 10:13 am Post subject:
You can get extending roller poles in paint stores.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 10:15 am Post subject:
I don't know if this site is any help, I've just stumbled across it whilst looking up details for something else. There's a few threads about polesaws there. https://www.arbtalk.co.uk/

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 10:30 am Post subject:

Cobnut wrote:

Tavascarow wrote:

Just had a thought.
Why not buy a Silky pruning saw & get someone cunning & devious to construct a pole to fit it to?

Funny you should suggest that because Iï¿½d already wondered whether I could just tape a pruning saw to a pole as I did something similar to a paint brush and it worked OK.

U clamps/bolts would be stronger.

Shane

Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Posts: 3467
Location: Doha. Is hot.

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 12:52 pm Post subject:

If you're going for a pole of any decent length, you'll find that unless it's very strong it flexes significantly when you start sawing, which exhausts you very quickly. You can either get around this by using a beefy pole (heavy = also tiring) or by employing Silky's method of an oval section. I don't think a paint brush extender will be anywhere near strong enough for the job.

I would use metal clamps to hold the blade to the end of the pole (U-section things that bolt together) like they use to use to fix gutters to house walls before they went all plastic. If you use a set of clamps at the top and bottom of the blade, you can clamp them around the end of the pole. It looks good in my head, but isn't as easy to describe as I was hoping

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