For that mess growing on top of the trellis in the first post, why are you not just using gas powered hedge trimmers? Must have taken you hours to do that with pruners and it doesn't look any better than if you had just hedged them.
The first photo was after using a hedge shear my first day there, over a month ago, just to start clearing some headroom. I've got 6 more days into it since then, with about 5 more days to go. I'm gutting old deadwood, removing vines binding against electrical conduit and lights and irrigation tubes. It will be a full overhaul of every Wisteria vine. The owner will also be able to treat or paint the top surface of the wood now. The method you described was the guys before me, and the reason I'm there instead to take things a new direction.
But you sure hit the nail on the head about time.
I fooled about with Campagnola pneumatic loppers n chainsaws back in the 90's, and was very impressed by how fast cuts could be made, one after the other, almost like a semiauto pistol. The lopper will spit stubs out forcefully enough to hurt yu.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=88HGtnAYKdc
That F6 lopper's pretty amazing!
Nice thread Mario.
Jomo
Jomo,
I got one. The Zenport. From what I could tell, even if Pellenc or Felco are somewhat better, the Zenport is among the better value for the amount paid. Actually, even Zenport isn't cheap, and I was going to skip a few more weeks, even though my right hand was saying "need some help now buddy !!" So amidst calling a couple companies for more information, it happened that a
refurbished unit was available for $585.00
The battery / tool are refurbished, and the vest and charger were brand new. The blade is beautiful. With a wider gape, it took about 15 minutes, but I got the hang of placing it where I needed to cut.
The blade is made of SK5 Japanese steel and the outside body cover plates are magnesium alloy
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