Hydraulic Stick Saw

[MasterBlaster]

I like a circular saw when trimming power lines, especially working out overhangs. Just slice and dice that stuff!

 

[canadiantreeman]

Yeah they're actually kind of fun....






























HA!

 

[MasterBlaster]

As long as it's good and sharp and not leaking, I don't mind a bit.

 

[ClimbingFool]

They are a pain in the ass. Stiff hoses always flopping them back and forth over the boom or bucket. Get tangled in the branches as your trying to boom through tight spots and crappy cuts. Never had much use for one. I did find that if your doing a removal and can cut and drop everything, the hydrolic saw will make quick work of it. It gives you 6' plus reach from one position which equates to 12 plus side to side.Normally have to move the bucket to make those cuts.

If your not in line clearance, it's a wast of your money

 

[MasterBlaster]

Line clearance is all I'd use it for.

 

[Al Smith]

Ditto ,line clearance is the only place I've ever seen them used and by Aspludh not Daveys .

 

[bonner1040]

We have one on our truck, residential, for some reason. I tried it a bit back it just leaked all over the place. I will never use it again.

 

[canadiantreeman]

Line clearance and spruce tree shaping! We did a shitpile of that in Calgary. My old boss uses a Macguyver version of the trim saw...corded angle grinder with a circular saw blade strapped to a pole. The name you ask...Crazy Saw.

I put a few days in with him in June, helped him dismantle a couple of cottonwoods and then he asked me to use the boom to shape a spruce tree. I tell ya what after using hydraulic tools that crazy saw was nothing but a pain in the ass...and a dangerous one at that! I don't know how many times I've told him to make the investment in the tool, but the ol goat wont budge!

So, yes, if you do a lot of ornamental shaping of evergreens...or hedges, that tool is the bees knees.

 

[cory]

I used the hydraulic loppers a few times. I thought they would be good to reduce a large overgrown white pine hedges, reach in and make a 4" cut instead of cutting your way in there with a 200. But as stated above, the hoses are a major pita, easier to just do it the old fashioned way.

 

[stig]

I used both the loppers and stick saw the two winters I spent pruning citrus trees in Israel.

For that application they worked great, except for the time when I nicked the pressure hose with the saw and had a nice shower in hot hydraulic oil, before I managed to shut the pump off.

 

[flynhigh]

The newer hydro saws run hoses thru the handle/pole up to the cutting head and have no heat issues.

The one pictured sure heat up