Mick!
TreeHouser
Yeah, it was an odd first post, still don’t get the rationale.
Pole saw comparison...
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Merle Nelson
TreeHouser
Ahhh, Fiona, thanks for chiming in. You may have restored my hope for the rest of us tree guys here. 
I didn't think it was just a picture with clevage that made any of the rest of us respond.
Actually I have met at least a couple of tree women in person and have thought that if I go to hire a climber some day searching out local female climbers may be one way to tend towards the more care about work results and softened respect etc. toward customers that I would want in a climber.
I didn't think it was just a picture with clevage that made any of the rest of us respond.Actually I have met at least a couple of tree women in person and have thought that if I go to hire a climber some day searching out local female climbers may be one way to tend towards the more care about work results and softened respect etc. toward customers that I would want in a climber.
nancybrown309
Treehouser
I believe (who are calling me scams) have your reasons. But believe me, this is some sort of technical issues which I hope would be resolved very soon. So please allow me to have some hight welcome from all of you.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Merle Nelson
TreeHouser
Cynical to the core Butch. I love the gifs and etc you find that go perfectly with different emotions of the moment.
Raj
TreeHouser
Looks like a google translate. Strange.
Mick!
TreeHouser
First post in near perfect English, this one very bad.
Altissimus
TreeHouser
Yes , Prefect Egnlish
forestkeepers
Forest Keeper
(Back on topic) I had the Echo power pruner when i was doing property maintenance in Fort Myers, FL. It was just great, no complaints. I was mostly dressing up palm trees (getting rid of dead palm fronds), so it was rather light-duty use. I was sad when I had to leave it behind with the job, would definitely go for it again if given the chance. Meanwhile, our crew has the Stihl HT. It is functional, if a bit heavier than what I remember of the Echo. Now after a year of fairly rugged use (ornamentals sometimes, some maples, but usually hard woods), it is giving up in key mechanical areas. The power pruner head has slowly been bending to the side, so it cuts extremely crooked. That led to the bar oil tank cracking. Now the telescoping joint alternately sticks but now it has hyper-extended after getting stuck in a mullberry. The main right angle gear in the power pruner head is also not engaging, so it's at least time for a new head. Expensive repairs/replacement parts are what we are facing going into spring.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Welcome Forestkeepers!
Power pole chainsaws are delicate things. I watched my friend pull on his, $400 worth of pulling, when it was stuck. Pull it apart.
Relief cuts, facecuts, and pulling the tool away from the falling branch are all key.
I don't use my Kombisystem pole chainsaw a lot, but its 10 years old, and still in need of a repair. Employees rarely use it.
Employees and delicate tools often don't mix.
I watched my old boss use the new $300+ telescopic Silky manual for a push stick out of the bucket, which tangled in the piece he just cut. It bent on the first day. Drive over a saw on the first day and it will only last a day, as well.
Power pole chainsaws are delicate things. I watched my friend pull on his, $400 worth of pulling, when it was stuck. Pull it apart.
Relief cuts, facecuts, and pulling the tool away from the falling branch are all key.
I don't use my Kombisystem pole chainsaw a lot, but its 10 years old, and still in need of a repair. Employees rarely use it.
Employees and delicate tools often don't mix.
I watched my old boss use the new $300+ telescopic Silky manual for a push stick out of the bucket, which tangled in the piece he just cut. It bent on the first day. Drive over a saw on the first day and it will only last a day, as well.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
THIS!!!
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
It only took me one time bending the shaft to learn that!
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
pulling the tool away from the falling branch
It only took me one time bending the shaft to learn that!
forestkeepers
Forest Keeper
Yes, that is the way for sure... the Mulberry was on the fenceline, I was just startled by a pit bull leaping up on the other side of the fence, ferociously snarling at me! That's what caused the "jerk away and run for your life" reaction!
So that just kind of happens super gradually, like erosion.
Sorry, but I gotta call bullshit on that.
Only thing that will cause that is using the tool wrong.
Raj
TreeHouser
Welcome Forestkeepers!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Bars are inexpensive.
Dogs startling you, happens.
I'd say more of lifting it up out of the cut, and don't think you can hope your way out of a bind. Pulling it away seems more likely to get bound or grabbed.
Facecuts and hinges help where snap-cuts pinch.
Forestkeepers, have you lurked for a period, or totally new to the TreeHouse?
FWIW, Don't take things personally, like Stig "calling bullshit". He, like me, just says what we think to be true. You can be blunt with most here, if respectful.
Stig was about to call BS on me about something technical, but upon much searching, I found my reputable source. We all learned from the discussion, I think.
Dogs startling you, happens.
I'd say more of lifting it up out of the cut, and don't think you can hope your way out of a bind. Pulling it away seems more likely to get bound or grabbed.
Facecuts and hinges help where snap-cuts pinch.
Forestkeepers, have you lurked for a period, or totally new to the TreeHouse?
FWIW, Don't take things personally, like Stig "calling bullshit". He, like me, just says what we think to be true. You can be blunt with most here, if respectful.
Stig was about to call BS on me about something technical, but upon much searching, I found my reputable source. We all learned from the discussion, I think.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Ya, and the pigs are fed, and ready for take-off!
Raj
TreeHouser
Lolz!
Altissimus
TreeHouser
... we ARE an opinionated bunch. Every polesaw at the ski area had been pinched , pulled , bent , dropped , smashed by limbs and trees when on the ground , and without fail run over by vehicles.
forestkeepers
Forest Keeper
Truth be told, we have a bit of an uneven crew. One really experienced, one fairly broken in, and two greener ground boys that wield the saws on the ground (and sometimes hit the dirt!). But the Stihl HT133 has taken about a year's worth of abuse and made us our money back on it, so we can afford to repair it. We joke on the crew about specific warranty exclusions and voiding behaviors that we exhibit. There are specific Forest Keeper exclusion clauses on every warranty and insurance policy we touch.
I've been around the block a bit, ya. Lurked some for sure. Been buying TreeStuff gear for years now. But August Hunicke's plugs for the TreeHouse is what finally pushed me in. That, and we've been working hard over the past year to establish our new "branch" in the KC metro area, so now we have our online ducks in a row (shiny new web site with some decent content, a year's worth of pics and videos, a YouTube channel, Facebook, Twitter, blowing up the Google Local scene, HomeAdvisor, etc.). It feels like it's time to take a one year victory lap and also do a little "networking" and socializing. So howdy all!
