Wicked Tough Pole Saw at WesSpur

[MasterBlaster]

They are thicker, too.

 

[cory]

You like em too?

 

[bonner1040]

The Mondo blades are the best IMO. The WTPS blades are thick too though. Not nearly as big, but not thin like a standard blade.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You like em too?

I've been using them for decades.

 

[bonner1040]

Comparison.

6' mid pole
Marvin Mondo

 

[MasterBlaster]

Dang, that sucker's little!

 

[GIjim]

Just got a 6' today. Out of the box mine needed modification. Comes with double sided tape and instructions to take the clamps apart and put the tape underneath them. Guess there was a defect that wasn't realized until after these were manufactured. The tape keeps each extendable section clamp from coming off, so they say. So without doing the fix, you run the risk of the thing pulling apart.

Seems to cut fast, hopefully it isn't a total disappointment like the fiskar stik.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Well hey, brother! Welcome to the TreeHouse! Good to see you posting!

Gotta first name? Mine is Butch.

 

[GIjim]

Thanks, I go by Jim.

 

[bonner1040]

Just got a 6' today. Out of the box mine needed modification. Comes with double sided tape and instructions to take the clamps apart and put the tape underneath them. Guess there was a defect that wasn't realized until after these were manufactured. The tape keeps each extendable section clamp from coming off, so they say. So without doing the fix, you run the risk of the thing pulling apart.

Seems to cut fast, hopefully it isn't a total disappointment like the fiskar stik.

Interesting. I got mine assembled, without a box, so who knows!

Welcome to the House!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Welcome, Jim. Don't be shy to fill out your profile - we are all friends here. How did you find us?

 

[GIjim]

Googling the hitch hiker. Fair bit of information here.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You dang skippy! Make yourself at home.

 

[flushcut]

You like em too?

Me too.

 

[Bixler]

Welcome Jim. I'm Brian.

Thanks for the info Bonner, keep me updated.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Welcome, Jim!

 

[bonner1040]

12'er arrives today!

 

[Bixler]

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[rumination]

The 12 footer looks like it might really great. Except there's no hook. I can't have a hookless polesaw in a tree. It still might be awesome for ground work, though!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I hate a hook - it can hang you up!

 

[Tucker943]

Ya, that's what makes the hook awesome. Hang it beside you. Hook and pull limbs. Use the hook to reach out and set ropes on tips of limbs. Put a monkey fist over the hook and reach out and set a new rigging point. If my polesaw didn't have a hook, I'd call headache and ground spear it out of the tree.

 

[rumination]

A hook can definitely hang you up. On the other hand, I'm too habituated to being able to just hang the polesaw wherever I need to when I'm not using it. I commonly reach over and hang the polesaw on a branch at my next working station so that I don't have to carry it while I'm climbing over there. Clipping a polesaw to my harness drives me CRAZY.

 

[rumination]

If my polesaw didn't have a hook, I'd call headache and ground spear it out of the tree.

Actually, you said it much better than me.

 

[MasterBlaster]

My hanging hook is in the head, not the blade.

 

[rumination]

Oh, I see what you mean Butch. I was talking about the hanging hook on the head. I'm not terribly fond of the hooked blades either, but I wouldn't throw one out of the tree.