Well looky there....could be an option for light trimming?
Watch this whole video by a landscaper which is not a sales pitch, but an honest review. Looks like it is not ready for surveyor use.
The battery does look a bit wimpy. Attach that to one of the 60v Dewalts and you might have something. But then you would be into on the order of $500 into batteries for a pair. That makes a folding saw and loppers look like pretty good value, unless you had a lot of cuts of just the right sized stuff to make.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ
Doesn't look like it would be very effective on Blackberry; at least not the kind that grows in the Pacific Northwest...
The first tool I was required to carry on a belt was a handheld pruner when gardening as a teenager. I can still remember the woman telling me that to work on the crew I would need to by a belt, scabbard and pruners and that I could not carry it on the same belt I wore to keep my pants up.
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Still carry one everyday.?ÿ
I think that little chainsaw looks like the worst of both worlds, too small to really work as a chainsaw but with the same price tag and potential for injury.?ÿ
I bought a bypass pruner a few weeks ago, and used it for a full day, musing the whole time as to why it's called a "bypass". Still can't figure that out, and I'm not going to look on the www.
I picked up a pair that has a ratchet; game changer...
Quite a while ago Kent posted about using a pair of Fiskars by-pass ratchet pruners to clear part of a tough hedge row; some nasty stuff that grows in Texas. I was faced with about 300 feet of dead shrubs that were intertwined with some nasty vines. This was during a heat wave where we were in the muggy high 90s for quite some time - not typical for NY! Cutting with the hook would have been awful, so I picked up a pair of the Fiskars, started real early, it was still dark, and not too hot, until the sun got over the trees, but I was done in a few hours. They are a handy tool.
I always carry a pair of Felco pruners in a pouch;with all the bittersweet vines they pay for themselves over and over. Real handy to snip those few branches that keep you from surveying in suburban yards too.
Ken
Browsing in my local Home Depot over the weekend, there were 4 different brands of battery powered chain saws, including a 60v Dewalt model ($300 including a battery and charger). Milwaukie, Makita, Dewalt all using the same batteries as other tools already in my kit. That completely kills any interest I might have had in the Stihl.
Borrowed a battery-powered chain saw a couple of years ago for a day. It was of great service to us for the job we had to do. Main thing was opening the canopy enough for GPS to work.
I do a lot of urban/suburban surveying and something that I often find in the brush/ivy are pruners and hose ends.?ÿ I recently upgraded to a very light weight FELCO No. 5 which I took apart, lubed and sharpened and carry in my vest.?ÿ Did you know FELCO makes electronic and pneumatic pruners??ÿ
I use a battery-powered reciprocal saw with 9in pruning blade for limbs, roots, saplings and trees.
