Pole saw?

Dadnatron · Mar 3, 2017

Coyote machine said:
And FWIW, to the guy who's running out of oil before fuel, your engine's oiler needs attention. Oil should never run out first, and your tank shouldn't leak down to empty sitting properly, with a snug cap...

The chainsaw attachment is running out of oil faster than my machine runs out of gas. Not the engine oiler.

yomax4 · Mar 3, 2017

I'm a big wood cutting guy and i bought that $500 Stihl Pro 16' telescoping pole saw and it is a Dynamo. Problem is It kicks my Azz after a tank of fuel. The thing weighs about 30# and extended to 16' it's a killer. may last a lifetime but I'll need to hire someone else to run it.

Deere Dude · Mar 3, 2017

yomax4 said:
I'm a big wood cutting guy and i bought that $500 Stihl Pro 16' telescoping pole saw and it is a Dynamo. Problem is It kicks my Azz after a tank of fuel. The thing weighs about 30# and extended to 16' it's a killer. may last a lifetime but I'll need to hire someone else to run it.

I got a Stihl one step lower than the big one, and after an hour I just call it quits so I don't get too sore. Many times I have to hold it over my head and fully extended to get way up to higher branches and I am 6'2" already. The branch bases are maybe 16' up already but they bush way out and hang down so I try to catch them as high as I can reach. A non extendable for me would be useless.

I only have a tank and a half of gas through it in a year and a half and it isn't because it is so economical, it's because it idles quite a bit except for spurts here and there and because after a quarter tank it is time for the sauna.

buckeyefarmer · Mar 3, 2017

Just got the echo ptt 266 and love it. I would also go with stihl. I put off buying one for yrs, wished I hadn't.

Will_C · Mar 3, 2017

I have the Stihl Kombi and my brother has the dedicated Stihl pole saw. They have been good units for us. They will tire you out. Both of them will run out of bar oil before fuel.

Will

CADplans · Mar 3, 2017

I bought this one,,, I am SUPER happy with it.

The battery lasts as long as I do,,
My SIL has one,, he has a spare battery,,, between the two batteries,,,
he can last as long as the two batteries.

I really enjoy the instant on/off of an electric one,,,

Amazon.com : BLACK+DECKER LPP12 2V Lithium Ion Pole Saw, 8" : Power Pole Saws : Patio, Lawn & Garden

When I bought it last fall,, with battery, it was under $100,,,
it must be getting popular, the price is going up??

ArlyA · Mar 3, 2017

A few tidbits of worthless info concerning pole saws and there use. We use them for many, many hours each fall clearing ski trails, in fact we bring a regular saw with us but rarely use it. If we could only bring one saw along, it would be a pole saw. We work from a UTV and could not bring with us a telescoping type of pole saw because of the short bed this machine has. On the type of saws we have, they break into a power head and saw end, each is only about 4ft long and fits into our cargo box very well. While out working, we also need string heads and steel brush cutters heads and this allows us to take care of whatever we find out there. Having separate power heads also allows us redundancy in case we have a failure of shorts. So we have three power heads, 2 saws ends, multiple string heads, steel heads, etc, etc. Of course we don't being all those extra heads with us every day.

As others have mentioned, pole sawing for hours on end is quite strenuous, so we trade out sawyers.

I know the the poster did ask about Stihl machines. Our Echo's run out of fuel, long before the bar oil is gone.

On these we have bend stems, bars, broke chains etc etc. And the tank will lose oil now and then. I thought the bar oil tank has crack but that wasn't the case. Nonetheless, we use these tools hard and found them quite good. We also have a good dealer here. That IS SO important...

Maybe this info will help someone!

yomax4 · Mar 3, 2017

ArlyA said:
A few tidbits of worthless info concerning pole saws and there use. We use them for many, many hours each fall clearing ski trails, in fact we bring a regular saw with us but rarely use it. If we could only bring one saw along, it would be a pole saw. We work from a UTV and could not bring with us a telescoping type of pole saw because of the short bed this machine has. On the type of saws we have, they break into a power head and saw end, each is only about 4ft long and fits into our cargo box very well. While out working, we also need string heads and steel brush cutters heads and this allows us to take care of whatever we find out there. Having separate power heads also allows us redundancy in case we have a failure of shorts. So we have three power heads, 2 saws ends, multiple string heads, steel heads, etc, etc. Of course we don't being all those extra heads with us every day.

As others have mentioned, pole sawing for hours on end is quite strenuous, so we trade out sawyers.

I know the the poster did ask about Stihl machines. Our Echo's run out of fuel, long before the bar oil is gone.

On these we have bend stems, bars, broke chains etc etc. And the tank will lose oil now and then. I thought the bar oil tank has crack but that wasn't the case. Nonetheless, we use these tools hard and found them quite good. We also have a good dealer here. That IS SO important...

Maybe this info will help someone!

It's all good but a 4' pole saw wouldn't do me much good. I do a lot of 8-16' stuff including reaching across gully's and shooting lanes. If I could get by with a short saw i would be all in. I do wear a weed eater sling to offset the weight of the saw but in the end the beast I have has no equal. I just wish I was a little younger to man handle the thing.

houser52 · Mar 3, 2017

Seems like everyone has different opinions on the best length of the pole saw. The shorter length might be what I would want since I'm mainly trimming limbs just high enough to clear the tractor canopy while brush hogging. Of course I'll also use it some for clearing shooting lanes and keeping low hanging limbs out of the yard. And it's not as heavy which is a plus.