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[rockyridgefarm]

<font color=blue>Well after cutting just two 2-3" dead stubs I returned the unit as speed of cutting, reach of 10-12' off the ground was not enough</font color=blue>

Well, speed IS a problem, I have WAY too many chores to wait on the saw. U am wanting to prune back a lot of trees, so, while the Ryobi should be fine for occasional action, as an attatchment to a unit you need anyway, I would have to buy both, and I think I'll go the Stihl route, unless I find an awesome deal on an echo (based on local service options)

As an aside, one of my reasons to be cutting limbs is that we have a tremendous tick problem, here. When I moved to my property, it wasn't an exaggeration to find 200 ticks on one of my kids after being out for a little while. Clearing brush, regular mowing, removing all tree limbs below 10', and guineas is the prescribed cure, We are down to one or two ticks, an outing, and I hope to improve that...

 

[bsauter]

I bought an Echo system last spring and have been extremely happy with it. I have the PAS 2400 with attachments. String trimmer, cultivator and power pruner.

The pruner has worked out great. I have around 150 trees in my lawn and it makes shorter work of getting the pesky branches that get in my way when mowing. The automatic oiler works great and it has tons of power. I highly recommend it!

 

[Ken_NC]

I have the Ryobi. It's one of the mistakes I've made in my life. The reciprocating action can easily cause it to bind, and that ain't good for the motor nor for you. I will be selling mine to get an Echo or Stihl.
Hmmmm....perhaps I should have said the Ryobi is great, and would you like to buy mine? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.
Ken

 

[rockyridgefarm]

Thanks for the heads up.

I noticed that there are several brands of trimmers that take interchangeble atatchments with each other, but only Ryobi has this pruner. I guess the other guys didn't want to warrant it.

 

[rockyridgefarm]

I had left the Ryobi page up and I noticed it was listed as MTD on my taskbar. It turns out that the link on Ryobi's site was bringing up an MTD site (<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.trimmerplus.com>http://www.trimmerplus.com</A>)

So the missing link is that MTD is building the attachments, at least for several brands (Homelite, Deere, Ryobi...)

Interesting...