"Long Reach" Pruning Saw

"Long Reach" Pruning Saw WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Chain Saws 32-5-17 "I didn't want to climb up on an extension ladder to cut tree limbs any more. So I made a long reach saw out of two 8-ft. long wood poles. It lets me lop off branches up to 18 ft. off the ground," says Johnny Tomberlin, Enterprise, Alabama, who sometimes adds a third 8-ft. pole to reach up to 25 ft. high. A curved metal pruning saw blade - from an 18-in. hand-pruning saw - bolts onto the end of one of the studs. A series of holes spaced 16 in. apart were drilled into the ends of the two poles where they meet. Two 1/4-in. bolts and wing nuts are used to join them together. The saw's length can be adjusted by changing the position of the bolts. "I've used it to cut limbs up to six inches in diameter. It works great," says Tomberlin. "I built it because I have a lot of oaks and other hardwood trees growing along a fenceline next to a forest road. Sometimes the limbs from these trees get so low that I can hardly drive under them. "When assembled, the saw has a full length of 15 ft. A 6-ft. tall person can reach 16 to 18 ft., depending on the angle of the saw. I've found that holding the saw at a 45 degree angle works best. An additional stud can be bolted onto the end of the second stud, providing an assembled length of 21 ft. The poles are 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches in size." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Johnny C. Tomberlin, 300 Meadowlark Lane, Enterprise, Alabama 36330 (ph 334 347-7354).

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