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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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you know why they're
called a poulan?
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10b4me
Ice climber
Ice Caves at the Sads
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Lynne,
I'm a Madrock Mad Pad fan
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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For trimming small branches, say under 3" dia, a cordless recipricating saw is a pretty good solution. They are lighter and safer than a chainsaw.
The 18V Hitachi does a pretty good job at this type of work.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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For up to 1.5", cheapest and safest is a large, high quality pair of loppers.
Great for working your offwidth/lieback arm and shoulder muscles. For extra credit pull with your fingers without grasping the handles.
Any good garden shop
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reddirt
climber
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Many years ago when buying a chain saw I went w/ electric b/c some of the fuel/oil ones I had used were too much of a pain to start.
Electric is great if there's enough cord to reach (I prolly spent as much if not more on extension cords).
Instead of replacing chains, there are chain sharpening kits.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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My favorite tool is the saw-on-a-stick.
It's quiet so I can hear the radio, and it allows me to cut limbs while standing on the ground next to the beer.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The beckoning silence
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My grandfather had a saw on a stick. Those things are awesome!
This is one of the best thread titles I've seen in a while. Good on you Lynne!
Eric
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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If you go electric
Buy an extra extension cord.
If you don't
you'll soon know
why
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Chief
climber
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Never been a boulderer, so can't offer advice on pads, Metolius?
Chainsaws, lots of appropriate caution and good advice has been offered.
Always been a Husky guy, 2100, 33" bar, probably a bit overkill.
For occasional bouts of limbing it's hard to beat a good handsaw and there are some beauties out there, folding and straight. Lightweight, never runs out of gas, won't get grease and oil on your clothes or kick back and cut your face in half. A good one might run $75. An extendable, long handled pruning saw with a good blade will save wrestling with a ladder or dangling in a harness. Be careful!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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This page need pad pics...
Air padding--the future?
Huge difference for me when I took some lobs onto TKings', kwim?
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andy@climbingmoab
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Always been a Husky guy, 2100, 33" bar, probably a bit overkill.
33" bar? overkill might be the understatement of the year. that is a paul bunyan saw.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Perry is a somewhat bunyanesque character, has worked as a real logger, and knows how to run a saw. He's definitely not one of those for whom a long saw, or large sport utility, or noisy overpowered motorcycle, or whatever, has subliminal metaphorical meaning.
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jstan
climber
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Still got trees six feet in diameter in BC? The last few years have been pretty hard I hear.
Believe it or not I have seen a Joshua Tree six feet in diameter.
It's dead now.
I looked at Husky's arborist saw. It said they are not rated for sale in California. I am going to have to take our 60' California Palm out before it gets to 80' and too thin to climb. Going to have to drop it a foot at a time. It is over a 240V line. I really would like to have a little talk with whatever god created palm trees.
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andy@climbingmoab
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Don't doubt it Anders. Still, that is one hell of a big saw. I know i'm a hack, but no way i'd try to drive a saw like that. A4 is easy...
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Years ago, I was purchasing a new saw and my five year old daughter spotted the smallest Husky. She fell in love with the saw and told me she wanted it for Christmas. A few weeks later she was sitting on Santa's lap telling him what she wanted. You should have seen the dirty look he gave me after she told him.
Ken
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Years ago, I was purchasing a new saw and my five year old daughter spotted the smallest Husky. She fell in love with the saw and told me she wanted it for Christmas. A few weeks later she was sitting on Santa's lap telling him what she wanted. You should have seen the dirty look he gave me after she told him.
Hahaha great story.
So Santa went straight to "Twin Peaks," eh?
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