Please help me pick a good pole saw (non powered) 24ft

[dsell]

Need advice on a good 24' pole saw.
Cutting over 220 volt wires.
Don't really need a pruner.
Power pruners only go to 17ft.
It's just for me, I'm not in business to trim.
Need a good blade because these are long, thick branches.
An elm and silver maple have a large branch each in competition to reach my house first. I'm surprised our recent ice storm didn't take them down. I can stand on my flat roof garage and reach the first one with 20 ft of pvc pipe. The Silky hay you is out because of the 21' max and shock hazard.
Jameson, Marvin, Silky, ATSS or mixture of Jameson, Silky and Marvin?
13" or 15" blade?
Hook or not?
Is a Silky 15"blade with hook really worth $84?
A 13" Marvin blade with hook is $16.

 

[Poleman]

Jameson all the way. With only 220 you can get the fiberglass hollow poles for working over that voltage. You can get a head that clips into it with a hook on the other side of the blade or an independent hook-pusher.
Get a HD bull blade 15 inches in lengh. Those blades are thicker and tough.
Jameson come in 5ft sections and you can build as need be.
The poles are kinda spend but are with it and last if taken care of. The hollow poles are more flexible than the filled center ones but are cheaper and will work for what you need. Filled core up to 69kv.

The filled Jamesons are all I've ever used but I'm working around more voltage than 220 also all the time.

 

[dsell]

Which Jameson, B-lite, JE, or FG?

 

[yamess191]

B - lite for sure, stiffer and lighter than the others.

 

[dsell]

The filled Jamesons are all I've ever used but I'm working around more voltage than 220 also all the time.[/QUOTE]

Jameson all the way. With only 220 you can get the fiberglass hollow poles for working over that voltage. You can get a head that clips into it with a hook on the other side of the blade or an independent hook-pusher.
Get a HD bull blade 15 inches in lengh. Those blades are thicker and tough.
Jameson come in 5ft sections and you can build as need be.
The poles are kinda spend but are with it and last if taken care of. The hollow poles are more flexible than the filled center ones but are cheaper and will work for what you need. Filled core up to 69kv.

The filled Jamesons are all I've ever used but I'm working around more voltage than 220 also all the time.

What is an HD bull blade? Are you referring to Fanno 15" Curved Saw Blade FI-17s-B?

 

[Poleman]

The blades Im referring to are from Sherrell or wesspur and are listed as heavy huty blades. They cut the big branches good. I don't think you'll need a hook as your not that high up.....that's handy if your reaching. Not sure if your grooming or just cutting, but a regular blade is thinner and will leave a better cut. Either way make a stub and then a finish cut for health and looks. It's an extra cut but worth it.

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[Poleman]

I use the JE series. Not sure of what the others are. There is a yellow or greenish hollow one and an economy green ones. With as high as your going the green would work. Not sure of the price on the others but JE's are about $64 a section.
HD blade $25
Hook/saw head $25
Hook/pusher $20+ -

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[dsell]

Found this on wesspur Samurai 13” or 15.75” heavy-duty blade and then Fanno 15” Tri-Edge Extra-Thick Blade.

 

[Poleman]

I like the Samuri saws....greatly underrated in my opinion. I know Fanny makes good blades also.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Just hire a climber. You're going to spend more money and put yourself in a dangerous position this way. Handling 3 8' J poles is a lot tougher than you think.

 

[Poleman]

It sure does that some practice and your shoulders and traps will scream.....

Jolly logger has a point to hire someone if your trimming a service line into a house. There's technics Arborist have to cut over and around obsticals plus using ropes to rig and pull branches up and back away from lines.

 

[dsell]

I know it will be a pain. The advantage, I don't have to do it all at once. Last weekend my wife and I had to deal with two mulberry branches that broke off 30ft up. They flipped down and took out the power line that I referred to. The power company was in a hurry, so they just strung the line back up with the branches threatening to take it out again. We worked all day whittling away at them and finally got to a point we pulled them down with the truck. The electric line survived. My extendable polesaw has a good pole, but the blade was crap, and the pole isn't long enough for these other branches.

 

[fearofpavement]

I have a Marvin pole pruner with 3 six foot poles and one 4 foot pole. I've been happy with it. I have a saw and pruner head for it. Use the saw the most but both are worthwhile to have. For what they cost, they're worth the money.

 

[dsell]

I have a Marvin pole pruner with 3 six foot poles and one 4 foot pole. I've been happy with it. I have a saw and pruner head for it. Use the saw the most but both are worthwhile to have. For what they cost, they're worth the money.

Yes, I always search before I post and your's was one I looked through. Grouchy old man said go with Jameson, and cutterguy said the fiberglass poles will have too much bounce at 27'. He said go with ATSS interlocking aluminum poles with fiberglass bottom pole. So on your Marvin, do you get a lot of bounce and bow at 22'?

 

[Poleman]

Sorry if I seemed grouchy.....I have over 20 years experiance working around energized conductors doing tree work. Just going with what I like to use.....

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[fearofpavement]

Yes, I always search before I post and your's was one I looked through. Grouchy old man said go with Jameson, and cutterguy said the fiberglass poles will have too much bounce at 27'. He said go with ATSS interlocking aluminum poles with fiberglass bottom pole. So on your Marvin, do you get a lot of bounce and bow at 22'?

It's not bad if the pole is vertical but if you're trying to cantilever it out in a horizontal mode, you better have really tough stomach muscles because it's a lot of strain and there is definite bowing. My total pole length is 22' and that's as much as I can handle. (5'8" and 185 lbs)

 

[ZeroJunk]

If it is the service from the transformer to your house it is covered and should not be a problem unless you saw in to it somehow. If your saw did bump against it I can't imagine it amounting to anything. Even a pair of dish washing gloves would block anything it will do. Just don't get that mixed up with distribution voltage on their side of the transformer.

 

[dsell]

Sorry if I seemed grouchy.....I have over 20 years experiance working around energized conductors doing tree work. Just going with what I like to use.....

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Not at all, "grouchy old man" is the name of a member that posted on fearofpavement's post. That's who I was referring to. I appreciated your information.

 

[dsell]

If it is the service from the transformer to your house it is covered and should not be a problem unless you saw in to it somehow. If your saw did bump against it I can't imagine it amounting to anything. Even a pair of dish washing gloves would block anything it will do. Just don't get that mixed up with distribution voltage on their side of the transformer.

It's the 220 going to my neighbors house.

 

[Philbert]

I have used the hollow Jameson poles up to about 20', but they can be hard to control even at that length.

I prefer a quality blade, to cut faster, with a hook at the end to help keep it in the cut - hate having to restart at that elevation. Undercutting branches is a real challenge, and if your blade gets pinched 20 feet up in the air . . .

Did you look at renting a pole saw set if it is for limited use? Would you feel comfortable renting an aerial lift? I know that that is a different skill set, but I know of several 'handyman' types who have done this to trim trees. Some HD's even rent them starting at $200 - $300 for the day.

Philbert