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

[TheJollyLogger]

Whatever you do, don't hire a climber and have the job done safely and properly for half the cost

 

[dsell]

Whatever you do, don't hire a climber and have the job done safely and properly for half the cost

There are some of us that like to do things ourselves like cut our own firewood, split it ourselves, fix our own saws, sharpen our own chains, change the oil in our vehicles, repair our vehicles, mow our own lawns, build our own cabinets, wire our houses, paint our houses, remodel our houses, and then there are the ones that watch TV everyday and hire everything done or let it go to pot. My quote to have this trimming done with a bucket truck was around $500 and then what do I do when the next branch needs taken off? There's a retirement home just a mile away, maybe you'd have me move there.

 

[dsell]

The Landscaper Jameson poles come in. I tried them out tonight, much lighter than the yellow poles. However, I'd like to never got two of them apart. Is this a common issue? I had to heat the outside piece to get them apart.

 

[dsell]

I do like the Barracuda 16" wide blade.

 

[zogger]

I do like the Barracuda 16" wide blade.

Looks like it is cutting good, but you can tell it is getting heavy. Just thought of another invention, this one for the blade. If you fully stroke it, you take a chance of pulling out of the cut, which means you are constantly short stroking. If the blade was extended just a few inches at the tapered end, no cutting teeth, just thinner than the kerf, then had like a small hoe looking flat piece on that, you could pull a much fuller stroke but it wouldn't pull through and fall out.

 

[dsell]

Looks like it is cutting good, but you can tell it is getting heavy. Just thought of another invention, this one for the blade. If you fully stroke it, you take a chance of pulling out of the cut, which means you are constantly short stroking. If the blade was extended just a few inches at the tapered end, no cutting teeth, just thinner than the kerf, then had like a small hoe looking flat piece on that, you could pull a much fuller stroke but it wouldn't pull through and fall out.

Sounds good. Isn't that the purpose of the hooked blades? It cuts really quick on the small stuff.

 

[dsell]

Jameson does a good job of advertising actual weights.

 

[dsell]

 

[dsell]

The B-lite is no doubt the best of the 3 Jameson I tested. However, I'd like to never got the joints pulled apart.

 

[Philbert]

Thanks for the updates.

If it is any help, I try to saw using my whole body, instead of just my arms.

Philbert

 

[dsell]

I cut some more pieces and tried using my whole body. It didn't work so well for me, but a few more days that's probably the only way I will be able to move!

 

[dsell]

The Landscaper Jameson poles come in. I tried them out tonight, much lighter than the yellow poles. However, I'd like to never got two of them apart. Is this a common issue? I had to heat the outside piece to get them apart.

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I had the exact same issue with the B-lite poles and had to send them back. Very aggravating. The replacements are finally on there way after 23 days.