Shearing Eastern Hemlock

Husky288XP · Feb 9, 2004

How do you guys shear tall Hemlocks that are about 15-20 foot tall. I was thinking about an A- Frame ladder and regular 24" gas powered hedge shears, but I don't know. This job probably won't pay enough for me to go and buy those long pole hedge shears, plus I never really do this type of tree work. But, in the winter you got to do what you have to around here to keep the bills paid.

Husky288XP · Feb 9, 2004

Are the pole shears long enough to reach say 15 feet just from the ground with the operator holding it?

coffeecraver · Feb 9, 2004

check them out

http://www.mayberrys.com/echo/hedge/shafthedge.htm:)

NeTree · Feb 10, 2004

Invest in a top-quality orchard ladder & some good shears, if you plan to do more of this kind of work; otherwise you may be better off to just pass on it.

ORclimber · Feb 10, 2004

If you have a straight shaft weed whacker you could try a sharp circle blade. It takes a steady hand, and gotta watch out for those orchard ladder legs

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treeman82 · Feb 10, 2004

Can you use a pole pruner? I have used the pole hedge clippers before. They are good for, like Brian said, about 10 - 12' That's maxed out though. You can get the shear attachment for a regular gas powered pole saw... however those get heavy fast from my understanding of things.

blue · Feb 10, 2004

don't know if you can get them in the states but we use echo power pruner with a hedge cutter head on it.this telescopes out to around 5-6m plus how ever high you can hold it.but out on full extension it gets real heavy real quick,a good test of shoulder strength!