There can be many reasons for pruning a tree or plant. You may need to remove old or diseased branches, excess foliage or heavy limbs that are overloading the canopy. Furthermore, tree pruning is an annual routine maintenance job that optimises the yield of fruit trees or gives ornamental plants the desired shape. Tree pruning is also necessary for other reasons, such as lack of space, safety issues due to large branches projecting into the road, or even to keep the neighbours happy, by preventing leaves and fruit from falling into their garden.
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In all these scenarios, a telescopic pruner is the ideal pruning tool for delimbing at height, being both comfortable to manoeuvre and effective. Unlike a pruner with a fixed rod, it has a telescopic rod that can be extended to easily reach branches from the ground, without using a stepladder, and even passing over obstacles such as walls or ponds.
If you need to use an aerial platform, for example when pruning tall trees, a pruner helps you cut branches comfortably from the basket. One of the best Efco tools for pruning tall trees is the petrol-powered PTX telescopic pruner which reaches a total height of 3.8 m when fully extended, including the 25 cm guide bar at the tip. It allows you to cut branches at a maximum height of around 5 m.
Pruning should be carried out when there is good visibility and light and favourable weather, so avoid heavy rain, thick fog, strong winds and intense cold or heat. Before starting work with your telescopic pole pruner, make sure the working area is clear, so that you can easily vacate the area if necessary.
Keep people and animals at a distance of at least 15 m. Check for the presence of power cables in the vicinity of the tree: the pruner must be at least 10 m away from power cables to prevent the potential formation of dangerous electrical arcs. Even branches and other objects can conduct electricity, especially when wet.
If you need to work in closer proximity, contact your electricity supplier so they can disconnect your power supply for the duration of the plant pruning procedure.
Wear a harness, attach it to the telescopic pruner with the carabiner and adjust the buckle so that the tool is at the right height and well balanced. Keeping the chain and muffler at a distance, hold the pruner close to your body and at a 60° angle to the ground. Do not place the weight of the machine too far forwards, and stand a safe distance from the spot where the branches will fall — and possibly rebound as they hit the ground.
When it comes to pruning trees and cutting down dead or low-hanging branches, I’ve always been fond of hand tools. Not that a chainsaw isn’t convenient for making quick work of large projects. But a hand saw and pruning loppers are my go-to tools for much of my tree-trimming work.
Now I’ve added another tool to my arsenal: a combination pole saw and pruner. I’m excited to give it a try and can think of many instances where I’ll put it to good use.
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A pole saw and pruner is exactly what its name implies. It’s a combination of a handsaw and pruning loppers mounted on the end of a pole for reaching high branches without need for a ladder. My pole saw and pruner measures about 5 feet long at its shortest. But it can be lengthened to 10 feet by loosening a locking mechanism and extending a telescoping inner pole from within the outer pole.
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The saw portion of the tool is simple. It’s a curved blade that can be mounted in several positions at the end of the pole. Raising the pole up and down pulls the saw blade back and forth to cut through high branches.
The pruner portion is more elaborate and quite pleasing with its clever design. A rope with a wooden handle runs up to a series of pulleys and levers at the top, which work together to operate a bypass pruning blade.
The pulleys and levers increase the strength of my pull on the rope. This makes it easier to cut through branches, and the stationary jaw of the loppers is designed to hook over the tops of branches. That way, when I pull on the rope, the loppers won’t slip off the branch.
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The pruner is going to come in handy when I prune my young fruit trees this winter. Some of them (particularly an Early Gold pear tree) have grown vigorously to impressive heights. I was going to need a ladder to prune the highest branches, but my pole saw and pruner changes the equation entirely.
By eliminating the need to haul around and constantly shift the position of a ladder, pruning my trees will be much faster, simpler and easier.
The saw is going to be similarly useful. There are many coniferous trees around my farm that grow long, sagging lower branches. The branches hang down low enough to interfere with walking and lawn mowing. But often these sagging branches attach to the trunk at a considerably higher point, out of reach from regular tools.
Cutting off the hanging ends of these branches looks messy. But it can be difficult to safely position a ladder to cut them off at the tree trunk. My pole saw should make quick work of these low-hanging branches, tidying up the appearance of the trees.
The list of possibilities goes on and on. A flowering crabapple tree near my house often tries to grow upper branches too close to the wall. No longer will I need a ladder to keep it under control. I want to gather scion wood from high in a few of my old apple trees.
The pruner will be perfect for this task.
Truthfully, I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to add a pole saw and pruner to my selection of tools!
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