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tree pruner

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  • 12-02-2018 4:07pm
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    peadar76
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭


    I need one of these -

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=7108

    Has anyone bought one in Lidl?

    This one is different from the type I am familiar with - the ones with a pull rope.

    Is this type any good? Any advice appreciated.

    cheers


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    [Deleted User]
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    peadar76 wrote: »
    I need one of these -

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=7108

    Has anyone bought one in Lidl?

    This one is different from the type I am familiar with - the ones with a pull rope.

    Is this type any good? Any advice appreciated.

    cheers

    Is there a specific reason why you need the gears. I have a pruning saw on an extendable handle with no gears or ropes. I can't find where I got it at the moment but it was €25.

    Works great and is very easy to cut with. You can take off the handle as well which is handy


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,072 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I got one like that. It worked OK, but in the end I just ended up using a ladder instead.


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    peadar76
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭peadar76


    I don't know if I need gears, but I don't want just a saw, I want the pruners as well. I don't think the saw would work very well on the thinner branches. What do the gears do? Are they instead of the pull rope that these usually have?


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,072 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    peadar76 wrote: »
    What do the gears do? Are they instead of the pull rope that these usually have?
    Yes, they do the same thing, more or less. They apply mechanical advantage, so that a large movement of the sleeve causes a small movement in the shears, multiplying the force.


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    Ten Pin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,834 ✭✭✭Ten Pin


    The manual for the pruner can be downloaded from here and might give close up views of the mechanism.


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    [Deleted User]
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    peadar76 wrote: »
    I don't know if I need gears, but I don't want just a saw, I want the pruners as well. I don't think the saw would work very well on the thinner branches. What do the gears do? Are they instead of the pull rope that these usually have?

    Yeah a pruners is handy. On motion and the branch is gone. The saw can handle any thickness though but a pruners would be quicker. The reason I suggested a saw without gears is that there is less that can go wrong and less maintenance. I do commercial work and any above my head the saw will deal with..i would use a pruner down low alright


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