Easy Lift Harness thread.

[Oldmilltreecare]

I bought an ELH a few months ago and it is, by a country mile, the 3rd smartest investment I have ever made.

I wish I'd bought one years ago and since buying it I've found that it is actually better and more useful than I expected it to be.

This video is not mine but is an excellent illustration of how truly good the ELH is.

So I wondered who uses them, on your side of the Atlantic, and what tools you hang off it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=grF97n2VTo8

 

[brendonv]

I do maybe two hedges a year and every time i do i wish for that tool!

 

[MasterBlaster]

No hedges here, ever. I think they like their hedges way more over there than here.

 

[Stumper]

Nice tool,,,,but brute strength and ignorance have stood me in good stead.

 

[bonner1040]

I scoffed at it when I first saw it. I have done a few big hedges since starting at Big Green and I can see it working well for that.

I cant see myself doing this though.

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[MasterBlaster]

Lordy.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You hit that on the head Nick... Thing would suck with a 1/2 life in low canopy.
Hedges would be just peachy.

 

[Steve Mack]

That East lift guy was a member here and posted a fair bit for a while. He doesn't show in the members list now so that last update must have deleted him.

I was thinking about buying one when he was here, I do more hedges now than ever. I hate it, boring as hell but it pays the bills.

 

[flushcut]

I suppose if I did more shrubs I would buy one.

 

[Oldmilltreecare]

I scoffed at it when I first saw it. I have done a few big hedges since starting at Big Green and I can see it working well for that.

I cant see myself doing this though.

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Bonner, do you remember when you first saw the Stein Trolley and maybe thought "That's too much money for something so simple!".
Well the ELH is to hedges, what the Stein AT is to trees.

 

[bonner1040]

I believe it now!

mobile...

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd want it if I swung a PP for extended lengths of time, for sure.

 

[stig]

We have a different version and like it a LOT.

We did about 10 weeks worth of hedges this year and this thing is worth it's weight in gold, almost.
Along with the articulated stilts.

 

[Oldmilltreecare]

On the other hand, I compare the GTM harness to the Easy Lift and found the ELH to be far superior.
It allows a much better range of upward movement and I knew that if I bought the cheaper GTM, I'd always wish I'd spent the extra money.


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