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Blinky
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True that! I just put the third blade on my Longboy. The way it's balanced it will fall blade down even if you drop it from 15'. I've dropped mine three times now from height and it's beat to hell, but the buttons still work and it telescopes as well as it did new.
Still, I like it best if I have to have a pole saw in the tree and move around. It's compact and safe compared to other pole saws. You have to put a $25 hook on it though.
On the ground though I like a Jameson head and 3 short poles, same for the Marvin pruner. The fixed head with a short blade on a 4' pole is perfect for pruning young trees, Bradfords and raising low canopies.
Guy M. recently did a comparison of polesaws and I got to play with a few of'em. The Zubat is nice because it's light and small but it doesn't fold or have a hook.
The tool that got my attention was the Wolfgarten telescoping pole coupled with the 4:1 Limb Lopper.
Not incredibly durable but light and lickety-split fast to use. The pole has a one touch to advance and retract mechanism and the pruner cuts through hard 1" wood like it's butter. Leaves a clean cut you would guess was done with a bypass pruner even though it's an anvil lopper. Killer setup for use on the ground. Its all modular, you can snap a saw head on it, other stuff too probably. Nice gadget.
that if I had a choice at using a weapon as self defense- against something like,, oh-- I don't know-- maybe a pit bull er' something, it would be the 12' pole-saw with Japanese razor technology!
