Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Pole saw

Has anyone any experience of pole saws? I have lots of trees & large hawthorn bushes that need sorting out because they are encroaching into the fields of some land I just bought. It's so bad that years ago it would have been a shape saw job before we could get to the tree limbs with a telescopic and a chainsaw.

It's here my interested: SWJ802E POLE SAW

If you're a SUN JOE owner, would like to hear your experience with the extendable tree saws durability and how they compare to other pole saws you've tried.

Thanks for any replies.

I have the M18 Milwaukee Quik Lok system with the weed eater, brush cutter, pole saw and extension, and hedge trimmer (head articulates and can be parallel to ground to demolish saplings and does wonders on emergent overgrow without throwing it all out into the pond like a weed eater). It has been amazing for everything I've used it for. I think i saw they are coming out with a tiller head, but I was impatient and bought Ego's (which I love as well).

I have a battery-operated chainsaw, that is very handy to carry in the truck as a BACKUP!

I have gotten my main saw pinched before when cutting storm blowdowns that were stuck in other trees. Very nice to have a second chainsaw to slowly cut your first saw free.

Also nice to have the battery saw in the truck when you encounter a small tree that is now blocking a road - on a work day that you didn't think would require a saw.

I wondered why the battery chainsaw was less effective, than my gas saw. Found some specs that actually published chain velocities. Turns out the battery saw chain only moves about 20-25% of the speed of your gas chainsaw.

However, if you keep the chain exceedingly sharp, the battery chainsaw is a helpful tool. And with no gas fumes, I can leave it in the foot well of the cab, so it doesn't get "liberated" from my truck while I am at the hardware store, etc.

Batteries are so freaking expensive that if you have a couple-three good tools from one brand, it's damn hard to switch to another for a tool your brand isn't great at.

FishinRod: Yeah. They are very handy. Our 60v bigger dewalt cuts about like a real saw. I recently had a tree that was about two feet diameter blow down across four wheeler path. Had both battery and gas saws in UTV and had to use both as one got stuck (tree was held up by root ball on one end and branches on other so a little trickier to cut. The old 12" dewalt also leaked oil badly when sitting up. had to keep on side all time - otherwise it'd be an oily mess.

Theo: Yep. Otherwise, we'd be buying all Milwaukee. I've seen battery converters advertised; but I've also read of problems with them so... I'd probably fry the battery and tool both if I tried one with my luck.