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Thinking about buying a Dewalt pole saw (already have the batteries). Anyone have any experience with them - good or bad?

I bought one last year, so far I’m very pleased with it. Most of the pruning I do is smaller stuff on the apple trees. I did tackle some larger limbs on ash trees with branches overhanging the driveway, 4”-5”, and it powered right through them.

Do it.

I borrowed my brother's saw years ago and it worked very well. A little hard to handle when using it with the extensions (I have a bad shoulder) but otherwise was fine. I have a manual pole saw for the few trees we have around the house. Good luck

We have one that we use around the farm. Much better than the old Poulan gas engine that I was using.

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Mines a couple of years old, love it. If I had to bitch about something, it would be the safety trigger thingy.

Dewalt is quality stuff, buy with confidence.

I had a Harbor Freight Lynxx that I liked pretty well. Didn't think I had a use for it anymore and my dad wanted it, so I sold it to him.

A year later I found out I needed one for just a few limbs, but my old saw was now 185 miles away. Shopped around a little, found out Harbor Freight discontinued the Lynxx. The reviews were about even across the board between other brands, but I already had Dewalt batteries, so I got one.

Gotta' say I'm disappointed. Not because the quality is lacking, but because of two things. The the Lynxx pole was adjustable to any length you wanted (within reason), the Dewalt is fixed in either the shorter version, or by adding the extension, the long version. BUT the biggest issue is.. BALANCE. The Lynxx had the weight of the powerhead at the tail balancing things well, the Dewalt has the powerhead at the far end making it a real bear to maneuver, especially with the extension on.

Edited to add: BTW, neither saw out of the box wants to "bite" into a limb, just throwing fine chips, even though sharp, and it gets tiring hoisting and holding a saw on a stick up there repeatedly.. judicious removal of a lot of depth raker fixes that. But then the original poster was a logger, so he knows all about that.

I have one too. It's great.

I highly recommend you purchase. A hard hat too.

I do a lot of fuel reduction work were we are required to remove ladder fuels from standing trees. Bought one a few years ago for less than 200 bucks. Worked really well, but I have since moved on to a Husky 525 gas pole saw. For intermittent use I think you will be pleased.

logger;
Top of the morning to you sir, if you're getting the little cold snap we are, I hope the fire's lit and burning bright and you're all well.

A few years back I got tired of doing the fire suppression pruning around our rural place with a chainsaw and picked up a 15' DeWalt because I had batteries for a drill and impact already.

It's able to cut through Ponderosa branches as big as the bar without any issues and I'll admit to being surprised about that.

Other than it leaks some of the bar oil out now when it's being stored, but doesn't seem to use too much bar oil when I'm running it, we've been very happy with it.

Hope that helps, good luck whichever way you decide and all the best.

Dwayne

Thanks everyone. I can buy one on sale and with a gift card discount for about $145 (without battery). I already have their 16" electric saw which is used primarily as a marker saw and other than the oil leakage (store it on it's side stops the leakage) and it has worked well. The pole saw would be used for intermittent use limbing up on the driveway and around the house for fuels reduction. Thanks for the help.

Perfect for small stuff and short jobs basically. Bounces a lot trimming twigs around blinds.
Cuts limbs from oaks as large as the bar is long.

Like most we had batteries so was a no brainer like most De Walt stuff.

That said would Never be without the echo gas pole saw for serious work

I have one and a companion Dewalt battery chainsaw. Extremely handy for quick jobs, deer stand work, etc. One thing I have found is that they leak bar oil. Also have a Stiehl gas pole saw, but it doesn't get used much now! Unlike the Stiehl which is telescoping, you have to assemble the Dewalt, but not a big deal. I would buy again.

What's a marker saw?