Old foreman told me I was wasting time with hand pruners on a big job

Last spring I was trimming a row of overgrown oaks at a park near Tulsa. I had my Felco 2s out and this old foreman walks up and says "put those toys away and get a pole saw." I argued back that I liked the control from ground level. Five hours in my shoulders were screaming and I'd only finished two trees. He was right, should have listened sooner. Any of you guys stubbornly stick to hand tools when a machine would do it better?

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rosel8310d ago

I was trimming mesquite out near Stillwater last fall and did the same thing with a pair of loppers. My wrists were shot after three hours and I finally grabbed a chainsaw. Should have started with it.

the_charlie10d ago

Three hours with loppers? Man, you earned that chainsaw the hard way.