Phisherman said:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:19:14 -0500, "Not@home" wrote:

I know they have dead man switches, but I also know that a lot of people
use the override rather than holding the trigger. If you are in that
situation, I wonder if you want to be balanced on an unstable ladder,
holding something that will trim you as easily as it will trim the
hedge, hoping that you won't fall.

Unless you are very tall, or have a stable platform to stand on, I think
you would be far safer with a manual trimmer, which will do just as good
a job, just as quickly. (My wife prefers the manual trimmer to the
corded model I have, even for our short hedge, and I know I'm lucky that
she likes doing the trimming).

Phisherman wrote:
I'm looking for a decent hedge trimmer. I'm thinking of a lightweight
cordless to use on a 10' high, 200-foot long Rose-of-Sharon hedge. Any
recommendations under $110?

The trimmers are for a cancer-treatment weakened 73-year-old man and
he won't use manual hedge trimmers.

Bit of an omission, eh? Your post said "you" were looking for a hedge
trimmer. Leading everyone to believe that was actually the case. I can't
imagine an electric cordless lasting long enough (even with extra
batteries), but you've probably already figured that out.

IMO, a motorized hedge trimmer would probably be a poor choice of tool, for
a Hibiscus syriacus. I've always used hand pruners for them. And, who in
their right mind plants a 200' hedge of that plant anyway? heh

Also, at 10' high, a powered hedge trimmer would be a bit unwieldy,
especially for a 'weakened 73-year old man'. Hell, I wouldn't attempt it,
and I'm just over half his age.

Does he try and keep it formally trimmed? That size of hedge, of that
plant, should look just fine, grown naturally.

I can imagine a trigger button
would be annoying. Last year they were trimmed using hand pruners, a
time-consuming process.

Anything is going to be 'a time-consuming process', given a hedge of that
size. But, that was the best choice of tool, if they /really/ want to keep
it formal.

Me, while I never would have planted it in the first place, I'd stick with
the hand pruners.

Just my $.02
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