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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
On 5/9/2013 2:12 PM, Danny D wrote:
Trimming question ... I made a mistake buying the Echo HC-150 20-inch hedge trimmer: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12891035.jpg The trimmer is (way) too small to make the tops flat of my Oleander bush. I can't get the 20-inch blade across the top, while standing on a step ladder, from the one side. The problem is that the other side is wholly inaccessible to a ladder, so I can only trim the top of the bush from one side. http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12891079.jpg The Oleander bush is something like five or six feet across, and something like nine or ten feet tall, for something like a few hundred feet along a cliff-like extremely steep hill. I can easily climb up on a step ladder to cut the side, but, I can only lean over about three or four feet across the top with the puny 20-inch 21.2cc hedge trimmer - and even that is risky because one fall could be dangerous with a hedge trimmer (I've already sliced my thigh with the thing in the past). So, I'm mostly asking if there are better ideas for how to cut the top of a tall and thick Oleander bush when you can only access it from one side, and when your trimmer is 20 inches while the bush width is at least three times that. http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12891105.jpg Any helpful suggestions? 10kw LASER should do it, just be careful what's on the other side. ^_^ TDD |
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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
On Fri, 10 May 2013 04:22:42 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote:
10kw LASER should do it, just be careful what's on the other side. ^_^ I like the idea of a laser hedge trimmer, but I was really thinking more along the lines of some kind of mechanical extension to my puny 20 inch blades! |
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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
On May 10, 11:38*am, Danny D wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 04:22:42 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote: 10kw LASER should do it, just be careful what's on the other side. ^_^ I like the idea of a laser hedge trimmer, but I was really thinking more along the lines of some kind of mechanical extension to my puny 20 inch blades! PUT A HEDGE TRIMMER ON A PVC PIPE EXTENSION - It doesn't get any wimpler than that. |
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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
On Fri, 10 May 2013 16:38:10 +0000 (UTC), Danny D
wrote: more along the lines of some kind of mechanical extension to my puny 20 inch blades! Use those leftover pool poles........ |
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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
On Fri, 10 May 2013 09:55:41 -0700, Oren wrote:
Use those leftover pool poles........ Actually, if there were a way to extend reach, it would work! |
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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
On Fri, 10 May 2013 19:23:13 +0000 (UTC), Danny D
wrote: On Fri, 10 May 2013 09:55:41 -0700, Oren wrote: Use those leftover pool poles........ Actually, if there were a way to extend reach, it would work! Duct Tape. Half a role should hold it on an ol' pool pole. What do you need, a string for a throttle? |
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Need a better way to prune the tops of a thick oleander bush
Danny D writes:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 04:22:42 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote: 10kw LASER should do it, just be careful what's on the other side. ^_^ I like the idea of a laser hedge trimmer, but I was really thinking more along the lines of some kind of mechanical extension to my puny 20 inch blades! Try: "long reach hedge pole trimmer". Lots of hits. -- Dan Espen |
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