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Pole saws
Ken,
Have you looked at John Deere handheld products?
JD makes a polesaw model PS2683. It has a M series 25.6 cc engine and 83" boom. You can cut branches up to 12 foot off the ground. The boom comes apart so it can be put in the back of a pickup truck bed.
The nice feature of the Stihl model over the deere is it can be telescoped to make it reach higher, whereas the Deere model is either full length or broke in half for storage. However the Deere model sells for only $359.
I am not posting on this site to try to sell anything. I just want to make you aware of the choice.
JD also makes my favorite, a split-boom line trimmer. You have only one engine (power unit) to service, but the added option of attachments if you need them. Such as a pole saw attachment, edger attachment, blower attachment, cultivator attachment & hedge trimmer.
check them out and see what you think.
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The deere hand held units are built by deere. They use Mitshubishi engines. These are the same engines JD has used since they quit buying the hand held products from Echo back in 1994 or 1995.
JD purchased both Homelite and GreenMachine and most of our handheld products were based off the GreenMachine commercial duty line. Homelite was sold a couple years ago. Alot of people thought JD products are nothing more than homelite painted green, which was & is not true. JD did have a hand held blower and 2 chainsaws that were homelite models, but both of those are now gone. The HomeDepot stores also sold a JD branded trimmer that was a homelite machine painted green.
To give you an idea of home much difference there is between the two... Homelite engines were designed to run 100 hours. May not sound like much, but for a home owner who uses his trimmer 15 min per week trimming around the house, that equals 1 hour per month X 10 month = 10 hours per year = avg homeowner expected life for the trimmer 10 years. No too bad for a $99 trimmer. Now consider the Mitsubishi engine, which is designed to run for 1200 hours. Big difference in quality. These trimmers start around $200 (twice as much) but should last 10 to 12 times longer. It is a commercial grade product.
The JD Chainsaws are built in Italy by EMAC ?? Same company that marketed the Olympik brand saws in North America.
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I work for a JD Dealer. I have worked for John Deere Company or a John Deere dealer for 15 years. That's where the JD415 came from. My wife and I lived in the Ukraine (1996-1997) while working for JD. JD had sold 1050 of the 9600 model combines and we went over to help set up their parts and service support for these machines.
The compact utilty tractors, lawn & garden tractors, hand held stuff is what I sell now. And the fact is I just love my job. I feel fortunate to get paid to do what I love doing.
Entering info on this tractor web site isn't something I do because I am tring to sell anything. I just like to help people by sharing what information I have. I wouldn't try to stop someone from buying Kubota or Sthil. Even though they are my competition. They do make some good quality equipment as well. I just try to point out some differences and somthings to think about that might not be considered otherwise.
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