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Recommendation for extendable loppers

Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759
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I need to get some new extendable loppers, as I use mine all the time.  I had a pair oh Bahco ones and they bent, so obviously need something a bit more sturdy. 

Are you able to recommend any, what do you all use ?

Any recommendations gratefully received. 

thank you. 

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  • Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759

    also would you recommend bypass or anvil ? 

  • FleurisaFleurisa Posts: 779

    get extendable bypass ratchet loppers, they won't get jammed shut

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Have a look here for some advice http://www.fredshed.co.uk/gardening.htm

    I got the Wolf Telescopic bypass loppers a couple of years ago and have been very pleased with them.


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Any type of tool has its limitations, at which point you have to move up to the next level, eg. pruning saw or small bow-saw instead of loppers or secateurs.

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Yup - that's the type pf

    I've managed to cut through some branches quite bigger than I should with them. My usual pose for this procedure is to have 1 handle resting across my chest, then I pull like ********* with both hands on the other handle. The poles do 'flex' a little. image

    I have a pair of fairly old anvil type loppers too - I use these for dead stuff and chopping up for the bonfire

    For bigger/higher branches I've got a Wolf extendable 'pole' into which different heads are inserted. e.g. pruning saw, or bypass loppers on a string/pulley arrangement which reaches 10-12ft. Works well but need good gloves as the cord can really hurt when wrapped around the hand and pulled


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759

    I do tend to have the problem of "oh this can get through that branch..."  I like the idea of ratchet loppers and maybe I need to invest in a pruning saw too. image 

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,009

    Even ratchet loppers can jam, and when they do it's a b***** of a job to get them free again.  To be fair, they don't jam very often.

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