I know, this is pointless without pictures, but here we go. My in-laws have a Boxelder that is getting into their soffit, hangs over the roof and is rubbing on the power feed to the house. It is also growing in/out of a retaining wall and the bottom is starting to grow fungi. My wife called Consumers Energy, they came out and said it was not bad enough for them to deal with right now, and, being that it is only a single feed line to my in-laws house, I am not confident they will do anything about it, or if responsibility falls on the homeowner to maintain. I was blown away at the price of a gas pole saw, and as this would be such an occasional use, I would hate to maintain another engine. But I am not totally off them yet. I was looking at Milwaukee 18v and Dewalt 20v, I have a fair amount of batteries for both, but Milwaukee is almost double the Dewalt, obviously I am leaning Dewalt, any reason not to? My End Goal would be to trim as much as possible and then pull down the majority of the tree without getting into power lines or the house. DeWalt Milwaukee Echo
I use the heck out of my battery powered pole saw on a big row of leyland cypress. Reaching way out with it I would hate to have to worry about the noise, exhaust, and being burned by the powerhead of a gas version. I use it mostly from the top of a 14' ladder and the light weight of the battery versions is great. I have a cheapy ryobi version and the little batteries charge fast enough that with two batteries I can swap a dead one onto the charger and go all day. I resist most battery things but the drill and pole saws have been better for me.
