High Limb CS-48 Rope-and-Chain Saw

Comment: The high rope saw can be difficult to use. It doesn't always stay cutting edge down so you have to throw the saw back up to change which side is down(Only one side of the blade cuts). It binds frequently and sometimes gets stuck. Make sure you read the directons and udercut the branch or the bark will tear. It is difficult to use by yourself if the branch is more than 3 inches in diamater. It bent and had to be thrown our after using it on about 15 branches.

Comment: We bought this saw to cut off a large dead branch over our yard.
First of all, it was HARD to toss the weight over the high branch. It took a lot of attempts. There's got to be a better way to get it up there - like attaching the end of the string to a remote control toy helicopter? Why not? :) But maybe it's just us. Once the saw was in place, the rest was relatively easy - just pull it back and forth. A piece of advice - once you get it going - don't stop to catch a breath or readjust untill the branch is cut off completely. We stopped, and the saw immediately got stuck. And it's really hard to get it moving again.
Overall, we got the job done just fine. Maybe the next time we have to use the saw it will be easier.

Comment: Like most everyone else I have found it to work great once you get it on the branch and have a buddy working the other end of the rope at 45 degrees. Cuts much faster then I thought it would, nice clean cut. I wish they used a better quality of rope mine is fraying already. If the rope was better than I would give it 5 stars..

Comment: This worked pretty well. I would also encourage buying the 48" blade as opposed to the shorter one; the additional teeth come in handy. Beanbag is poorly attached; throw away the clip and use a caribiner or a heavy key ring. Have another rope handy if the blade binds (it did twice for me). Unhook the beanbag from the blade rope and hook it to another rope and use that to lasso the branch further away from the tree. You can then manhandle the branch from the lasso rope if the blade binds.

Comment: Over all this product works very well. My only complaint is that the clip that attaches the throw bag is far too flimsy and should be immediately replaced with a small carabiner or something similar. Excellent product.