High Limb Rope Saw 53 In Chain Only - Hand Rope Chain Saw

This tool is very handy for someone with experience pruning trees with a chainsaw, pruning saw, or bowsaw. It may be frustrating to use if one is unfamiliar with the proper techniques of pruning a tree limb. The recommended approach is to go out 12 to 18 inches from the trunk of the tree and make an undercut of about 1 inch on the bottom of the limb. Remove the saw and make a complete cut from the top of the limb 3 to 4 inches further out on the limb so the limb falls to the ground. With the weight now off the remaining part of the limb, cut the stub limb top to bottom just outside the branch "collar" but not cutting into the trunk wood. With the rope limb saw it's probably not possible to make the undercut. Here are my suggestions how to use the Homyall rope limb saw. Buy some parachute cord and 2 lengths of 3/8 inch nylon braided rope--I think mine are 75 feet each. Attach an eye bolt to a tennis ball and then attach one end of the parachute cord to the tennis ball and the other end to one of the ropes. Secure one end of each rope to the saw blade. The black nylon bag that comes with the chain can be used as a throwing bag but I find a tennis ball with our dog's chuckit thrower works great. Or, an old baseball. Throw the ball or weighted bag over the limb to be cut. As you pull the parachute cord and nylon rope, make sure there are no kinks in the chain as you're pulling it into position. Position the chain in the recommended 12 to 18 inch distance from the trunk. To make sense of my description below, invision a clock face on the tree trunk. Stand at a 7 o'clock position and move the two ropes so the chain cuts is between 12 and 1. Go slowly and don't make too deep a cut on the top. Move yourself over to the 5 o'clock position and saw between 11 and 12. What you're trying to do is cut into both sides of the limb before cutting down. When the 11 to 12 cut is OK, step further away from the tree and continue cutting while in the 3 to 4 position. I would then move back to the 8 to 9 position and cut until it breaks away. This last cut will have more emphasis on cutting downward. Then thow the cord a second time and cut the stumb limb in a similar fashion. The tool is most effective if there are two people pulling the two ropes who are standing in the 8 to 9 and 3 to 4 positions. Even with two people I would still try to make side cuts. The whole objective of my approach is to avoid pinching the chain. Go slowly and make gentle cuts with the chain which is sharp enough to do the job. If the chain is pulled too hard and quickly it increasing the likelihood of pinching. There were no surprises for me with this tool. I got exactly what I wanted so I could customize to fit my purpose. For a person new to tree pruning I would recommend buying a pruning hand saw and practice on limbs of any size (that need to be cut!) close to the ground to get familiar with the technique. Then go for the Homyall and improve your view! Good luck.

Two things about this saw from Homyall that sets it apart from other saws. 1) It cuts in BOTH directions because it has teeth facing in both directions. 2) It has teeth on BOTH sides of the chain so that no matter which side it lands on, it'll be correct for cutting. What you get: A great, custom-designed-for-manual cutting, saw chain; two straps with D-rings as pull handles; and a nice carry pouch. I like that that's all that I had to pay for. Some people might be only cutting limbs 10 feet off the ground, but what about me? I'm trying to get limbs that are 35 and 40 feet up. So I separately purchased two 100 foot lengths of paracord. One yellow and one multicolored. (The different colors helped me more than I realized at first.) This way I wasn't paying for some 10 or 20 foot pieces of rope that I wouldn't be using. Warning: this type of cutting is most efficient on limbs that are parallel with the ground. If the limb is at an angle, the saw chain will tend to stick. Also, it's a lot easier with two people directly underneath, but you need to tie the limb with a safety rope so that it doesn't drop on you. I like it very much. Good value for my money.

easy setup with 1/8 inch nylon parador, blades sharp, blades on both sides so as long as your feed the chain to the branch with no kinks, you can start cutting immediately, good strong construction and material, there is a learning curve using it though, first branch I cut 30 feet up I cut the branch to far from the trunk, blade got pinched between the 5 inch branch & trunk when the weight of the branch started to break free, after 2 days and a lot of pulling using a 2nd rope secured to branch,the branch broke free and fell to the ground along with the saw rope, lesson one place the chain as close to the meeting point of the branch & trunk as possible but not in the fork that also will cause binding & frustration. lesson 2, using 2 people one on each end and a longer piece of cord you increase the angle of the cutting surface thus decreasing the likely hood of binding. To date I have trimmed off 3 branches, 30ft, 24ft & 20ft high all three 4 to 5 Inches in diameter, If you have patience this is a wonderful cost saving tool, you'll experience the need for patience first when try to throw the throw line over the branch you are trying to cut a lot of that depends on how high the branch is and how obstructed the path is with other branches or structures, then if you experience binding you'll encounter your 2nd need for patience The nylon bag included lasted for only the 1st branched, be prepared to improvise. I'll state the obvious the lower the branch your cutting is the easier it is to avoid the frustrations, I still have some smaller branches to trim about 20ft high I feel I saved myself big money but the trade off is the MY TIME used when frustione encountered, for me I am always pleased to save money.

A storm came through and wrecked my old trees. In my experience, old trees don’t let go of their down limbs voluntarily. So I bought this saw-rope for maintenance trims and cut off damaged limbs, mostly because my old trees are 35-40+ ft high and the price for a trim is at least a couple hundred dollars for my nine old trees (all of them are 130+ years old, [I’m out in bfe, Midwest]) so 40 usd sounds like work and a financial break. I started on my worst tree and cleared 300-400 lbs in about 3 or 4 hours. The chain cuts very well if you use it to make near virtical cuts on mostly horizontal limbs; any limb as thick as a 2liter or less is fairly simple with sweat and time. The problem I ran into was 20 inches in diameter and I needed to cut it at 45o angle / very diagonal. I started and it look was going to just keep cutting but stopped and got stuck about 1/10 of the way through. 30ft up and stuck. Too long to write the whole process of getting it down; let’s just say it took several hours and the finale was a 30ft climb on a 16ft ladder with a prybar. I got it out, bent but mostly serviceable. It worked and I’ll use it again but it didn’t solve the really big limbs/breaks that I was hoping for, but better 80% solved with 40$ solution and then just pay the professional if you have no other choice. Expect a shoulder workout. I’d recommend gloves.

After cutting several lower branches with a battery-operated saw from a ladder (not recommended) and almost getting knocked off the ladder, I cut 2 branches that were over 50' high with this wonder rope chainsaw. No ladder needed! I purchased 2 100' ropes and 2 key rings since the chainsaw comes without ropes. I used the key rings to attach the ropes to the rope chainsaw. It only took 10 minutes to easily cut 4" branches after the saw was positioned correctly over the branches. I lubricated the chainsaw with an oil additive before cutting the limbs to make it easier to cut. It's important to not pull the ropes and the saw down on the branches when cutting which causes the chainsaw to stick and just let the weight of the saw do the cutting. And boy does it cut quickly and easily. Use longer ropes to keep the saw cutting on the top of the branch by having you and your helper keep a longer distance between yourselves. We saved $1000.00 or more dollars and all while standing on the ground safely! Thank you Homyall!

This saw works! The toughest part of using this saw was throwing a rope with a wrench 50 ft in the air precisely where it needed to be.The wrench is my weight to pull the rope attached to the saw over the limb I want to cut off. Sometimes would take 10-15 tedious throws. The saw did get stuck on me one time half way through a 15" limb.Got lucky in maneuvering the rope side to side and was able to cut the big limb off.I tied 100' of 3/16" rope directly to the saw . 100' of rope on either side of saw with a weight attached to each end.The saw works well when you and partner get a sawing rhythm that's not forcing to much down pressure on the blade (causing the saw blade to get jammed/stuck in limb). The entire process of cutting limbs sucks. The bright light is this rope saw works ! This saw has saved me thousands of dollars.If it breaks I would buy it again for its durability. update: 05/23/21 I just used this handy little saw to help remove a 10" and a 12" size tree branch. This little saw has saved me hundreds possibly thousands of dollars. if this durable saw would break I would purchase a new one, the rope I use keeps breaking where it connects to the saw. I have tried 2 types of rope. My saw has went through about 30-40 limbs, some greater than 12". Good luck cutting.

Bad. Hilariously bad. First of all the little snap link included isn’t even strong enough to hold the throw bag. It bent itself out of shape after the first throw. Like it’s made of paper clips bad. Fortunately I knew this based on previous reviews so I had a few clips from the hardware store ready. They worked great. The bag itself worked reasonably well after I found a large rock to put in it to get the rope over the branch. The first branch was about 4-5”. It cut ok. Not great, but ok. Branch came down but chain remained stuck in the cut. After some finagling I got the chain down finally. Second branch was about 3”. Chain gets stuck again. I was worried about snapping the paracord at one point but then suddenly the chain snapped and landed at my feet. I’m going to look for a better model from a brand name but I don’t know if they exist. It’s a great idea and useful product but terrible execution.

I have an oak tree with some dead limb about 30’ up in the tree. They are 2-3 inches in diameter. I shot a line over the branch set up the saw blade and pulled it in to place. First few back and forth cuts work well but after cutting about an inch of a 2.5” limb the chain became wedged. At this point I was about to gently move the saw back and forth a inch in each direction but could not cut through the limb. I finally ran another line up around the same limb but further out on the branch then broke the limb off which freed the cutting chain. So I figured rookie error I must have been pulling too hard or cutting at the wrong angle. I had one more branch about 6 feet higher up the tree so I gave it another shot. Got the saw blade positioned and gently began sawing away at the branch. About 1 inch in to the cut the blade jammed tight in the tree. I cutting top down so if the branch starts to sag the cut should open up. No amount of pulling would free the chain from the branch some 35 feet up in the tree. So I decided to do the same thing I did on the first branch. I strung a second line further out on the branch and pulled on the branch until it broke roughly where I was cutting. But this time the saw blade stayed firmly jammed up in the tree. I cannot recommend this product for trimming branches up in trees were you can not climb up to pull the blade out of the tree.

My pole saw could not reach high enough but this was able to do the job. It is great that it cuts either side so you don't need to try and 'flip' it over once it is up on the branch. Even with two people standing wide apart, we still had a lot of binding and had to pull really hard to free it. The branch was 5-6" in diameter and about 20ft long with lots of branches so it was heavy (100+ lbs) so not surprising it would bind a bit. A lot cheaper than paying an arborist. Maybe next time I will take the branch down it smaller chunks but it is a lot of work to get the string up that high.

We had a branch about 7m up and on a slope with a sandstone retaining wall underneath. It wouldn't have been safe on the ladder without a harness and still would have been sketchy. I couldn't reach it from the roof without getting right to the edge with the chainsaw pole, sketchy with a 2.5 story drop. Only way I figured I could do it safely was with a harness anchored to the roof, which I don't have but was going to buy. This got the job done in less then half an hour (we took it down in bits) a heap of paracord, with me on one side and misses on the other. We didn't even cut the paracord, we just got it over the branch and ties each end to the chain making a big loop. This way we didn't end up with 2 bits of paracord. Only tip would be: Put your gloves on at the start of the job, not halfway through once your hands start hurting. Saved us heaps of money, great buy, highly recommend!!!

This has been working well so far and has been used to prune dead and live limbs on Australian hardwood species of various sizes from 3” to 8”. That said, I’ve almost had it stuck up high twice and reckon it’s only a matter of time before it gets stuck for good. Tricks I’ve learned from previous reviews and trial and error: 1. Start on low limbs to get a feel for it. When you get it stuck get out the ladder. 2. Run it easy, don’t get impatient and put too much pressure on it while cutting, this will increase the chances of it getting jammed. 3. Try to maintain as straight a line as possible; minimize the arc of the line. This will prevent pinching when the limb begins to sag. 4. Start the cut with the line straight down below the limb then move outward to lessen the arc of the line. 5. I always keep the chain oiled with bar oil. Not sure if this does anything. That’s what I’ve learned so far and some tips that may be of help. I’ll be advancing to limbs 20 meters plus next so we’ll see how it goes. I may be in the market for climbing gear to retrieve it.

Worth what we paid. Functions well.

I used 550 paracord as the ropes and attached the included handles. I already had paracord tied to a rock, but the included throw bag is perfect to store the saw. I cut a high branch 20+ feet up and over 6 inches thick effortlessly. It bound up a bit near the end, but that’s because I was doing it myself. With two people I don’t think binding would be an issue. I was impressed at how fast it cut through. Saved me from calling a Tree Service!