This time of year for me is tweaking a few stands and trimming up some shooting lanes. What kind of extended saw are you fellows using? I have a cheaper one but it is not long enough and wants to collapse all the time.

Is that Hooyman (sp?)one any good? Any other choices.

I have both the long and short hooyman saws.  They are fine.  I hunt out of a jeep wrangler thats why I went with them.  My dad has the long trimming saw that is extendable, has a red handle.  On the end is a saw with pruning sheers connected to a rope handle.  The pruning sheers are better on the small branches than the hooyman.  The small branches with the hooyman want to bend more than cut.

I had the 5' Hooyman and it worked for a couple of years but I thought it was not very well made.  Even though I was careful it broke where the saw attaches to the handle, never did lock right.  The Hooyman was also a poor cutter compared to my cheapie Gerber.  The one nice thing about the Hooyman is the portability, not enough for me to buy another though.

Take a look at Silky saws.  Won't fit in your pack but pretty nice.

I got a Corona brand pole saw from Ace Hardware and it has the lopper type cutter on it also. Works great.It extends to 20ft.

I bought one of Paul Brunner's limbsaws way back when he ran his screaming eagle stores. Its made with a plastic socket in the back so that you can cut down a sapling as long as you want and screw it in the end of the saw. works great. i leave the poles that i cut near my treestand set-ups so i can use the same pole for years

Any hardware store worth its salt with have an extendable pruner/saw limb trimmer.    The pruner works best on the floppy limbs and the saw works best on bigger limbs close to the trunk of the tree.  I handled the one you asked about and thought it was cheaply made.  But the one  I have is certainly no engineering marvel either.

I absolutely love the Hooeyman, have both 5 and 10 foot models and consider them indespensable.
Keep the 5 footer with me while hunting and carry the 10 foot model when scouting.
That being said, a commercial grade Stihl, Husquvarna, or equivalent extendable pole saw with pruner is the ticket when setting stands in advance.

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My wife gave me a long Hooeyman for Christmas and a friend also has one.    I haven't used it a lot yet, but so far I really like it.  It seems pretty durable, cuts nicely and I can carry it while hunting. For general use when first hanging stands, I use an extendable limb saw/pruner like the others.

I have had a Fiskars 14' for about 10 yrs. Finally broke the pruner blade and they sent a new one for free. Lifetime guarantee. This yr I remounted the entire rig on a 20' extend-a-pole for painting ceilings. Same diam. pole. Works great.

I love the Silky saws! They are made for folks who do that stuff for a living and they hold up over time. Their best feature, in my opinion, is that they have a metal hinge instead of a plastic one. That is a folding saw's weakest point and all the cheaper saws I ever bought cracked around that hinge.