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[gtaus]

Menards Pruning Pole Saw Sale

If you have a local Menards, I recommend signing up for their Flash Sale emails. Every once in a while, I find something at a deep discount that I buy. The item gets ships to my local Menards, and I just pick it up when I go to town.

Today, they sent out another email and I took notice of their Pruning Pole Saw kit that is on sale...

I bought my Ryobi Pruning Pole Saw about 10 years ago and spent considerably more for it just for the saw itself. I don't know the quality of this North Tech saw, but the kit comes with 2 batteries, charger, an extra chain, and even some gloves.

What I really liked about this North Tech kit is that the saw can be detached from the pole and used as a handheld pruning saw. I cannot do that with my Ryobi pole saw. The chainsaw is permanently attached to the pole.

I can tell you that I have a separate Ryobi pruning saw which I use all the time around the house. I use it more than my full-sized chainsaws. Most of the time, I only need to cut up smaller branches that fall on the lawn. I only use my pole saw maybe a couple times a year, but when I do use my pole saw, it's the perfect tool for that job.

With this North Tech kit, you get both advantages of a pole saw and a separate pruning saw. It's a 2 for 1 tool that costs a whole lot less than it would cost you with other tool brands. Again, I don't know the quality of this product, but it you don't like it, Menards has always been great at accepting returns.

FYI, here is the current sale price of my Ryobi 18v 6-inch pruning saw...

And here is my Ryobi 18v pruning saw...

I am very happy with my Ryboi pruning saw and the pole saw, but I paid well over $200 for both, tools only, no batteries or extra chains.

I don't know how Menards is able to offer these types of tools so much cheaper than their competitors, but I have recently purchased a replacement corded miter saw and table saw from Menards. They just had what I needed at considerably lower prices. So far, the tools I have purchased from Menards have been well worth the money for my needs and I have not had to return anything yet.

 

[Finchbreeder]

We don't have Menards or North Tech in Australia, that I have seen.
We have the Aldi and Bunnings comparisons.
I got my Ryobi battery opperated pruning tool from Bunnings. It cuts through branches with a diametre of 5cm with ease - and up to 8cm occasionally. Much better than when I had to brace the old pull cord job against my gut and pull like hell. It gave me a hernia.

 

[Finchbreeder]

That's cause I was pruning them off the tree above my head.