Limb Rope Saw- 48 Inch High Tree Limb Branch Hand Chainsaw - Upgraded Chain with 62 Teeth More Blades - No Rope Included- Blades on Both Sides so it Doesn't Matter How it Lands

This saw performs well. It is sharp enough, long enough, double sided, and the brass eyelets protect the rope from cut through. I'd highly recommend using it on dead branches. Live branches - especially hardwood can be a problem. As you cut through a large, heavy, living hardwood branch, the wood can split when the weight of the branch exceeds the ability of the remaining wood. The splitting can cause an interference to the chain if the cut angle is not perpendicular to the branch. To avoid this, take a step or two away from the tree trunk, this will allow the splitting action to open up the gap rather than pinch it closed. Living hardwood is going to split and likely hang rather than drop clean. The chain will likely be hung up in the split until the branch is pulled down. Have an extra piece of cord ready to lob over the hanging branch to pull it down. Dead wood tends to snap off more so than a living branch. Be ready with a plan B. The sharp chain is good but can dig in and make it hard to pull and actually get stuck if your rope or strength is not up to the challenge. I'd recommend wearing the new-ness off of the cutting links before sending it into a tall branch. Cut a test piece or two on the ground - I think a slightly worn chain is better - it cuts more slowly but wont dig in requiring less pull force. Patients is your friend when doing this. Also note that as soon as you start cutting the branch, you are forming a gap in the wood that is an impassable trap for the knots tied to the end of the chain. The rope can get stuck in this gap if you over-pull to one side or the other. These knots commit you to finishing the limb removal somehow once you get started since there may not be any way of recovering the chain in that position. I'd recommend not knotting the rope but just doubling it over on one side so that you can release it if necessary. I use paracord for cutting - not the cheaper craft stuff - the 550 lb mil spec stuff. I also recommend using a smaller twine and fishing slip sinkers to throw over the limb. Thread the line through the slip sinkers then tie an overhand knots in front and in back to lock them into place. I used two 1 ounce oval sinkers back to back and was able to hurl them onto a 40 foot high branch. The slip sinkers tend to not get caught on branches during errand throw pull back. The bag supplied is not worth trying unless you have nothing else - I mean nothing!. I'd use my wallet before that POS. I also recommend standing on a chair to elevate yourself so that you can twirl a longer section of twine around to get up the velocity needed to hurl the thing into higher branches. Twirl the twine so that the rope comes over your shoulder like an overhand pitching motion. The chair height allows for a fast weight velocity but slower rotation that makes the timing of the release easier. Also be sure that slack line is free to sail off of the ground and not snag as twine seems to want to do to frustrate me. If I get this one stuck, I'd buy another to cut it down.

Very important tool in garden.

Of course the chain gets stuck, try to avoid this. But after using it for 3 days (by myself at 70 YO) it has performed well and is still kicking. Would not get stuck as much with 2 people , spreading out so as to make the cutting angle less acute. Cut down many branches in the 4" range. Larger would be fine, just get out of the way, also easier with two people. Patience and persistance always wins.

Haven’t tried it yet.

I love how long the cutting edge is and that the saw cuts both ways on both sides of the chain. I suppose most of these throw weight type chains have the problem that they get hung in the notch, but if it gets it out of the notch for any reason, it seems almost impossible to get it back in, so you have to start over and cut a fresh notch.The weight bag is cheaply made and fell apart within three or four uses. It just tore at the seams and busted open. I ended up buying a separate throw weight from Weaver Leather.

Once you get the chain over the limb it's good...providing you are talented enough to avoid getting it pinched in the cut before the limb drops. Fortunately you can pull the chain out of you have used a pair of strong mechanical attachments, very strong rope and more horsepower.

Appears to be poorly made to me. Right off the bat, the D-shaped ring broke. As the D-shaped ring it only used to clip the bag it isn't really needed to use the saw, but wasn't a good starting sign. The chain is fairly easy to attach ropes to it.I attached to 100 ft ropes to each side just in case I needed it. Then threw one rope with a weight over the target limb. It started well but after getting less than an inch through the branch it kept binding and getting stuck. After a lot of trouble I was able to get it out and try it on another smaller branch. It didn't seem to cut cleanly but eventually the branch tore but not fully through. After being able to tug hard it was able to rip the branch off.In short, it appears that it's not sharp enough to actually cut branches.

got it up on a 3" limb about 50 feet high. Like all saws it got jammed.....it's still up there 50 feet up.