Lopper shears also require cleaning and sharpening after use.
Loppers are also available as bypass and straight-anvil types.
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LOPPERS: This pruning tool has long handles to give you the leverage needed to cut through tough brush and small green branches up to inch in diameter.
Plus a 40cm/16" angle-adjustable, reciprocating hedge trimmer, 36cm/14" self-lubricating Oregon chainsaw branch
lopper and additional 1m/3ft 3" extra long extension to provide maximum reach up to 3m/9ft 10" - all with tool-free, quick-fit, no fuss attachment!
Four basic tool categories are necessities: hand pruners for the 1/2-inch to 1-inch twig range;
loppers for the whoppin' 3-inch branches; hedge shears for all of those bushes, shrubs and hedges during the growing season; and the saw to tackle anything else.
As an avid gardener, my hands would ache from time to time after a lot of digging, pruning, etc., so I began purchasing Fiskars gardening tools to relieve the pain, One of my favorite Fiskars tools is the power-gear bypass
lopper; it works like a charm I simply love Fiskars' ergonomic designs.
The stay-sharp blade of Wilkinson Sword's Classic Bypass
Lopper makes it a winner for awkward, or thick, branches.
A Ratchet-Cut
lopper and mini-lopper are also available, from www.florianratchetcut.com.
It was also recently responsible for the Alligator
Lopper woodcutting device, which has gone on to sell more than 421,000 units worldwide, and includes a number of unique features in its design, including patented jaws which protect the user from the moving cutting chain.
The winner will also receive a Wilkinson Sword garden tidy-up kit, consisting of a stainless steel spade and fork, a large PowerGear Pruner and medium PowerGear
Lopper, Teardrop leaf and shrub rakes, and a Kangaroo gardening bag.