CAMPNDOOR RS24CO High Limb Rope Saw, 53 inches, Chain Type, Zero Effort 360 Arborist

The project was a "widow maker", a big broken limb hung up in an adjacent tree. Using a ladder and a regular chainsaw was just too dangerous an option for me; I could just imagine the falling limb swinging and knocking me off the ladder, and serious injury or death. I have a friend whose dad was killed doing this sort of job. I did some Googling on solutions, and discovered the "high limb rope chain saw". Nobody (including Tr.Sup.) had such a thing in stock at local stores, online order only with a three or four day wait, so that led me to Amazon. I did a lot of reading of the reviews, then made my choice and got this delivered overnight with my Prime membership. I bought just this chain, rather than the complete kit, because so many reviews of these saws commented on the poor quality of the handles, the use of cheap polypropylene ropes, etc. I already have multiple chainsaw files for sharpening, so that piece of kit was not needed, but of course this chain was new and sharp. I bought two 50' lengths of black paracord from my local HF, cut a couple of foot-long pull handles from 1/2" PVC pipe, wrapped the paracord around the middle of the handles with a clinch knot, and got my neighbor to help me saw. The comments that it works better with two people are spot on; you can spread out, get out of the danger zone under the limb, and have less of a bend in the cutting part of the chain as it passes over the limb, and you can work it back and forth to free it if it starts to bind. The other comments in the various reviews about binding were instructive; a wide angle between the ropes (90 degrees or more) and slow, steady, short pulls worked best to prevent binding; long, jerky "snatching" motions were more likely to cause binding (I can still hear my carpenter granddad say "Let the saw do the work, son"). I used the provided carabiners on the ends of the chains, and I think that helped at one point to stop chain "overrun" and potential binding of the paracord itself in the kerf when my neighbor got a bit too enthusiastic with his pulls. You need to watch it carefully to keep the chain centered in the cut. In retrospect, I may tape the carabiners with brightly colored vinyl tape to make them more visible, so that I can see the ends of the chain as it is sawing; black rope and chain against dark green in a post-sundown dusk makes it difficult to see where the chain is located; the orange rope in the kit makes sense. The chain does seem thin in a couple of places, and I can see that it might be easy to bend or break links if you get too over-eager, but as long as you move carefully, smoothly, and watch what you are doing, it should last for a good number of cuts. The double sided chain means you don't have to fiddle with it too much to get the cut started, just gently pull to get it to bite. It may turn out to be a challenge holding it when it comes time to sharpen, but I will figure out some kind of jig to hold it in my shop vise, when (and if) I ever need to sharpen it. The hardest part of the job was getting the rope positioned over the limb, which was about 20' up. After tossing the rope over the limb with a weight, we wound up having to use an extension ladder and pole saw to move the chain over to the right place (right up against the trunk), because it kept getting hung up on small limbs above, then on the broken jagged part of the limb itself. The whole process took us about 45 minutes (warm work in July), but the actual sawing of the limb itself only took about 5 minutes. I figure I saved several hundred dollars by using this saw rather than calling a tree service, and we were able to safely drop the limb, standing well away from the tree when it fell. The limb did break off before we finished sawing, but the chain stayed in place and we were able finish cutting off the remaining splinter and have a nice smooth cut that hopefully will heal and grow over. Once the limb was on the ground, it was easy to cut up with my regular chainsaw. The three photos show the limb before and after, and a closer view of the cut. The limb was about 7" in diameter, 20' up, and the tree is a water oak. I am sure it will shed more limbs....

I used this chainsaw to cut down a dead branch on an oak tree high above our yard and patio. It worked great. The saw cut through the branch very quickly. If you plan to buy this thing be careful. This branch did not fall where I thought it would. It twisted a bit and ended up all on the patio instead of mostly in the yard. Thankfully, no one was hurt and nothing was damaged. If you're using this with another person helping make sure you both have an escape route. This branch came down really fast.

Worked great. Sharp, cut through big branch good. Better to cut from the ground so I don't fall my ass out of a tree 😆✌️

This is NOT the answer to all of your tree problems but it is a handy little trick to have in your back pocket (metaphorically of course, I do not recommend literally keeping it in your back pocket). I had a large limb broken and hanging dangerously in a cherry tree about 60 feet up and I could not reach it with a pole saw on an extension ladder (which would have been dumb and dangerous if I could anyway), so I ordered this spent an hour or so swinging a 3/4" wrench on some paracord at it before I got it over the limb just behind the break. The problem is pulling straight down on both sides causes it to bind up in the cut but with some help from the wife, a little coordination and a fresh blister or 2 we were able to get through it by standing very far away to open up the angle. The tool itself is well built, cutting teeth alternating both directions and on both sides. Its just a bit trickier to use then the make it seem. Certainly not going to put any arborists out of business but it did get this one small job done a lot cheaper than calling in the big dogs.

Hi, I bought it for summer 2025, to cut my backyard tree branches, so I can not give a review now. But the delivery was very fast. Thanks