My wife and I are going to be cutting some new walking trails through mostly cedar (junipers actually) in Central Texas. I will have a chain saw, but a lot of times limb loppers do a great job and are much safer when kids are around.

Does anyone have a recommendation of where to buy a really good set of limb loppers?

I looked around Home Depot the other day and wasn't impressed with their selection.

Thanks!

Stihl makes a very good one for about $100. It's already last two years for me and I use them alot. Ranchers around here use them to shear horns off of cattle. Bought mine at an Ace hardware store

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Corona or Fiskars make good loppers that will last.

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get one of these with the jagged wood blade, cuts all that smaller stuff like a charm.. I have several of them and use them all the time to trim little stuff

Ive messed up more than my share of loppers. The main thing is don't try to cut a limb that's too big. Itll cut but it jacks up the alignment and then they tend to pinch rather than cut clean. Seems to happen no matter the brand.

Definitely the best tool for what you describe. Cedar snaps clean real easy and you can do a lot fast.

Fiskars makes great loppers, but I'd second the reciprocating saw suggestion. I pruned a half acre lot full of oak trees with only a ladder and a sawzall recently. Much easier than loppers.

I prefer the ratchet loppers with an anvil side...some even have telescoping handles...like everything else, you get what you pay for

I use the Ryobi battery hand held chainsaw at the lease. That thing is great. Small and cuts great. Easy to walk around with.

I have a 6in chainsaw that is like a ginsu knife. I also have the Fiskars loppers and are great. I got the titanium blades for it and after 2 years of solid use Im finally going to change them. Good luck

Fiskar's Power Gear Limb Loppers

what schmel said. that gear makes a huge difference.

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Fiskar's Power Gear Limb Loppers

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I have these, they are great. My 6 and 9 year olds use them with no problem

Check out Felco, they are very good. I have two of them one for the Polaris and one that rides around in my ranch truck. They are heavy duty and built to last especially with the more expensive ones.
https://felco.com/en_us/products/loppers

I've been using and abusing a set of Fiskars telescoping handle loppers for about 20 years now. Have cut countless cedar limbs at the ranch, prepping trails and shooting lanes for deer season. They have been tossed around the back of a truck, left outside, hung in a barn for months on end, dropped from tree stands… you name it. I've honestly never sharpened them or done a single thing other than grab them and cut away.

I think they are about $25. Im not sure what else you could desire from a pair of loppers for more money.

If I'm buying again, I'm getting the updated version with the power gear- as linked above.

Felco loppers are excellent.

The rechargeable reciprocating saw with a good pruning blade is awesome for a task like this.

Stihl Loppers. Bought them years ago and have added several more for the lease and house. The head can be changed out but the originals are all still great. The ones out at the lease have cut thru lots of deer bones over the years as well as mesquite limbs. Used multiple other brands for years before buying Stihl. No comparison.
Only have the longer ones but I saw at northern tool today that they have smaller versions.

Thanks for all the solid replies!

The Lowe's market stores in the hill country that have an Ace Hardware attached to them carry a really good inventory of Stihl products including loppers. At least the one in Blanco does.

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I have these, they are great. My 6 and 9 year olds use them with no problem

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Another +1. These power through things easier than any other loppers I've used.

These things work great.

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Have to be very careful.

Ditto on Felco. I used to take care of a lot of young grafted pecan trees along with three dozen peach trees in our home orchard.
Big difference in Felco vs the cheaper competition.

Steeltoe05 said:

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My wife and I are going to be cutting some new walking trails through mostly cedar (junipers actually) in Central Texas. I will have a chain saw, but a lot of times limb loppers do a great job and are much safer when kids are around.

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When all I'm trying to do is clear an area (or even just a path) quickly and not worry about whether I might injure the tree itself (cedar / mesquite / hackberry / other brush), I use a pair of long-handled anvil loppers.

For less than $100, these are best I've ever used:

Tabor Tools 30" Anvil Loppers



Those things cut even hard dry branches up to 2" thick effortlessly. When I finally wore out a set after probably thousands of cuts I tried to find some locally at Home Depot and the best I could do was whatever they had on the shelf. There was no comparison, either, even though they cost about $50, just like the Tabor does.