Deviner - vine removal tool

[jdpmorris]

Anyone ever used one of the Deviner vine removal tools?

[Pootnaigle]

Ummmmmmmmmm nope but I have wrapped a ton of em round a long stick n jerked em down.I would be interested to see on of these thangs

[jdpmorris]

it is on this site www.madillc.com and it looks pretty good

[Lineman North Florida]

Anyone ever used one of the Deviner vine removal tools?

Yeah I have used one of them and it will get a lot of vegetation and vines down pretty quickly, but be careful cause that mother will cause you to burn something down if your not careful :D especially when you have a pole overgrown so bad you can't see the pot or the secondary's, them big claws make it pretty easy to hook something you didn't want to when it's on the end of a pogo stick.

[HookinAintEasy]

that wouldve been real handy today!! :(

[jdpmorris]

Thanks - anyone else used this tool. I think i will have to try it to attack this....4854

[Pootnaigle]

Ummmm we wudda used a chemical called Pathfinder and sprayed the base of those vines. In a weeks time they would all be brown and in a month gravity and the wind would blow em down. But I understand you dont always have that kinda time to clear up a circuit.

[JD426H]

I've got one, but haven't used it yet. One of the other guys at work says it works good, and is also great for getting a limb off a line. There used to be a lady that insisted on planting Wisteria vines by the anchor at her transformer pole so the vines would grow up the guys. I got called out about 2 in the morning once to get her lights back on. I layed the bush axe to the vines at the ground, pulled the vines down from around the transformer riser with the extendo stick, and spilled a whole gallon of chainsaw gas around the anchor. :D Never had no more problems outta them vines!

[reppy007]

Thanks - anyone else used this tool. I think i will have to try it to attack this....4854

great pic....12 kv is kind of simple to deal with ..........but 19.9 is a little different ....isnt it?

[duckhunter]

I've used one, I bought it after the ICUEE a couple years ago. I think it works well. We've since put them on some other trucks.

[jdpmorris]

Catch Tag Lines
Remove Tree Limbs
Break Ice
Clear Vegetation @ Pole Base / Transmission Towers
Fish Down Wires From Trees

thanks

[jdpmorris]

Here are some new uses other lineman have told me: any comments or think of any others??

Catch Tag Lines
Remove Tree Limbs
Break Ice
Clear Vegetation @ Pole Base / Transmission Towers
Fish Down Wires From Trees