Polesaw
{{Short description|A saw mounted on a long pole, usually for pruning trees}}
{{use dmy dates |date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox tool
| name = Polesaw
| image = Polesaw.jpg
| image size = 280
| caption = A polesaw with an extra pole lying beside it
| image2 = Giraffe saw blade.jpg
| caption2 = A replacement blade
| classification = Gardening, Pruning device
}}
A polesaw (also pole saw or giraffe saw) is a saw attached to a pole or long handle that is used for pruning tree branches that are beyond arm's reach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polesaw|title = Definition of POLESAW |work=merriam-webster.com |access-date=12 August 2022 }}{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/02827581.2018.1441901 |title=High-pruning of European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.) and pedunculate oak (Quercus roburL.): Work efficiency for target pruning as a function of tree species, pruning height, branch characteristics, pole saw type and operator |year=2018 |last1=Skovsgaard |first1=Jens Peter |last2=Markmann |first2=Jacob Johan Mohr |last3=Attocchi |first3=Giulia |last4=Talbot |first4=Bruce |journal=Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research |volume=33 |issue=5 |pages=511–517 |s2cid=89703761 |doi-access=free }} A polesaw allows its user to cut high branches without the use of a ladder.{{cite journal |doi=10.13031/2013.21605 |url=https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp??JID=3&AID=21605 |title=Manual Polesaw Pruning of Douglas-Fir |year=1997 |last1=s. j. Potts |last2=b. r. Hartsough |last3=s. e. Reutebuch |last4=j. l. Fridley |journal=Applied Engineering in Agriculture |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=399–405 }} Polesaws can be manual or motorized.
A polesaw is common equipment for phone- and powerline workers to prune tree limbs entangled with overhead cables, but the physical nature of the work can be a source of musculoskeletal injuries.{{cite book | chapter-url=https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IDETC-CIE/proceedings-abstract/IDETC-CIE2021/85468/V009T09A035/1128191 | doi=10.1115/DETC2021-70112 | chapter=Simulation of a Pole Saw Assisted by a Gyroscopic Effect Device | title=Volume 9: 17th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC) | year=2021 | last1=Okabe | first1=Eduardo P. | last2=Miletto | first2=Daniel L. | last3=Misuta | first3=Milton S. | last4=Brittes | first4=José Luiz P. | isbn=978-0-7918-8546-8 | s2cid=244386850 }}