Story: Landscape - Gardening made easy: Pruning
Episode: 4
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
Air Date: 26th August

Trevor is raring to go for pruning season, a season he’s all too familiar with as a horticulturalist, but he knows he needs just the right tools to get at his deciduous trees.

• The GTA 26 battery garden pruner is STIHL’s number one selling tool worldwide. It’s perfect for pruning and cutting back overgrown trees and plants around the garden, and also doubles as a DIYer’s best friend as it can cut timber and planks up to 8cm in diameter.
• Designed with ergonomics in mind with its balanced centre of gravity, ergonomic shape, and low vibration, the GTA 26’s incredibly light weight of just 1.4kg including the interchangeable battery makes it comfortable to use and manoeuvre.
• It’s a versatile cutting tool which, in combination with the STIHL ¼” Picco Micro 3 saw chain, is ideally suited for the precise and powerful pruning of trees and shrubs. Battery life estimates are up to 80 cuts of timber that’s 4cm in diameter on a single charge, with a charge back time of as little as 70 minutes.
• The retractable hood which covers the guide bar swivels up to 90 degrees to ensure you only ever cut in the safest manner and the risk of injury is minimal. Like all tools in the STIHL battery range, it’s impressively quiet with a sound pressure level of less than 85 dB/A.
• Other great features include LED lit battery levels, high quality STIHL saw chain which is the same chain used on a number of their chainsaws, and the easy to use tool-free chain adjuster for when you need to replace the chain. Thanks to the asymmetrical design of the tool, the user will always have a direct view of the guide bar.

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