Quad pulleys & a gearing mechanism supply immense cutting power to the blade & signficantly reduce the effort required to operate this pruner. Maximum cut capacity is 38mm (1). Simply attach to the Long Reach Swop Top Pole & get pruning.PLEASE NOTE: THE LONG REACH POLE IS A SEPARATE ITEM & CAN BE ORDERED USING CODE 581430. Choice of heads: Soft Brush Head 584610, Fruit Picker 581555, Sprial Flow Hose 584617, Geared Tree Pruner 581550, Clean Sweep Brush 584615.