I bought a 12' fiberglass telescoping tree pruner yesterday at Sears. The crab apple tree in our front yard is touching our bedroom window, and I don't have an extension ladder to reach that high. Even if I did have an extension ladder, there is nothing to lean it on to get those top branches. I sort of got it at half price because I used a Sears gift card that I am pretty sure Shawn gave me when I became his godfather.