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16-09-2003, 07:22 PM

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| Dangerous? How far can you fall into a Leyland cypress? Just cut from
| the top down so you can't fall on any sharp bits.

Well, you can climb up a ladder and bounce off the outside, landing
with a thump or perhaps on something sharp.

I have a short-ish bit of hedge fashioned from truncated Leyland
cypresses. Having truncated them further, I now can clip the sides with
shears. And, to get to the top, I disappear inside and climb the
trunks..

You can also have the bit you cut off fall onto you like a hammer,
possibly using a branch as an anvil.

You have to be *VERY* careless to let that happen. Anyone who could do
that might get some sense knocked into them.

| And don't try removing the bottom third first unless you have a good
| supply of skyhooks.

A good general rule, I agree.

Yes, cloudclamps aren't up to the job.

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Rusty Hinge
No m'lud, it wasn't a sneg. My joints creak.