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Charlie Brown wrote:

I have just started my 2 weeks holiday and I need to clear my garden of 10
years worth of neglect (we have just moved in). To make matters worse, I
just cut through the cable of the hedge trimmer. I went to buy a petrol
driven type but they didn't have one - the guy said he had plenty of chain
saws. Question! what is the difference (apart from the obvious) between
using a chain saw and a trimmer for doing the same type of work i.e.
cropping back bushes and scrub etc? - will a chain saw TRIM a hedge?
I would appreciate a quick reply so that I can buy one tomorrow and save me
a few days of my holiday!!

Be sure to buy a few spare legs, the odd spare arm and a spare neck
or two. Plus the odd gallon of blood. It is AMAZING what you can
cut through with a chainsaw.

Alternatively, you could go to an agricultural merchant or GOOD
garden centre, and buy some hand tools (shears, a billhook and/or
machete, a sickle (not a grass hook), a hand axe, some secateurs
and some loppers). Then drop in at the off-licence and stock up
on beer.

It's all a matter of taste, really.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.