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says...
In article ,
john hamilton wrote:
We are helping a neighbour take down a massive laurel type tree. After being
knocked out with all the sawing we thought one of the reciprocating type
saws would be the answer.

What kind of a saw are you using? If the answer isn't a 30" bowsaw
with a newish blade, then the answer is to get one. A 24" is a LOT
more effort and a 20" is just a joke for such use - back in the days
before all professionals used chainsaws, they often used 36" ones.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick suggestion is the way to go, but if you insist on a power saw a
cheap electric chain saw would do the job a lot more easily and safely
(if you can use that term in the same sentance as a chain saw!) than any
reciprocating saw.
My son and I took down 4 40' sycamore trees last winter using an ordinary
hand saw, once the stuff was on the ground I used an electric chain saw
to log it up
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea