Tone70 wrote:
A group of friends and I have been gradually chopping down some
Cypress trees in my garden under instruction from my insurance
company as they're causing subsidence in my house. We've been
battling away with bow saws and even a hack saw and progress seems
slow. From the start I was looking to get them down extremely cheaply
and not involve expensive tree fellers costing me hundreds of pounds
which I can ill afford. Chainsaws were mentioned but i'm looking for
a more manual angle.

Well, since you wanted a more manual angle what are you bitchin' about
it appears you got your wish.