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Originally Posted by Mysterious Traveler
On 06/02/2011 03:03 PM, Tone70 wrote:
Hello there,
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. The
bow saws we have seem to take forever to slice through the bark, could
anyone recommend something that could get the job done quicker, bearing
in mind nothing electrical! Someone at work mentioned a 'tree saw' which
is tougher than a bow saw, but I can't seem to find this tool. Would an
axe do the trick? Diesel in the bark (drastic last resort if bow saw's
the only option!)? Any tool that can slice through the bark quicker than
a bow saw and get the job done in half the time would be exceedingly
handy. Any ideas?
Cheers for your help!
What is your reason for not wanting something electrical?
A reciprocating saw works for me when I cut Juniper trees
which I think would be similar to a Cypress tree.
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Mysterious traveller (one of Peter Gabriel's old monikers as I recall!),
As I've stated in another reply it's the whole amateur gardener thing and not wanting the wife despairing over highly dangerous pursuits with electrical tools.
A reciprocating saw sounds interesting though, I shall look that up.