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Janet Tweedy wrote:

Eh? From the point of view of a bowsaw, "very large" is above 12"
in diameter (or 9" for smaller saws).

No, 12 inches LONG Nick! Not diameter How would you cut them to a
diameter of 12 inches? I can split them easy enough if I wanted to at
that size! I sued to get rounds from the local council from the park
dept and used a grenade and a Swedish maule.

What I meant was that it becomes infeasible to use a non-specialist
aw for anything of above 12" diameter, and it is definitely harder
above 9". That applies to both bowsaws and chainsaws, though the
effects of increased difficulty are different.

I take your point about the length of time involved - I had to
guess at how wide and packed those piles were and may have guessed
wrong. But I can assure you that it is NOT as much faster to use
a chainsaw than it appears, if you are inexperienced or weakish
(as I am), because you dare not get even slightly tired when using
a chainsaw.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.