We are looking to buy a decent (not too expensive) petrol chainsaw to deal with some very tall conifers as we can't afford tree surgeon prices! Most of the saws we have looked at either have bad reviews or can only deal with trees of up to 18/19" diameter and ours are way more than that. Can anyone offer any advise as to what we should look for. We have attached a couple of pics one of the trees in question and an aerial view to show the amount of trees we have to deal with! We should say that we are planning on hiring a cherry picker in order to be able to work at the height safely!
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With trunks of that diameter you'll need more than a hobby saw, so if you must go down that route I'd try to hire a saw and all of the safety gear (if the hirers are willing).
If you want to buy then its Stihl or Husqvarna really.
Are you certain you want to do this job yourself.....chainsaws are probably the most dangerous machines in the world.
John
If you want to buy then its Stihl or Husqvarna really.
Are you certain you want to do this job yourself.....chainsaws are probably the most dangerous machines in the world.
John
The obvious answer is that if you've never done this before (or you wouldn't be asking about chain saws) and the trees are as large (height and diameter) then you must be mad.
However, having done it myself, good luck. If you survive, it'll all seem great fun.
Husqvara is about as good as you get at reasonable prices but at the diameter you suggest, you are looking at SERIOUS injury scenario.
Anyways, with cherry picker, you start at the top and shave off all the branches, hoping that as they fall they neither hang up nor tip over your cherry picker. That's why professionals climb the tree and work down - nothing to tip.
You'll aslo need loads of safety gear, ropes and a chipper. Then a trailer or truck to get rid of the mountain of rubbish that you create. That's assuming you are keeping the logs.
By the time you get organised, and build in the potential for serious injury or death, a bunch of professionals might seem cheap
However, having done it myself, good luck. If you survive, it'll all seem great fun.
Husqvara is about as good as you get at reasonable prices but at the diameter you suggest, you are looking at SERIOUS injury scenario.
Anyways, with cherry picker, you start at the top and shave off all the branches, hoping that as they fall they neither hang up nor tip over your cherry picker. That's why professionals climb the tree and work down - nothing to tip.
You'll aslo need loads of safety gear, ropes and a chipper. Then a trailer or truck to get rid of the mountain of rubbish that you create. That's assuming you are keeping the logs.
By the time you get organised, and build in the potential for serious injury or death, a bunch of professionals might seem cheap
Before you even look at the saw you need to look at getting, boots (£150), trousers (£120), forestry helmet (£50) and gloves.(£17). Then as well as the saw you'll need the kit for sharpening the saw (do you know how to sharpen a chainsaw?) as a blunt saw is more likely to snatch.
You also need to look at public liability insurance if you are going to be removing trees adjacent to a public right of way. Obviously to get this insurance you will have to show proof of competence by showing your NPTC chainsaw ticket.
There are some jobs that it's not worth taking on yourself.
You also need to look at public liability insurance if you are going to be removing trees adjacent to a public right of way. Obviously to get this insurance you will have to show proof of competence by showing your NPTC chainsaw ticket.
There are some jobs that it's not worth taking on yourself.
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My nephew is 15.
He's tossing 70' beech tree's with two foot trunks at the moment on his own at the out farm. He has a big 24" husky. Fantastic machine.
His da packs him off on the quad while he lays up on the sofa scratching him self.
He's been chainsawing a few years now. Wears fook all protection.
I reckon he would have no trouble getting a job with the forestry. I told him how to find the back of the tree. Just look for the turd.
He's tossing 70' beech tree's with two foot trunks at the moment on his own at the out farm. He has a big 24" husky. Fantastic machine.
His da packs him off on the quad while he lays up on the sofa scratching him self.
He's been chainsawing a few years now. Wears fook all protection.
I reckon he would have no trouble getting a job with the forestry. I told him how to find the back of the tree. Just look for the turd.
Poor kid - uncle and pa just don't care.... either that or Uncle Norcon is extracting the Michael
No wind up.
No fannying about down on the farm. Thats how things get done.
When he's finished sawing up the tree he will shift it all back to the yard with the telehandler and run the blocks through the log splitter and bag them.
He will have no help with that. Its his job.
He earns his keep.
No fannying about down on the farm. Thats how things get done.
When he's finished sawing up the tree he will shift it all back to the yard with the telehandler and run the blocks through the log splitter and bag them.
He will have no help with that. Its his job.
He earns his keep.
I now a bloke who moved into a new house and it had some big popular tree's at the bottom of the garden 100' tall, so he thought he would save himself a few quid by trimming them his self, so he hired two scaffolding towers and chainsaw then he stacked the towers on top of each other and tied them to the tree, so he cut a large limb off and the tree moved that much it nearly killed him. He was telling me this story and I had tears rolling down my face but he was'nt laughing.
He's 15, still classed as a child. He shouldn't have to earn his keep, he should be provided for.
No safety gear, I'll second that this is a wind up!
Thanks to everyone who replied to my chainsaw forum post, in hindsight maybe its not such a good idea - does anyone know of a cheap tree surgeon in Lincolnshire area
No such thing as cheap, the uninsured/unticketed chancers are often more expensive than the pro's.
You can haggle though if you ask them just to bring the tree down safely, so you can cut it up and dispose of yourself. As mentioned, you will need leggings/trousers, steel toe capped boots and forestry lid. Shopping around will get you that lot for under £150.
Specialist boots and gloves aren't as vital for groundwork. I've never met a treesurgeon that wears the chainsaw gloves.
These trees will look a hell of a lot bigger on the ground, will take a long long time for you to process that lot.
When we lived in the Midlands we watched a couple of "experts" take down a big poplar tree at the end of the next door neighbour's garden. They tied a rope to the top of it, and then had one of them tied onto the rope on the ground to pull it (I suppose) out of range of the tree. They cut the tree, the guy on the rope was literally catapulted forward, and the tree fell diagonally across the gardens destroying the fence and a greenhouse next door to them. Luckily no one was hurt.
Chainsaws are dangerous yes, but trees are arguably more so. Big trees are unpredictable things. They can split, be rotten, and /or simply not fall where they are supposed to. They can roll or collapse onto you even when they are down and you're cutting them up. I'd say that unless you know exactly what you are doing. Leave it to the experts.
No wind up. Times are hard. Everyone has to earn their keep.
I was milking cows by hand when I was 7 years old providing milk for the home. Driving a tractor by 10.
The coming years will be way tougher than back then.
Why the fook should todays kids be wrapped up in cotton wool?
I take it you've also got a nice wide chimney so's the urchin doesn't get stuck when he's up there sweeping it.
There's nothing wrong with teaching a kid that the world doesn't owe him a living but what you advocate and apparently demand is criminally irresponsible.
There's nothing wrong with teaching a kid that the world doesn't owe him a living but what you advocate and apparently demand is criminally irresponsible.
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