Why a Swiss Army Knife.

[Aristotle]

I went for a walk in our local woods. A number of trees and boughs had fallen across, or grown down to, paths.

Mostly only partially blocking them.

I whipped out my Swiss Army Knife, opened the saw and went about cutting them back. The bigger ones were first partially cut through and then snapped off.

A set of loppers and a bow saw would have been more effective, but less easy to carry day-to-day in my pocket.

"Why a Swiss Army Knife?" Why not?

Ps. There is a medium sized trunk right across one path that will require a return visit with a bow saw. A petrol chainsaw might not go down too well on public land?

 

[hughtrimble]

Good on you. I know near me people do go with chainsaws to deal with trunks blocking roads, but not into the woods. That's usually reported to the Woodland Trust to 'manage' (often left for ages and then they come and decimate the area).

 

[ged]

... There is a medium sized trunk right across one path that will require a return visit with a bow saw. A petrol chainsaw might not go down too well on public land?

I like to carry one of these:

G-Saw™ 240 - TAJIMA TOOL

G-Saw™ 240 - Japan Pull G-saw (PDF)

www.tajimatool.com

Inexpensive and incredible performance. I have a couple of the saws and I keep a pack of spare blades.

One of those will go through a 12 inch diameter tree trunk in two or three minutes.

With you on (not) using a chainsaw on public land. Even on private land it's difficult enough to make the environment safe enough to use power tools, but if the power tool happens to be a chainsaw you can't afford to take any risks. We have a collie that will cheerfully dive for a stick just before you go over it with the Mountfield mulcher. The engine noise doesn't seem to put him off at all, in fact then he'll put the stick on the mulcher - while it's going - and look at you hopefully. No sense of self preservation. If I get a chain saw out I have to tie him up somewhere.

 

[Aristotle]

I like to carry one of these:

G-Saw™ 240 - TAJIMA TOOL

G-Saw™ 240 - Japan Pull G-saw (PDF)

www.tajimatool.com

Inexpensive and incredible performance. I have a couple of the saws and I keep a pack of spare blades.

One of those will go through a 12 inch diameter tree trunk in two or three minutes.

With you on (not) using a chainsaw on public land. Even on private land it's difficult enough to make the environment safe enough to use power tools, but if the power tool happens to be a chainsaw you can't afford to take any risks. We have a collie that will cheerfully dive for a stick just before you go over it with the Mountfield mulcher. The engine noise doesn't seem to put him off at all, in fact then he'll put the stick on the mulcher - while it's going - and look at you hopefully. No sense of self preservation. If I get a chain saw out I have to tie him up somewhere.

I will take a folding saw too, but I think that a bow saw will be more effective for the trunk in question