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Hedge trimmer/saw

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thelawnet
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I'm looking for a saw I can use to cut my Leylandii hedge and that can also cut tree trunks into firewood.

Any suggestions?

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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,268 Forumite
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    Go to a specialist garden machine retailer and ask advice. Watch out for the very cheap stuff as spares are often not available and the machine may have to be binned. Having said that it may well give years of service.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,559 Forumite
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    thelawnet wrote: »
    I'm looking for a saw I can use to cut my Leylandii hedge and that can also cut tree trunks into firewood.

    Do you want something that will trim the green on the hedge or do you mean cut branches back?
  • safestored4
    safestored4 Posts: 464 Forumite
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    Not wishing to be critical, but you can't usually use the same tool for cutting hedges and sawing logs. You haven't said whether you want powered tools or manual tools or described the size of the hedge or the logs to be cut up. Without this sort of information it is difficult to offer any constructive advice or recommend particular tools and brands.
  • DaftyDuck
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    Don't expect to make firewood from Leylandii either. It'll spit like hell, clog chimney with tar, and stink.....
  • thelawnet
    thelawnet Posts: 2,577 Forumite
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    The firewood would be birch. I don't use a huge amount of firewood, just the occasional fire. But I'm not sure if it's worth getting a separate trimmer.

    The Leylandii is about 10-feet tall.
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