After 12 years of trimming oaks, I finally tried a handsaw for a 6-inch limb

Last Tuesday I had a 6-inch oak limb hanging over a client's driveway in Portland, and my chainsaw was in the shop. I grabbed a $40 Silky handsaw out of the truck and made the cut in under 2 minutes with zero cleanup. Has anyone else found that smaller cuts are actually faster by hand than firing up the saw?

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noah_palmer4213d ago

Yeah, I had a similar thing happen last year with a maple limb around that size. I was surprised how clean and quick the handsaw was, no messing with gas or earplugs.

jones.grace12d ago

Sliced right through my thumb with one once, totally worth it though.