my older Brother has a battery powered chainsaw....dont have to fluff around with fuel...just a little oil for chain....he keeps track open with it WITHOUT spooking all deer in area and by sounds of it cut a trailer load of kanuka with battery and a half!!!!!
you can do a hell of alot with a set of cicatears (know thats spelt wrong...what mrs uses to prune roses) branches and saplings up to finger sized are easy to whack off,supplejack and lawyer are gone in a wink.
a handsaw for $10 off the bargain table in mitre 10 etc work pretty good too.and when they blunt......no big deal to replace.
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