Hi All.   Like most Modellers I would rather build a “ Dream”. model railway. But wouldn’t you know it after a comment from the housing officer, “Your garden is a bit overgrown “ , but, she has never been out there. I don’t know why She couldn’t come out with it and say someone has complained. So rather than pay someone to do I have purchased a “Pole Saw” , which equals less time on the railway. Has anyone used a   Polesaw???                                      At least I already own a hard hat with safety visor, otherwise it would dig a bigger hole in my railway budget . Best wishes Kevin 

Crikey Kevin,
By pole saw is that a mini chain saw on a pole ?  If so be very careful - and if you cant be careful I know a very good hand surgeon who did some great work on my left hand which came too close to a circular saw …. .

Hi Dave.   Thank you for your reply. No, my polesaw is purely manual. With the choice of curved bladed saw, or a pair of jaws.(what’s jaws? ;-) ). But anyway I have a lot of tangled and dying branches that is preventing light penetration to the ground. And it wil all be dead soon if I don’t get a move on. Best wishes. Kevin

Great bits of kit Kevin. There is one hanging up in my shed.

Hi Marty.    Thank you for your reply . Pity that you live so far away though. The only Perth I have visited is in Bonny Jockland.   Best wishes. Kevin

Use the parrot beak cutting for small branches and the saw for the larger ones. It will cut through green wood quite easily. Do wear your eye protection as the saw dust and wood chips may get in your eyes. If you are cutting branches overhead make sure you are far enough away so that when the branch falls…. you aren’t under it!
Have fun.

Never been to our namesake city in Scotland. I have been to the village of the same name in Tasmania however.

Hi Marty. Thank you.  Did you buy some apples in Tasmania ? Green wood? I am trying to save that and cut out the old wood. When I purchased my Hard Hat it was fitted with a visor and ear defenders.  Best wishes. Kevin

Hi Marty.  I have given some of my layout time allocation to attempt clearing the garden, my first real work. . For some time.   “ And it ain’t half back breaking “. But it has to be done, if only the Canopy wasn’t so tangled. Best wishes. Kevin

When you mentioned a pole saw Kevin, I had visions of you in scanty underwear half way up a tree ………………then realised that was a dance and not a saw ………..

  Here in France, we call them "long handled pruning saws" and the jaws are "loppers".  They were used a lot in this area in the past for pruning the masses of big plum orchards (ever heard of "Agen Prunes" ? - that's where we are).

Nowadays, it's all done in a fraction of the time with pneumatic pruners and saws - and I can assure you, the old way is definitely not the best way !!!!  I use them on our few fruit trees and my neck is breaking after the first tree from looking up at what I'm doing………………….

Hi Petermac.  Thank you for your reply.  The trees/overgrown shrubs, hawthorn and blackthorn amongst there number are supposed be a hedge, which I planted on 2000.  The trouble is they are tangled. Speaking of after a day looking up at what you are doing,  Best wishes. Kevin

Steady as she goes Kevin. A little bit at a time. Then some layout work. Then another branch or two, then a cup of tea. Look after yourself. 
Cheers

Hi Marty.   Thank you . That is the correct formula. “Little and Often” between doing the washing , doing a bit of the railway, another cuppa, cooking the dinner, making the bed, and another cuppa, then it starts over. Best wishes. Kevin

Hi Marty.   Another reply. I have just spent half the budget of a potential locomotive purchase, I am now one very careful owner of a “Silky Zubat “ . And if I remain careful?  I will get the garden done albeit temporality, next job in the Winter (Northern Hemisphere ) layer the hedge. That will keep everybody happy  ?  Best wishes. Kevin

Wow - laying a hedge  :shock:  That's pretty skilled work Kevin.  Will it be stock-proof ?

Hi Petermac.   Thank you for you reply . Stock proof? two legged stock only I am afraid. I have put myself forward as a potential member of the South of England hedge laying society??? but because I am unable do drive,  I am concerned about carrying “ Bladed Tools”  on public transport , I know that if there is a lawful reason to carry them it could.be okay??? Allegedly?  but I don’t want to take that chance. After getting passed my three score years and ten, without getting a criminal record. Best wishes. Kevin

Hi Petermac.  I got the boot on the wrong foot??? I have got to untangle the trees at the canopy fair enough, but, most of the work would involve cutting most of the way through the trunks near ground level. The idea being to lay the trees down, and bind supports and allow the light to get to them. Apart from pleasing the neighbors it would be good for the wildlife.  Best wishes. Kevin