The house I moved into had a quite overgrown backyard with lots of lantana that was strangling the trees which had grown rather ugly (and mostly dead) in an attempt to escape the strangling vines.
In an attempt to control my yard I have over the last few weeks gathered an arsenal of backyard weapons including such things as a 4 Stroke Rover lawnmower, a Fiskas saw on a pole and a Ryobi 2000w electric chainsaw.
Believe it or not the electric chainsaw is the stand out item of the bunch and the most surprising. It was extremely cheap (especially compared to the petrol models) and the salesman tried his best to discourage me from buying electric because it wouldn’t be able to do anything bigger than tiny branches.
Oh my was he wrong. It sounds like a circular saw when it gets going and it just munches through dead hardwood branches and stumps like it was cheese! All in all I think it was great value for money but with the rather significant limitation of requiring a powerpoint and would be possibly dangerous to use in the rain.
Now the lantana and dead timber is cleared I just wish I had more things to chop up! 
If a tree falls down across my driveway it better be near a powerpoint or a portable generator. 
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