This probably won't help your situation, but....,

When I was having an asphalt driveway replaced and widened about a year ago,
I need to remove roots from a nearby tree that were going under the old
driveway. What I did was have a tree stump removal person use the stump
removal machine to cut a 15-foot long ditch parallel to the driveway. The
cutter just cut off all roots along that line leaving a 2 or 3 inch wide
ditch. Then when the driveway people removed the old driveway, all of the
roots on the driveway side of the ditch came out with the driveway. The
roots on the other side of the ditch remained untouched.

"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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In running my sprinkler system I came across some tree roots that has
basically twisted around under and over my 1" PVC pipe. I am trying to
untangle them but it's impossible. The roots are fifteen feet away from
the center of the tree and I want to cut the roots away to free the pipe
so I can work on it.

The problem is I am not sure what is the best way to cut these roots there
are two pieces about 2" in diameter so it's pretty thick. I tried using a
recipicating saw but the angle is such that it's real difficult and the
blade would strike the pipe when fully extended.

I tried a handsaw and same problem could not extend back and forth without
striking the pipe or other parts of the roots. About the only thing I
think would work would be a mini-hack saw but that will not go far with
that size root.

I do have a 4.5" angle grinder but I only have metal or masonry blades, no
wood blades and I don't think they make one. Could a grinder with metal
blade work in this case? It seems that it should.

Thanks,

MC