"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
. uk...
spamlet has brought this to us :
I also did almost buy a reciprocating saw in either Aldi of Lidl when
they were going v cheap last year. At the time though, I thought I'd
always be fit enough to use hand saws...

The reciprocating saw will fit and cut, where you cannot possibly get a
hand saw into. I have found mine to be particularly useful for cutting
tree roots, whilst still buried in the ground.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)

I tend to put a chain round roots - leaving a bit of the stump attached -
and then jacking the stump out of the ground using fence posts for leverage.
Of course, I'm talking garden sized things rather than large native trees...

S