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fatlazyless · 10-23-2005, 08:45 AM

And it actually worked.....like wow....how about that.....totally amazing....but first make sure your health insurance coverage is current and also have the non-emergency number for your local pd.

Here's a new angle on do-it-yourself tree limb trimming that I used with success. If you are, like myself, too cheap to call a professional tree service, and too chicken to climb 24' up a ladder and into a tree then here's the plan.

Items needed: a $35.00 1 1/2 hp Remington electric chain saw, two 12' 2x4's attached butt to butt to make one 24'er, two 10" mending plates, screws, duct tape, 100' x-cord, and a dulled mind is also helpfull. Assemble accordingly and now go trim those 6" or even 8" diameter oak boughs that have been there for like 100 years and enlarge your view. This system works but is a little hard to manuever. I know it sounds very flakey, but it was surprisingly sucessfull. The $35.00 electric Remington chainsaw is very light and very good. Oh yes, and don't forget the chainsaw oil and the cheap stuff works fine.

10-23-2005, 08:45 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,755 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	do-it-yourself tree limb trimming And it actually worked.....like wow....how about that.....totally amazing....but first make sure your health insurance coverage is current and also have the non-emergency number for your local pd. Here's a new angle on do-it-yourself tree limb trimming that I used with success. If you are, like myself, too cheap to call a professional tree service, and too chicken to climb 24' up a ladder and into a tree then here's the plan. Items needed: a $35.00 1 1/2 hp Remington electric chain saw, two 12' 2x4's attached butt to butt to make one 24'er, two 10" mending plates, screws, duct tape, 100' x-cord, and a dulled mind is also helpfull. Assemble accordingly and now go trim those 6" or even 8" diameter oak boughs that have been there for like 100 years and enlarge your view. This system works but is a little hard to manuever. I know it sounds very flakey, but it was surprisingly sucessfull. The $35.00 electric Remington chainsaw is very light and very good. Oh yes, and don't forget the chainsaw oil and the cheap stuff works fine.