Kitchen Garden Forum

Can anyone recommend a readily available, professional (but not ridiculously expensive) saw for pruning larger branches on trees. (A one person saw - not two handles) Already have loppers but wanting to add to my arsenal of gardening equipment.

Any advice much appreciated.

I would imagine many of the pruning saws with Japanese style teeth that cut on the pull stroke would work well. I have a Spear and Jackon one which is just fine, I think the Silky and Bacho ones have good reputations, amongst many others. Sometimes the length of the saw is hard to gauge from a photo online though, so check it is right for you.

I woudn't buy a bowsaw - the easily obtainable ones seem a bit rubbish. The frame cannot tension the blade enough for them to saw straight, and the blade loses its set quickly.

first we need to know how big these large branches and trees are and how many youre going to be cutting?

start with the folding pruning saws ...which i personally dont like
then theres the bow saw... i use one with a triangular frame cos it fits in better than the bigger saws.
then theres the power saws
i use a ryobi battery reciprocating saw on a stick ... it will cut a 4 inch branch ten foot in the air easily.
then theres the pole chainsaws to stick on the end of a petrol strimmer. with a ten inch bar



i usually use the last two cos you can prune a reasonably large tree with yer feet on the ground.... if you aint up a ladder you cant fall off it.

Come-on Diane.

Let us know what you need to cut so we can help, I do a lot of tree pruning to full-on arboreal tasks with chainsaw.

I do use the folding type pruning saw and find them useless for anything other than twigs. A quality Japanese saw or Japanese-type will be a good choice for anything between a couple of inches and up to six inches. After that a good quality bow saw that tensions a good quality blade will cut it's way through quite heavy stuff if you have the arms for it.

Most bow saws and blades on the market are really quite poor, a good blade in a frame that tensions the blade is worth the expense though you won't get into tight spaces like you can with a Japanese saw.

Try Axminster Power Tools.