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Bought a Stihl electric pruning hand held 8” chainsaw today. Fabulous device. And a large bag, gloves, eye protection but not a complete hazmat suit. What a device.
And then I thought as I drove away from Screwfix, how much kit would you need to buy for the system to ping “body disposal!” I mean, same kit, just repurposed. No name requested, but I didn’t pay with cash. And Mrs TiRed was with me. In fact she’s the one getting in the practice! 🤔
Great tools. I've got a £20 Ali express special. It uses my existing Makita batteries and works well. Really good for climbing and using one handed.
More concerned about slicing off a bit of my body than anyone thinking I'm chopping up someone else. 🙂
I bought the same sort of thing from Lidl and a battery converter from AliExpress to use with my Metabo batteries. Works a charm. Breaks down small enough to go in a pack too for those rides where you know there will be stuff to deal with.
Presumably 8" not 10cm? Stihl electric gear is great I hear.
I've a polesaw extension for a brush cutter for pruning branches. I really don't use it.
...Maybe finishing the clean up would be more satisfying. I think that unless the body was completely frozen it would be an extremely messy process.
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6" battery Makita chainsaw here. Owned for over a year now, surprisingly robust/useful piece of kit (dealt well with 8" diameter trunks!) and well used both in the overgrown garden, the lane I live on and the local woods clearing trails/covering mud fests (fits in a larger backpack nicely with a spare battery and some oil).
As @nickjb said, considerable care needed when up a ladder and using one handed as so manoeuvrable that you could easily.. ..
The other downside, I'm too busy (read lazy) to sharpen the blades.
Breaks down small enough to go in a pack too for those rides where you know there will be stuff to deal with.
One way of dealing with close passes....
I have a little reciprocating saw that I use for much the same jobs, and it's absolutely fine, but MC of this parish has the tiny stihl chainsaw and I have envy. It's not <that> much better but it's so much more fun and like you say satisfying to use. And there's the everpresent risk of losing all your fingers to add to the fun, made worse by it being just that little bit <too> easy to use, it'd be easy to get careless. But yeah what an ace little tool.
I've an old husky 353g from my arb days (the boss had all the bigger saws I needed). A wee electric one sounds more pleasant to use these days for my use.
I bought my dad (when well into his 80s) a black&decker alligator - sort of a cross between one of ^ these and large secateurs. It's bloody good and would be fantastic if cordless. Only goes up to maybe 3-4 inch branches, though I guess newer versions might be bigger
I think that unless the body was completely frozen it would be an extremely messy process.
ah you missed the part about the one tonne bag I also bought for the errrrr chopped branches.
And yes it’s a GTA 26. I think 8 cm. The trees will be worried. It took down a 4” truck with ease.
I think that unless the body was completely frozen it would be an extremely messy process.
If the body is frozen then a wood-chipper would be the better tool!
I think that unless the body was completely frozen it would be an extremely messy process.
If the body is frozen then a wood-chipper would be the better tool!
Some of you have thought this through in far too much detail....
...Maybe finishing the clean up would be more satisfying. I think that unless the body was completely frozen it would be an extremely messy process.
I'm drawing up a list of folk on this thread I don't want to meet for a ride in the woods....
So you *are* using it for close passes!It took down a 4” truck with ease.
Though i'm not sure how much damage a 4" truck could do.
Some of you have thought this through in far too much detail....
A real-life example from USA shown on Discovery true crime many years ago. Caught because he (it's alway a him) didn't take the post out of a chest pocket and didn't remove and disolve the teeth.
You would need to be more worried if we're riding close to a lot of pigs in one of the local forests!!
Some of you have thought this through in far too much detail....
Like I said, just gloves and eye protection. The DNA sparing Tyvek hazmat suit was just a little too much. Need to spread the purchases around to avoid suspicion. Most would be assassins are not subtle - hence the IT systems to detect those shopping lists!
https://www.screwfix.com/p/dupont-tyvek-classic-hooded-coverall-white-x-large-42-46-chest-31-l/24714
I think it’s my new favourite toy after bike stuff. And I hate gardening.
...then start a thread on the internet about it. Nobody would do that if they really were...well you know.
For close passes. there is an extension pole available. Mounted on a rack with a remote activating switch, I can see the potential here. Or just add a six foot bar to one's standard chainsaw. Note: I do not have a standard chainsaw. Far too dangerous for me, although my nephew has a collection (and the all the badges to use them).
Is WCA on this thread yet? If not, then surely it’s just a matter of time…
Bought a Bosch battery mini chainsaw from Homebase in their closing sales. Very handy and used in conjunction with the electric 'chainsaw on a pole'. Safer than the standard electric chainsaw.
...then start a thread on the internet about it. Nobody would do that if they really were...well you know.
Hiding in plain sight?
We have one of the Husky 540i XPG electric chainsaws at work equivalent to a 40cc petrol saw, great to use with out all the noise of a petrol one and lighter.
And if you’re going to stick a body through a chipper I’d suggest stripping it first, last thing you want to do is clear a blockage in the chipper from clothing and mangled body parts.
I've been waiting for someone to mention Fargo...
And if you’re going to stick a body through a chipper I’d suggest stripping it first
The criminal case I cited involved the use of a chest freezer to solidify the body (2 days at -19C will do it). What made it more incredible is the chipper was placed in the middle of a bridge across a large river in a rural location and the body was chipped into said river clothes and all.
I recall that case, iirc a number of people had thought it odd that a wood chipper would be on a bridge and called the cops.
Just been putting this together in the kitchen while Mrs Kilo is out. The new toy
Clothes may go through okay frozen but I’ve seen a coat block a chipper when It was caught by the brash and pulled through.