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I tried one of these at a fair once. Thinking "how hard can it be, I've a pretty keen sense of balance", I was confident. Turned out it was nigh on impossible, I didn't even manage one rung.

Don't forget that you need a licence to be a waste carrier. 😉 Luckily, I only bring home valuable fuel for my logburner. Must go, the Gloucester Old Spots are coming in to land and refuel. 😂

Usually legs, I reckon ( I have no figures to back this up of course ) or in extreme cases, throats. Unless you're using a top handle ( in which case you're either a trained professional, or have a cavalier attitude to safety ) you can't cut your fingers, because they're on the saw handles. Anything at al which can be operated single handed increases the risk immensely.

I have no want or need to become a waste carrier. I let others do that.

all this wisdom from someone who still goes out to work in a car - when you getting a van or truck?

To be honest, your doing well to get three chains worth of life out of a Husqvarna 135 ! Assuming the saw and bar is OK, I'd clean up the bar, get the rails flat and true and replace the chain and sprocket. The problem is these parts wear together. An worn sprocket will mess up a new chain, a messed up chain will mess up the new sprocket.

Just check the local people, they need a 10x1.0 helicoil kit and willing/able to do it.

Hmm well we can do thousands of chainsaw cuts a day. Perhaps we should ask HSE to make those flappy top guards mandatory on all professional top handle climbing saws? Sod off ! I've got three of the secateurs and have used them all day long. Its very simple, if you want to keep your fingers whilst using dangerous tools, you have to respect it, and follow basic rules. The most important is turn it off when your not cutting. You wouldnt walk around carrying a chainsaw, its running with the brake off, idle set very high or pinned throttle so the chain is spinning. Thats exactly the danger level of the secateurs, if they are turned on.

Be nice or I'll come round and shove a ferret up your nightie!

Is there any where in the north east that could do it as its something ive never done, Also appreciate the responses

well done. I'm sure you won't be disappointed

I think it sounds uninsurable.

As i have "custom" made hedge of mostly black locust, with lots of 6-12mm hedge- shrub branches. And black locust is harder wood. I imagine i will have better run at speed one or two. In terms of battery, i wish i had smaller one. 5Ah will be hard to drain.

I dunno, if you’re doing thousands of cuts a day it’s not such a bad idea

once you start accepting the feckin' alphabet people and "furries" as the same as everyone else with the same rights, it's hard to tell the terminal nutjobs from those just wanting a little attention. given the propensity worldwide to avoid questioning the sanity and eligibility of all the things normal people can use and be responsible with, you're on a downward spiral. in our own country literally hundreds of people are on various lists, being monitored for website activity, often for years, but nothing is done until they blow kids up at a concert, or school, or some other atrocity, and then it's all,,, lessons will be learned, and suggestions, lobbying, etc, and wasting time and taxpayers money on how to place more controls on those adhering to the laws in place without achieving anything to negate the original problems. walk down the road minding your own business with the wrong kind of dog and it gets seized and destroyed, say a few "hurty words" on the internet and you could wind up incarcerated, fly the wrong flag from your roof and see how quick 5/0 turn up. and people wonder why there is so much negativity in the world.

I've never used anything other than full speed, the battery lasts ages.

Looks like an unessasary faff. What if the battery runs out in the glove, or it gets knocked and stops working, would the cutter still work? We use chainsaws, we dont generally chop out fingers off with those. Concentration, respect the tool and turn it off when not actively cutting, very simple way to keep your fingers. Safety has gone too far. I cant send a bank payment to my father without 20 pages of anti scam questions, fraud warnings, several text message verifications and endless annoyance!

WTF do you mean by that Bill ! 😁

It probably all happened in his bedroom, so no one was any the wiser. Radicalised online no doubt, maybe a 4chan user or a raging incel or some such toxic garbage. Freedom of speech is great sometimes!

And yet, deemed mentally sound to buy 3 guns. Got to wonder how he got that way without someone taking an interest - mental health, family, law enforcement or whoever.

Went ahead and bought Makita UH006GZ, since i already had batteries (5Ah) and charger. Applied for free battery. My other option which i passed was Stihl HSA 60 with battery and charger for less money than Makita solo tool. HSA 60 felt solidly made and has good balance as well. But i had to pick one. Makita hedge trimmer feels well balanced when holding it. Has 3 speeds. Runs smooth on empty. Probably will be using it on speed 1 or 2. Thanks everyone.

Worse than that in this case I think. Sounds like the guy hated everyone but was "obsessed with the idea of killing children" in particular. So just vile excuse for a human being. A guy who identified as a woman - surprised that wasn't the one bit of the story to trigger an outraged post on here.

Thank you Doug 👍