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I would guess that your TPO is an area one, not one specific to your address; I can't see another way of such scrappy trees attracting protection.  If I'm wrong read no further but if I'm right... if the Lawsons were planted after the TPO was placed they aren't covered by it; they don't look to be that old

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My suggestion was - perhaps wrongly - that the 1:3 ratio is out of date.  My Echo pisses its 28" bar; there's no 'nicer handing' about it!  Thinking about it I recently sold my 89cc 064 (why?!) and it's being used on a 36" bar; nae problem!

Tolerance of blunt teeth will be virtually zero though when you're pushing the bar length limits; you'll need to keep that chain sharp

Surely the more powerful-for-their-weight modern saws have kind of seen that one off?  My 70ccc Echo pulls a 28" bar with ease - it's the manufacturer's recommendation - but it would manage a 32" I reckon; that's not far short of half engine size.

Or is that an exception?

@gensetsteve on here if he's still in the kindling market

A worthy cause Justice; have you put yourself in the Tip Sites directory top centre of the screen?

Some autumn colour there.  I'd heard of both Latin and English names but couldn't have said what the tree looked like.

Stunning.

They do indeed look great in the right place and that needs to be a situation with some formality. 

Then they make a statement.