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Obviously you need a billhook to cut into the pleacher, but do you not use some kind of saw to clean up your stumps? I'd have thought if they were left rough, rot could set in!
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A big one I'll use the topper but if your hook is razors you can flick those wee stumps off the back of the pleach with ease. Quicker than changing between tools constantly.
The old boy who taught me(and my dad 20yrs previous) would have been ashamed of me to see me use a saw on those bits.
Other tool worth its weight in gold is a WWII Brades pick/shovel trenching tool. Will take a vicious edge with some work and great for clearing around pleaches and hacking through roots.
Hedgelaying thread>>>>
edmundro
Silkys for hedgelaying can >>>>
Billhook/sideaxe/020t or gtfo
Gomtaro in its various forms is my up-fucker of choice for most tree work not requiring a topper. The yellow pocket boy has tiny teeth for fine pruning on fruit trees.