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spinbaby

(15,260 posts) Sun Sep 29, 2019, 08:40 AM Sep 2019

Need bush removal advice [View all]

This morning I went out with a shovel, foolishly thinking I’d dig up that awkwardly placed lilac bush. Hah! That lilac was apparently planted when the house was built in 1928 and has a huge mass of impenetrable roots. I need something that will cut these roots, which are too awkwardly placed to just cut with a hand saw—no room, too close to the dirt—and too thick for nippers. What’s a good tool for this?

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Need bush removal advice [View all] spinbaby Sep 2019 OP

A Saws All (Reciprocating Saw) with a 9inch pruning blade Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #1

Yep. $25-30 at Harbor Freight. underpants Sep 2019 #5

That's what I used to remove juniper bushes Rorey Sep 2019 #10

Last week I removed a large very old one. safeinOhio Sep 2019 #2

A tree service with a stump grinder Major Nikon Sep 2019 #3

This could have been a GD post from the 2000's. dewsgirl Sep 2019 #4

Note - before you dig call your "Miss Utility" underpants Sep 2019 #6

The last time I wanted a Bush removed Unbelievable Sep 2019 #7

You win. safeinOhio Sep 2019 #8

Do you want to get rid of it or transplant it? I'm in the biz. Botany Sep 2019 #9

Question for the expert Rorey Sep 2019 #12

Are the stumps in the lawn? Botany Sep 2019 #13

I'll try to remember to get a pic. Rorey Sep 2019 #14

That may be what I wind up doing spinbaby Sep 2019 #15

Enjoyed this dialogue n/t hibbing Sep 2019 #16

Not one word FAC, not one word. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2019 #11