For me it depends on the style of job at hand.
For Crown Reduction Pruning, reaching out to 2" dia tips, a top handle saw & Silky zubat is preffered, but have done it with a 2 handle when at a pinch.
For smallish removals with lots of cut/snap/throw a top handle is preffered.
For med/large removals with either open space or rigging a grunty 2 handle is good, i'm happy to do it but often forget out of habit unless its real big.
Most other climbers ive seen would never even think about using anything other than their ms200 no matter how big the job and will push it to its limits on cuts well & truly big enough they should have moved up a saw size.
BTW, when i say 2 handle i know ms200 has 2 handles as well! I mean a conventional handled saw! |