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  • recommend me a good bow saw for trail building?
  • pussywillow
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    After a good saw for trail maintenance around my local trails, those silver birches are reet pain in the arse to cut down, also a good saw that packs away nicely in my dakine bag, cheers folks. 😆

    ahwiles
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    i’ve got a bahco laplander.

    it’s ace.

    phatstanley
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    depends on the circumference of the tree/logs, i guess. but to fit in your pack, the bahco laplander is purdy darn good:

    a proper bow saw (i.e long enough to be useful) wouldn’t really fit in a “normal” sized mtb pak.

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    organic355
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    get a silky gomtaro or other silky saw, bow saws get stuck.

    Silky’s dont.

    http://www.silkysaws.com/Silky_Saws/Straight-Saws/Gomtaro-Large-Teeth-Saw-687

    nbt
    Full Member

    I’ve got a 3.99 one from Aldi for occasional use.

    Works well enough – http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/trail-maintenance-anyone-else-do-it

    ir_bandito
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    Webtex hand chainsaw for difficult to reach and larger branches:

    Unfortunatly, I left mine in a tree somewhere…

    Northwind
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    Laplander is a great folder. I’ve got a very cheap Silverline straight saw which is surprisingly good. Bowsaws are a bit impractical for carrying, it’s got to be pretty big to have much advantage over a brashing saw tbh- so I got a mahoosive Bahco, which I can’t ride normally with, but which will cut through very big fallen trees.

    z1ppy
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    Most folders are tiny, when I was looking for a replacement unit, I decide a better all round saw would be more use. I did like my previous fiskars Xtract™ Garden Saw (with sliding blade), but the blade was too thin and bent if pressure was applied. As this is the sort of thing I’m willing to spend time clearing*, I went for the Silky Fox Gomtaro that Organic has posted above (as recommend by Jedi! 😉 )

    *I know of one instance I knocked back a stickmans persistance by clearing some large tree’s he cut down, the stickprick hasn’t touched that section of wood since 😀

    freeagent
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    Anything by Fiskars or Bhaco

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