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Reciprocating saw for Pruning?

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Posted by petpalikali WI-Z4 (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 6, 14 at 20:20

So, I have two Apple trees and a Plum in desperate need of pruning. I'm not so young anymore and disabled. The only way I can think of to prune these things is with a reciprocating saw. Does anyone know what type of blade would work on live wood? I'm guessing that the limb diameter doesn't exceed eight inches on my largest branch.

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They have long wood blades in package of blades displays at big box store have individual. I got long can't remember length I do no cut 6" limb and more.

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Home Depot has them here, so does OSH. I have a Ryobi corded sawsall and a Ryobi 18v pole pruner. I could not cut limbs off with out them

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Reciprocating saw works well for pruning, you can get pruning blades for them, I've bought them at Harbor Freight and seen them at Home Depot.

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This one is 12 inches / 30 cm long and is still nasty sharp. One important tip: blood really doesn't lubricate the cut very well.

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A reciprocating saw is a must have item for me. You might want to do what I just did. Get the Ryobi cordless 18V. Why drag a cord around? Although you will mostly use the wood blades I also use a metal blade with smaller teeth for smaller more sensitive cuts. Good Luck. Bill

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Thank you all so much for the answers and input. The guy at the store said I couldn't use a sawsall on live wood. Love the wood vs. metal blade info, and of course the blood humor! I get so much help here at GardenWeb. Pet out.

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  • Posted by olpea zone 6 KS (My Page) on
    Tue, Jun 10, 14 at 12:31

The blade shown in the post above is for live wood. I bought some once and used them to prune in my sawzall. They worked decently.

A good hand saw for trees (like a Silky) is about as fast as a sawzall, but as you point out, requires more effort on the part of the operator.

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