Essential tools to carry; pole saw.
Funny how subjects get brought up but this was one I would like to address here in the NW...I was talking to someone who wanted to travel off road...a bit deeper into our forests with a TC....I asked ...
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Amazing some of the comments about this subject. Political correctness seems to have become a thing, regarding the use of saws in the woods. I guess it depends on where you live and camp.
My buddies and I have been hunting/fishing in the back country of south to central BC for well over 50 years -- pretty much all on crown land or land under timber license to assorted forest companies. And we have never ventured into the back country without gas powersaws.
Coming out from some of our remote locations, I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say we've needed the saw for 50+ trees across the road, usually due to heavy snowfall. Every fall, it seems branches have appeared one way or another, that would damage the camper sides or roof. Anyone cutting back these branches and 'leaners' is doing everyone else a favour.
We seldom camp in national parks, unless it's a 'sight seeing' vacation. But the saw is still in the basement, in case we come across a tree across the road. This can happen anytime, anywhere. And in many of the places we visit, you might wait days or weeks, for someone else to come along with a saw and bail you out.
My buddies and I have been hunting/fishing in the back country of south to central BC for well over 50 years -- pretty much all on crown land or land under timber license to assorted forest companies. And we have never ventured into the back country without gas powersaws.
Coming out from some of our remote locations, I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say we've needed the saw for 50+ trees across the road, usually due to heavy snowfall. Every fall, it seems branches have appeared one way or another, that would damage the camper sides or roof. Anyone cutting back these branches and 'leaners' is doing everyone else a favour.
We seldom camp in national parks, unless it's a 'sight seeing' vacation. But the saw is still in the basement, in case we come across a tree across the road. This can happen anytime, anywhere. And in many of the places we visit, you might wait days or weeks, for someone else to come along with a saw and bail you out.
