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RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - Bill Holt - 09-04-2017
Sounds like the post are in the ground. Sawzall is the best tool for the job. My daddy told me "If you need a tool, buy it, you will need it again."
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - Cecil - 09-04-2017
(09-04-2017, 02:20 PM)badwhiskey Wrote: Sawsalls are great. But I'd use a hand saw with an aggressive tooth design. They cut faster and easier than you would think. I've cut many 4x4s with mine.
+1. The lumber you are cutting is soft and you are cross cutting. There are also cordless !
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RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - Herb G - 09-04-2017
(09-04-2017, 05:28 PM)Cecil Wrote: +1. The lumber you are cutting is soft and you are cross cutting. There are also cordless !
This is what I use. Works fast & easy every time.
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - badwhiskey - 09-05-2017
(09-04-2017, 05:28 PM)Ceci Wrote:
Yeah, FatMax is the one I use.
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - GeorgeV - 09-05-2017
(09-04-2017, 12:32 PM)Gary G™ Wrote: Building a low deck; I have a number of posts to cut off level to the top of the joists.
I usually use a circular saw but these have limited access.
I don't own a sawzall -- never had need for one.
Is the sawzall the right tool? Easy to get a straight line cutting horizontal?
A HANDSAW.....HANDS DOWN!
No wires to mesh with and good exercise.
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - YSU65 - 09-05-2017
(09-04-2017, 02:20 PM)badwhiskey Wrote: Sawsalls are great. But I'd use a hand saw with an aggressive tooth design. They cut faster and easier than you would think. I've cut many 4x4s with mine.
Exactly what I did. No need to over think the job.
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - Cooler - 09-05-2017
I've never done this, but I think I would grab my bow saw. I cut through similar diameter bows with it and it cut very fast. It is a fairly cheap tool too:
![[Image: bow-saw.jpg]](http://troop317.pbworks.com/f/1441486544/bow-saw.jpg)
Just $35.00 at Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Bahco%C2%AE-Bow-Saw-All-Purpose/dp/B003WRA2Q0
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - Stwood_ - 09-05-2017
If in reach, skilsaw for most of the cut, then finish off with a handsaw like the poster above.
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - Gary G™ - 09-05-2017
Didn't think of the bowsaw; got a good, sharp one of those.
RE: What's your go-to for cutting 4"X4" posts? - DieselDennis - 09-06-2017
(09-04-2017, 04:18 PM)Eurekan Wrote: Last time I had to do this I used the circular saw set to deepest cut then finished off with the hand saw. Worked great for me. Didn't take much time either.
+1
Although on a 4 x 4, if I could get at both sides, I believe it would cut it with a 7 1/4" blade.
I do the skilsaw and handsaw combo on 6x6's too. Most of the time on a ladder no less.