valleylynn said:Just to make sure we are on the same page. This will work to trim/shape an existing boxwood hedge?
It will work well for stuff that's the diameter of a pencil and larger. I know that when I've trimmed hedges, there have been times when the hedge clippers have been too small to get some of the larger branches and I've had to go after them with the loppers.
That said, a recip saw won't work like the bar of a hedge trimmer (think many tiny pairs of scissors operating at once). It's much more suited to single targets (or, in the case of the yucca, a sheaf of stuff contained to act like a single target).
In other words, if I were trimming a wildly feral hedge, I'd probably end up using both tools. If it were just a minor manicure, the hedge trimmers would be the tool of choice.
I sure hopes this answers what you're asking.
