When I was about 15, me and me ole mam lived in a flat belonging to two gay men...about 1961. They wanted to get rid of a privet hedge about 8 ft high.
Hal, the more butch of the two worked at Gorton Tank where they made steam locomotives for the Great Central Rly. He came home one day with a huge cold chisel with a sharpened, flat end.
It was about 3 ft long. Possibly made from a coupling rod or something. This was used, with a sledge hammer at the top end to cut through the roots. Very effective istr.
Hal died that year...aged 61...as old as the century......not due to the chisel, though !
Ted
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