@Stan:

"Yes but has you brother in law ever used a chain saw, maybe his experience is not up to scratch and he values his life. How about pulling the tree from the ground using a purpose built machine? I would think it criminal to use a chain saw :)"

That's exactly the point. Rands' brother in law would use a hand saw, Rands would use a chain saw, you would use your tree pulling tool. You use what you know and what you are comfortable using. Whether it is more or less efficient in the grand scheme of things isn't necessarily important, you'll get the job done.

Someone who works best in Textmate will be as useless with an IDE as a fine carpenter would be with a chainsaw.