# Cannot chop down harvested willow trees with chainsaw? (git 00efc6d7fe)

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867 "2021-02-04T14:50:27Z")
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### Author: ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/1 "2021-02-04T14:50:27Z")

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“There is no tree trunk to chop nearby”

 ![no_trunk](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/5/589c505492a4e0b7b4b9d887d91c8292c0ce4b07.png)

… For some reason it requires 12 battery charges to do so. I had only 7.

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### Author: ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/3 "2021-02-05T16:09:22Z")

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There are different actions for chopping trees, and chopping tree trunks.

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### Author: ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/4 "2021-02-05T16:16:20Z")

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Yes, but the menu does not appear.

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### Author: ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/5 "2021-02-05T16:34:26Z")

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Got a save file? _Post must be at least 20 characters long._

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### Author: ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/6 "2021-02-05T16:34:37Z")

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I know it’s not helpful, but it works for me, can you elaborate?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/6/6be73f7ebd1588ce7078cd225ecabb3e80a5aff1.png)

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### Author: ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/7 "2021-02-05T16:55:46Z")

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I don’t know which of the 500 snapshots is the one, but it shouldn’t be hard to reproduce the next time I go logging.

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### Author: ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/8 "2021-02-05T20:11:33Z")

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There is another issue: “you press the button but nothing happens” should not happen on an electric chainsaw…

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### Author: ![PALU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@PALU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PALU)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/9 "2021-02-05T22:14:19Z")

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Why wouldn’t an electric chainsaw be allowed to run out of power?

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### Author: ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/10 "2021-02-06T05:27:50Z")

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I think that they’re referring to the ‘fails to start engine’ thing that happens sometimes with petrol chainsaws. So, no, it (apparently) didn’t have a flat battery.

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### Author: ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-chop-down-harvested-willow-trees-with-chainsaw-git-00efc6d7fe/25867/11 "2021-02-06T08:40:47Z")

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Yes, it has power. Post must be at least 20 characters