[quote=“DeWolf, post:3, topic:14423”][quote="§k, post:2, topic:14423"]Disposal is easy. Burn with flamethrower, or run over in a car.
Utilization is slow.[/quote]
I now plan to make a separate build item for chainsaws as surly a chain saw would be much faster than any axe.[/quote]
I wouldn’t touch times at all, if anything make them higher for an axe. I’ve done a fair amount of logging and cutting to clear land for my horses. 30 minutes is about right for cutting down a tree with a chainsaw, chopping the limbs off and into decent size logs, leveraging so it falls correctly and doesn’t pinch the blade. Moving them out of the way etc. Especially alone. You don’t rush it, a slip and you can cut feet/legs, or if something follows through too easy.
With an axe it really should be into the 1-2 hr range to chop down the tree’s and cut it into moveable logs. Which is what like 3-4 feet? That’s about as much I could personally pick up as 165lb person in solid shape. I’d estimate those were 80-100lbs or more from a 10-16inch trees that were not dead. Heavier than 50-60lb bales of hay, about as heavy as I’d want to move myself. Checking out an online log calculator for basswood average weight 1 foot around, 3 feet long is 83 lbs, as it’s a lighter wood, Birch is 120lbs for same length. White pine is 91lbs.
Removing trunks is never ‘easily’ even with current grinders. There is a reason companies charge like thousands of dollars to chop down big tree’s and a few grand more to grind trunks out.
The easier way is to pour in a bag or 2 of charcoal. Light it up and in a 1/2 day or so it’ll burn the trunk down enough (this is for like 2ft + trunks), that you can maybe chop the rest of it that doesn’t burn out. You don’t really need to worry about it like running ‘wild’ unless there’s lot of loose grass nearby.
