How to remove a small tree

Posted by desgnr on April 10, 2008, 1:26 pm

I have a 6' tall evergreen tree i want to remove.
I used a circular saw to cut down the branches.
Right now it is about 2' high & i tried to dig the remaining part out.
I am getting nowhere because the roots look like 2" in diameter & the tree
wont budge when i push on it.
I can't get the saw under to cut the bottom off.
How can i remove it ?

Posted by RicodJour on April 10, 2008, 1:39 pm

> I have a 6' tall evergreen tree i want to remove.
> I used a circular saw to cut down the branches.
> Right now it is about 2' high & i tried to dig the remaining part out.
> I am getting nowhere because the roots look like 2" in diameter & the tree
> wont budge when i push on it.
> I can't get the saw under to cut the bottom off.
> How can i remove it ?

A circular saw is a very bad choice for that application. If that
things kicks back while you're stooped over and it hits your leg and
severs your femoral artery you'll be bleed out and be dead within a
minute or two. It happens and a stupid tree isn't worth that risk.
You'd do better to use a small hatchet or even some long handled
loppers to cut the roots. Keep digging.

R

Posted by Norminn on April 10, 2008, 1:38 pm

RicodJour wrote:

>>I have a 6' tall evergreen tree i want to remove.
>>I used a circular saw to cut down the branches.
>>Right now it is about 2' high & i tried to dig the remaining part out.
>>I am getting nowhere because the roots look like 2" in diameter & the tree
>>wont budge when i push on it.
>>I can't get the saw under to cut the bottom off.
>>How can i remove it ?
>>

>A circular saw is a very bad choice for that application. If that
>things kicks back while you're stooped over and it hits your leg and
>severs your femoral artery you'll be bleed out and be dead within a
>minute or two. It happens and a stupid tree isn't worth that risk.
>You'd do better to use a small hatchet or even some long handled
>loppers to cut the roots. Keep digging.
>R
>

The OP sure reeks of spam, but on the chance it is sincere......dig out
enough soil to expose the
roots and cut them with a pruning saw. Pruning saws don't look like
much, but they will cut
through a 2" root pretty quickly. A six foot tree can't have a huge
mass of roots, so a little digging,
a little cutting, will get it.

Posted by Frank on April 10, 2008, 2:44 pm

RicodJour wrote:

>> I have a 6' tall evergreen tree i want to remove.
>> I used a circular saw to cut down the branches.
>> Right now it is about 2' high & i tried to dig the remaining part out.
>> I am getting nowhere because the roots look like 2" in diameter & the tree
>> wont budge when i push on it.
>> I can't get the saw under to cut the bottom off.
>> How can i remove it ?

>
> A circular saw is a very bad choice for that application. If that
> things kicks back while you're stooped over and it hits your leg and
> severs your femoral artery you'll be bleed out and be dead within a
> minute or two. It happens and a stupid tree isn't worth that risk.
> You'd do better to use a small hatchet or even some long handled
> loppers to cut the roots. Keep digging.
>
> R

Happened to a coworker cutting off branches with a circular saw. He
nearly bled to death. Also had a neighbor killed felling a partially
downed tree. Don't think the latter could happen to the op ;)

Frank

Posted by George on April 10, 2008, 2:22 pm

desgnr wrote:

A circular saw is really not a good idea because of kickback issues.

I have removed the stump and roots of small trees by exposing them and
putting a long pruning blade on the sawzall and using that to cut the
roots.

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