burnt oak tree

[SEAN TYNAN]

hi folks got to fell an oak tree that was set on fire yesterday, its hollow any tips would be helpfull as i have never felled a hollow tree. cheers sean

[Treemoose]

Would be great to see some pics of the job (before/during/after)

 

Not worked on a fire damaged tree before

 

I guess it's hard to give tips without seeing at least a couple pics of the tree to see how bad it is what room you have to fell etc

[steve7962]

I heard the other week that burnt trees blunten saws really quickly,the cutter edge gets dulled by the ash or something

[Treemoose]

If that's the case I would put a semi chisel chain on and take a good file with me and make sure I don't make more cuts than I need to

 

But that's just me

[steve7962]

Probably a good idea ,the bloke who mentioned that burnt trees blunten chains had read something about it when reading into forest fire felling,maybe google might help you further on the subject

[Xerxses]

 

[SEAN TYNAN]

finally got the tree down only burnt on the inside will try to put pics on tomorrow, bloody ground saw woudnt work so had to use 200t with 16 inch bar on approx 7 foot base