Machine Devours Trees in Seconds

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11. I doubt any company in our small market would have one

That they'd rent out. I'd rather pay the guys to cut and pull the trees out. One of the problems is that there are a lot of slender trees growing close together. We want to leave enough trees to keep that area shaded and there is no room to drop the trees when they are cut.

Last time we thinned, they'd cut the tree at the bottom and it would stand there, held up by the branches intertwined with the trees around it. We ended up attaching a chain to the cut tree trunk and dragging it out from the bottom. Some branches on the surrounding trees were broken but not as many as if we'd tried to top the trees that needed to go.

I wish I knew someone who did white oak basket weaving. Chances are, many of the trees that need to go would give them materials and they could take out trees gradually as they needed for making baskets. I'm not sure anyone in this area still does that skill from tree to basket - all the basket weavers I know buy their materials already prepared and would have not clue how to split the oak:

The trees that need to go are pretty young, very straight and have few branches for the first 15-20 feet so would be nice and clear for making the splits!