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Hang on a minute, you mention wanting to restore the cane brake and reestablishing a pine grove, as well as wanting to get rid of some young hardwood.
First of all, figure out what you have. Then look where it's growing naturally.
Canebrakes like damp areas, along creeks, in floodplains, etc. Pines like drier soil which is ideally acid. Hardwoods go for more temperate areas - damper than pines, less so than canebrakes, with rich soil. You won't have much luck growing pines and canebrakes in each other's territory. Hardwoods are usually considered more valuable than are pines, and while pines and some hardwoods (oak, hickory) can share space, others are not so amenable.
A visit from your county extension officer might be helpful in figuring out what you have and how to make the best of it. In your place, I'd do that first, before trying to cut anything down.
I'm not intending to grow pines and canebrakes in each other's territory.
..., I don't want to release more CO2 by cutting a massive tree,...
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You really should have been paying more attention in the 5th grade when they were teaching about The Carbon Cycle. You & Greta would be getting better sleep these days.
As to your problem-- maybe contact the local penitentiary. Maybe The Boss will send The Man With No
Eyes, Cool Hand, Dragline, Coco, Society et al, over to clear the land for you. They work cheap. Just don't let the rabbit get in them.
I have an older one that needs a new handle and it is longer and bigger overall.
A swing ax is great to use for those who actually know how to use one (a high swing where one has enough clearance and the correct angle to slice the tree down in one swing). As the OP is young, inexperienced with using hand tools and doesn't mention the diameter of the trees (only the heights) this is a very dangerous tool use in the wrong hands. This ax is usually used for cutting line rather than cutting trees down flat to the ground. If the OP can't use a chainsaw then a bow saw is what should be used instead.
A swing ax is great to use for those who actually know how to use one (a high swing where one has enough clearance and the correct angle to slice the tree down in one swing). As the OP is young, inexperienced with using hand tools and doesn't mention the diameter of the trees (only the heights) this is a very dangerous tool use in the wrong hands. This ax is usually used for cutting line rather than cutting trees down flat to the ground. If the OP can't use a chainsaw then a bow saw is what should be used instead.
Less dangerous than an ax. Used both and it is safer than an ax and faster than 2 guys. We tried it on a 40-acre field of hay I made a deal on. Great hay ground except for the brush grew up in it.4 guys and 3 with axes and all over 25 yrs old and great shape except me. An ax used improperly will chop right into your foot. You cannot do that with a chopper like this.
Less dangerous than an ax. Used both and it is safer than an ax and faster than 2 guys. We tried it on a 40-acre field of hay I made a deal on. Great hay ground except for the brush grew up in it.4 guys and 3 with axes and all over 25 yrs old and great shape except me. An ax used improperly will chop right into your foot. You cannot do that with a chopper like this
An ax is a sharpened wedge. This tool does not cut hay fields. Your link is a swing ax which when sharpened correctly it will cuts small trees in one swing. These are not used for hay fields. What is used for hay fields is a scythe.
In a thickly grown up area an axe can be very dangerous unless you really know what you're doing (it can catch up on things on the back swing; restricted clearance can lead to poorly thought out swings, etc.) I'm going to stick with my recommendation of two or three different hand saws selected according to the diameter of the tree. It's a lot harder to injure yourself with a hand saw than an axe.
I 1st saw my Whopper Chopper along I-70 Hwy being used by the State Hwy Department. About 10 guys going at it.
Also, they are great for clearing all those vines and littler sprouts. No comparison of ax to Whopper Chopper went attacking a big Multi-Flora rose bush. WC wins hands down.
I noticed in the 1st video that the area around the ax chopping had all the foot tangling debris around removed.
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