How long would it take you to chop down a 20 ft, 6-8" thick tree

Ulf Krogstad said:
I cut down this 8 in. pine or spruce with the Benchmade Adamas in about 20 min. Bigger fixed blades would make everything quicker and less painful though. Probably coulda did it in 3 minutes with a 7 in. fixed. Haven't actually chopped down any good sized tree's with my bigger fixed blades. Will have to see next time in woods although guarantee will be alot quicker than Adamas. But the 275 held up perfect against that 8 in tree. Took awhile though.:)
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Is that your blood on the stump?
 
Mike-Mike said:
What kind of tree?
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mountainmist said:
Dead or live? Hardwood or no? I'm talking about live poplar BTW. Much longer if it was dead.....
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It was a birch I'm pretty sure... The tell-tale white bark but strangely it only started about 6' up, the trunk looked mostly like regular bark. It was pretty alive, but like I said the trunk was really thick with resin.

By the sounds of it, I could use a little work on my technique. I think getting it started was what really slowed me down, because it's kind of like chopping against the grain for a little while.
 
Minutes, I've cut down 4 trees around that size in around 20 minutes or so with my Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri. That includes a water/bathroom break and dragging each one 200 feet or so.
 
Well in any case I think it definitely qualifies as soft wood, and yeah like I said once I got a feel for where to cut with the grain, I was taking wood off of it much faster.

So anyway, I think in terms of my technique I'll aim for 10 minutes. I may have also been under-estimating the size of the trunk but anyway, I thought an hour seemed a little long.
 
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A member here cut down a tree with his Skyline. Can't remember who.

That said, it shouldn't take too long with a tool made for chopping. If you are smart, a knife can do it in minutes (baton out wedges to fell the tree). Technique is everything.
 
Haven't tried that in years. I don't even like cutting down an 8" tree with a hatchet unless I have to. I think you need a heavier machete in general for cutting bigger stuff. I know folks like the Cold Steel Kukri machete, but I would still look for a heavier blade. I use a Condor Pack Golok a fair amount for stuff up to 4" (oak and cherry often), and it takes a couple minutes at most in that size. I use a chain saw for bigger stuff, and sometimes for smaller stuff. ;)
 
I used cheap ass machetes (pangas) in Uganda to take down trees in a matter of a few minutes.
 
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