Machete vs. Tree

[Beastchopper]

I don’t really have an issue with the OP taking his neighbor to court if he destroyed a tree on his propriety maliciously. When you own land that you’ve worked hard enough for at your job(s) just to buy, let alone the countless hours and days you put into the upkeep, you try your damndest to keep it nice. Hell, I get irked whenever some fool drives 2 feet into my yard just because he can’t three-point turn correctly.

Sure, it’s a big decision to make, but we don’t know what brought the OP to that point. It could have been his last resort. Some neighbors just plain suck.


More to the point.. I like the axe-knife hybrid for taking down trees(for fun at least), the good ol’ Khukuri! I’ve had a blast using my CAK to help chop through some downed trees. Though, a chainsaw is my finisher most of the time, haha.

The CAK is a sweet looking Kukri.

 

[katanas]

BEST tool: det cord and a little C-4.

 

[USMCPOP]

BEST tool: det cord and a little C-4.

When my son was in the USMC reserves, his combat engineer platoon took down a tree using a Bangalore Torpedo on one of their weekend exercises. Nothing left but splinters. In pre-deployment training in CA, all they got to play with were some of those energy candy bars. I believe they were C-4 brand.

 

[Mitchell Knives]

A lot of people make the mistake of trying to swing a machete like it's a knife. It's more similar to casting a fishing rod. Pinch grip with the forefinger and thumb, other fingers splayed to start, and a rolling squeeze and extension to the target, like the coil of your arm and the tool are unfurling and cracking like a whip. Generates tons of force with very little effort. But if you hammer-fist it and bash away from the shoulder and elbow like it's a knife, it's gonna' suck.

Exactly!

If you watch people use a machete who don't know what they are doing, they will tire out within minutes trying to "power" through the work.