EXtremely large Sthil chainsaw required.

Grizzly 45

Hi all,First post here.

I need to rent,buy,hire,steal ,borrow a Sthil chainsaw.i'm talking now somthing like the old Sthil 80 with a 48 in bar.IOW one of the Amazonrain forest tree killers. Reason i have a hyper old beech that came down in Eoin earlier this year and have cut as much as I can with a Sthil 650 running a 36in. I now have a butt remaining that is at least 20 foot high and has about a 15 foot diameter.[I can provide pics of this monster too to prove why I need such a saw.] Its going to laugh at anything apart from such a large saw.

So is there anyone out there that has,wants to sell or hire or take on the job of dropping the butt i'd be glad to hear,or any advice on how to get this down?Was thinking of even giving the army or an explosives contractor a call and asking if they could blast it down to stump level if I cant get a saw capable of the job.

tabby aspreme

A lot of old beech like that are rotten in the centre at the base, with only a foot of sound wood around the outside and dust or spongy wood inside that, would you cut a v out of the base to see what it's like inside

893bet

15 foot diameter? Pics please 😀

JIdontknow

as someone else mentioned often those large beach can be rotten in the centre. I’d cut it around and cut wedges out all around and if you know someone with a digger or tractor see if a sling or chains and digger would break it off after cutting around with what you can.

Kaybaykwah

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123989202#Comment_123989202

Right, I doubt it’s even a 15' circumference at that. Lol

Bishop of hope

15 ft diameter? Ah come on.

Melodeon

Hennessy's machinery auction in Portlaoise today has a pair of Stihl MS881 saws, one with 4 foot bar and the other with a 5 footer, if you REALLY want to get into the big stuff.

15 foot circumference is a bit under 5 foot diameter, which sounds more like even the biggest beech we get here in Ireland.

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123989532#Comment_123989532

15 foot circumference would be less than 5 foot diameter so that's possible.

magicbastarder

And beware of Sthil chainsaws. I know a chap who bought one and it was pointed out to him after that it was a fake, it literally said 'sthil' on the bar - rather than Stihl.

Kaybaykwah

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123989690#Comment_123989690

lol. Definitely better than the poor guy who bought a Shitl.