What about using a skid-steer and post-tree puller and pulling them out by the roots? Been thinking about this lately.

What about using a skid-steer and post-tree puller and pulling them out by the roots? Been thinking about this lately.

if your spraying the cut ends I don't think the dew/frost will matter much , it is about the absorption though the fresh cut that kills

on that bigger stuff if you can ring the bark 1/2 inch deep all the way around and spray it that might work well also

trees live and die on the outside layer of new wood under the bark

this is why emerald ash borer kills a mature tree never going more than an 1/8 inch into the wood

when you see an ash with one side having a few leaves and you take an ax and start barking around the trunk you fine one narrow path of live under the bark that the borer didn't get too yet , that is the perfect time to take those down as they still have good holding wood on the stump and don't run the risk of dropping too many limbs on you while sawing
if you wait till they start dropping big limbs in the wind , you don't want to be under them while sawing widow makers are no fun.

I’m back at it again today… the M12 Milwaukee pruner is another great tool, I pull up to pencil size, prune up to an inch and use the Milwaukee hatchet above that.

What about using a skid-steer and post-tree puller and pulling them out by the roots? Been thinking about this lately.

Dirty D -. The batteries last a long time, I recharged both M12 pruner and hatchet, M18 chainsaw when I went in for lunch. The pruner is not heavy to handle and is rated for 1,000 1/2" cuts per battery charge,