Cutting A Palm Trunk

[Kathryn]

I will finally be getting around to removing the remains of an Acrocomia palm and am wondering how difficult it might be. Does anyone have experience with cutting palm trunks with a chainsaw? Are some species more fiberous or difficult than others? What about Acrocomia palms?

[palmmermaid]

Frommy experience they are all equally bad. They will tear up a chainsaw blade. A regular saw is better.

[_Keith]

What is the diameter of the trunk?

[Daryl]

Some are worse than others. Syagrus romanzoffianum is a real tough cookie, although not impossible. The do blunt the chain pretty quickly. I can't comment on Acrocomia, as I haven't been unfortunate enough to cut one up...

Here's one of my Archontophoenix that I cut up a couple of weeks ago...don't ask why... They cut pretty easily.

[iwan]

If you have a "sawzall", get a 12" all purpose blade and cut away. My cordless sawzall is my favorite pruning tool for small to medium size jobs within arms reach. Works great for removing dead Washingtonia fronds.

[Patrick]

If you have a "sawzall", get a 12" all purpose blade and cut away. My cordless sawzall is my favorite pruning tool for small to medium size jobs within arms reach. Works great for removing dead Washingtonia fronds.

Thanks for the good info there- I'll keep it in mind in the future!

[Kathryn]

Thanks for all the responses. It turned out that the Acrocomia was no match for the chainsaw. Since it had all those thorns, we needed to cut it into smaller sections to move it. Craig cut it at about eye level and when the top fell, it broke in half. It turned out that it was hollow for a large portion. Then Craig cut it at the base and we moved the four sections to the nearby vacant lot.

[Kathryn]

Here's a shot of the hollow section. The picture was too large to attach to the other post.

[Kumar]

Did that Acrocomia die of natural causes ?

[Kailua_Krish]

Did that Acrocomia die of natural causes ?

I think it was from cold weather.

-Krishna