AZTECH TREE SERVICES - Ash dieback processing

Adam from Aztech Tree Services taking down diseased ash with a new Wacker Neuson ET145 and Vosch saw head.
Due to the incense of ash dieback in Britain it is deemed unsafe to hand cut and climb these trees.
Processing into lengths ready for the firewood processor at Oak Farm Firewood

[@woodnewf3847]

Interesting stuff. Definitely safer than hand cutting but way slower than any of the processors and harvesters I've worked with. I'd be curious if he still has that machine or moved onto something more efficient and capable. Thanks for the video.

[@oakfarmfirewood]

Still has it, this was still the first week with the machine definitely quicker on it now.

[@woodnewf3847]

@@oakfarmfirewood that makes sense. I couldn't tell if it was a crap machine or inexperienced (new to the machine) operator.

[@aztechtrees]

@@woodnewf3847 it was defiantly my incompetence! Still running this set up, along side a purpose built JD 1270E.

[@woodnewf3847]

@@aztechtrees haha, I was trying to be nice by using the word inexperienced. 😆 Glad it turned out to be a productive machine. Those growing pains on new equipment can be infuriating. 😆 Cheers

[@markhowes126]

Is it emerald ash borer killing the ash?

[@oakfarmfirewood]

No, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an ascomycete fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease of ash trees in Europe characterised by leaf loss and crown dieback in infected trees