I agree, a good sharp axe will cut it a couple inches below ground level
quite easily.

"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message
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Roots usually cut fairly easy with an axe.

"RB" wrote in message
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We had a big, bad hurricane come through where I live, several months
ago.
I've got a whole bunch of big, tall pines and oaks that were blown down.
Still involved cutting those things up.

Where the trees went over, there's big craters, with lots of broken, big
root pieces sticking up. In order to fill the craters and smooth things
over, every one of the roots has to be cut off below the surface before
we
put fill dirt in and smooth over.

This is tricky. To get to the roots for a clear cut, you just about
always
end up with dirt still close on one side or the other, or the root
partially
embedded at the only spot clear to make a cut below ground level. To
make
the cut with a chainsaw, it kills the blade rapidly, because, inevitably,
you end up with some area of the chain blade down in the dirt, during
some
part of the cut.

Anyone know of any other way of cutting almost buried roots with any
degree
of efficiency?

I'm thinking maybe going to a sawzall might be a better answer, as it's
easier to change blades, and I hope they would give me more cuts than the
chain dulling cycles do.

I'm not sure there's any good answer to this problem.