How I check to see if a tree is hollow

[CoreyB]

I do not know if this is correct heck it could be deadly for all I know. It is just the way I was shown.
I know you can use a hammer and listen but I can not tell how hollow a tree is. This give me a real good idea.
What are your thoughts. Do you know a better way to check?

 

[67L36Driver]

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[madjoe]

That's how I do it or hit it with an axe.

 

[cuinrearview]

For logging I get it but for firewood, would you have left it if it'd been rotten at the base in the middle?

 

[CoreyB]

For logging I get it but for firewood, would you have left it if it'd been rotten at the base in the middle?

If questionable and safe to leave yes I would let it come down on it's own. I am no where skilled enough to mess with hollow trees. I have one really bad one that is now my target. I shoot it. Some day it will fall and I will be 100 yards away. Lol

 

[67L36Driver]

Leave the hollow ones stand for critter homes. JM.02 cents.

 

[babybart]

If questionable and safe to leave yes I would let it come down on it's own. I am no where skilled enough to mess with hollow trees. I have one really bad one that is now my target. I shoot it. Some day it will fall and I will be 100 yards away. Lol

Good plan, cept dem boolets hard on da chain...