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We did okay last time 6 months ago with 2 of them. This one is about 3x bigger, but no problems so far --- and I faced the brunt of the dust, grinding the powdery stump (just getting home)! I was far more worried about chipping the poison ivy the day before -- not wanting it to get pulverized...

Oh yes, we call them the Tree of Hell. Giant weeds that can do unpredictable things. Don't trust your hinge without a pull line if you're doing a takedown. Then again, they're not worth pruning, just removing!

Seems like ya'll nailed it as far as being a chestnut tree; bark meets the description, too: net-shaped (retiform) pattern with deep furrows or fissures running spirally in both directions up the trunk. If it's American Chestnut, it's a bit far west (natural range is Eastern US, stopping at the...

Just a curiosity -- I noticed this (smaller) tree while walking by in a park, never have encountered it before. Also, our foreman couldn't ID it either, we've never worked on one. Obviously seems to be a nut tree, and my guess was something in the pecan family:

I've taken to calling them "Mongolian Elms" -- can't stand 'em. We did a reduction on one last Tuesday, but suggested to the owner since he is in rural parts that we just drop the branches downward with holding wood to form a tipi shape and he just have a grand old bonfire. He's considering...