cutting 2" thick vine stalk tucked tightly into a corner

[rockyroller]

how would you cut a 2" thick vine stalk tucked tightly into a corner? no photo handy, sorry

 

[classic33]

How much of it do you want to remove?
What's in the corner that prevents you lifting it by the roots.

 

[Chief Broom]

Hammer and old wood chisel if cant get in with a triangular bowsaw or loppers

 

[Jameshow]

Recip saw and lonng blade??

Not sure of the USA terms!

 

[Emanresu]

Do you know what kind of vine. Here is your State's list

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/publications/MIPFG_2019.pdf

 

[Jenkins]

Wire saw?

 

[Gwylan]

Angle grinder, with a wood cutting disc

 

[tyred]

A small axe.

 

[wafter]

A small axe.

Yeah, I reckon this could be the way - thin bit of wood wedged infront of the wall to protect everything then go at it with strikes angled from both above and below to take out a wedge.

Either that or since the OP's in the US - 12 gauge

 

[Time Waster]

Axe held against it with a block behind it. Whack the back of the axe head with a wooden mallet until you have cut it through. Then repeat a little higher up to remove a length then the vine should die off. Sometimes they are too attached to the wall so cutting a length out kills it and then you will probably get the whole length off in time. A wide chisel will do the same. A wrecking bar with a sharp end and a mallet to whack it on the other end can work too.

I think you can get those survival wire saws, I think there are good ones out there. Wrap around and cut through. I would cut through a second time of course to take out a length to make sure it dies. Be careful if you are pulling it down after that. If attached to the wall it can damage it if the vine is very established, like I would expect from a 2" vine like that.

 

[rockyroller]

How much of it do you want to remove?
What's in the corner that prevents you lifting it by the roots.

every visit to my parents house I pull down more of the vines on the vacant house next to them. there is a section of lattice, barely can call it a fence. don't know who installed it decades ago, them or my parents. I helped prop up one end when it failed & flopped over a cpl years ago.

all 4 sections should be ripped up & replaced with something decent. but going back to me picking at the vines I think there are multiple stalks so cutting what I see, on one side, may not be enough to "kill" it

however I still want to kill it, if I can, or at least move the project along

right now I would like to remove a section, maybe 7" long of the stalk(s). I forget if I already did so on one section. the corner is the plastic lattice & a plastic connector that helps hold up the lattice & a length of old rotted 2x4 wood post. I would need to be Hercules to pull up just the vine. I could probably demolish the whole lattice & the cut the vines in the process, with tools I have, but I have other little tasks around the house that I'd rather spend time on. for example I need to get a pro painter to paint the whole exterior of the house (not seen in this photo)

this pic is from the viewpoint of our house looking toward the vacant house. I don't know the owners, who are out of state, to negotiate replacing the lattice section with a legit fence. would love to leave it for whoever buys our house

the big green thing in the middle of the photo is a tall tree stump that is helping to hold up the lattice. it's behind that, out of view, that I want to work on. when I go back I'll take a better photo

I think I cut this section w/ loppers, last year, but there is still a growth at the top (see above photo) that must be fed by another stalk, maybe on the other side

occasionally I see a pickup truck in their driveway so I think the owner has someone working on the house. I should talk to them & save myself the effort, but I like to hack at stuff ...

 

[rockyroller]

Recip saw and lonng blade??

Not sure of the USA terms!

that's what we call them & I have a small one

 

[rockyroller]

Do you know what kind of vine. Here is your State's list

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/publications/MIPFG_2019.pdf

I do not, but I know it's not poison ivy

 

[rockyroller]

Wire saw?

I can't get behind the stalk

 

[rockyroller]

Angle grinder, with a wood cutting disc

cool idea! I could hold it at an angle & cut a X of sorts maybe. because it's way in the corner & I don't want to cut the lattice or the 2x4 holding up the lattice. intriguing, did not know they made a wood cutting disk for angle grinders