diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fafdf0df7..ff291cd2a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ repositories {
     maven {
         url = "https://www.cursemaven.com"
     }
+    maven {
+        //location of the maven for dynamic trees
+        url "http://harleyoconnor.com/maven"
+    }
 }
 
 configurations {
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly fg.deobf("mezz.jei:jei-1.16.4:${jei_version}")
 
     // implementation fg.deobf("curse.maven:druidcraft-340991:3101903")
-    implementation fg.deobf("curse.maven:dynamictrees-252818:3302576")
+    implementation fg.deobf("com.ferreusveritas.dynamictrees:DynamicTrees-1.16.5:0.10.0-Beta12.1")
 
 
     // i'll leave this here commented for easier testing
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/compat/dynamictrees/DynamicTree.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/compat/dynamictrees/DynamicTree.java
index e115b6879..fa6463858 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/compat/dynamictrees/DynamicTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/compat/dynamictrees/DynamicTree.java
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.ferreusveritas.dynamictrees.api.TreeHelper;
 import com.ferreusveritas.dynamictrees.blocks.branches.BranchBlock;
+import com.ferreusveritas.dynamictrees.blocks.branches.TrunkShellBlock;
 import com.ferreusveritas.dynamictrees.util.BranchDestructionData;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.AbstractBlockBreakQueue;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.PlayerEntity;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction;
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 
 public class DynamicTree extends AbstractBlockBreakQueue {
-	private final BlockPos startCutPos;
+	private BlockPos startCutPos;
 
 	public DynamicTree(BlockPos startCutPos) {
 		this.startCutPos = startCutPos;
@@ -26,9 +28,16 @@ public class DynamicTree extends AbstractBlockBreakQueue {
 	@Override
 	public void destroyBlocks(World world, ItemStack toDamage, @Nullable PlayerEntity playerEntity, BiConsumer<BlockPos, ItemStack> drop) {
 		BranchBlock start = TreeHelper.getBranch(world.getBlockState(startCutPos));
-		if (start == null)
+		if (start == null) //if start is null, it was not a branch
+			start = setBranchToShellMuse(world, world.getBlockState(startCutPos)); //we check for a trunk shell instead
+
+		if (start == null) //if it is null again, it was neither a branch nor a trunk shell and thus we return
 			return;
 
+		// Play and render block break sound and particles
+		world.playEvent(null, 2001, startCutPos, Block.getStateId(world.getBlockState(startCutPos)));
+		// Actually breaks the tree
+
 		BranchDestructionData data = start.destroyBranchFromNode(world, startCutPos, Direction.DOWN, false, playerEntity);
 
 		// Feed all the tree drops to drop bi-consumer
@@ -36,7 +45,19 @@ public class DynamicTree extends AbstractBlockBreakQueue {
 		start.getLogDrops(world, startCutPos, data.species, data.woodVolume).forEach(stack -> drop.accept(startCutPos, stack));
 	}
 
+	private BranchBlock setBranchToShellMuse(World world, BlockState state){
+		Block block = state.getBlock();
+		if (block instanceof TrunkShellBlock){
+			TrunkShellBlock.ShellMuse muse = ((TrunkShellBlock)block).getMuse(world, startCutPos);
+			if (muse != null){
+				startCutPos = muse.pos; //the cut pos is moved to the center of the trunk
+				return TreeHelper.getBranch(muse.state);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	public static boolean isDynamicBranch(Block block) {
-		return TreeHelper.isBranch(block);
+		return TreeHelper.isBranch(block) || block instanceof TrunkShellBlock;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawTileEntity.java
index 1af805fd6..2e4edd2a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawTileEntity.java
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ public class SawTileEntity extends BlockBreakingKineticTileEntity {
 			return true;
 		if (block instanceof ChorusPlantBlock)
 			return true;
+		if (TreeCutter.canDynamicTreeCutFrom(block))
+			return true;
 		return false;
 	}