This tree was leaning towards my neighbor's garage for years, and we've been talking about taking it down for just as long. It wasn't dead, but not exactly healthy either. We ha a long crane cable hooked about 15' up, the cable around another tree to get a 90 degree pull, he was in my truck, and I was cutting. I cut my wedge out, and gave him the Go to pull pressure for the back cut. I knew sh*t was going wrong when all 4 tires were smoking on the truck and my saw was binding up. Being committed sucks when you can't pull it off!
Luckily, it didn't damage any trusses as they're 4' on center, but it did break the perlings. We got it somewhat patched- still need to find some 20' panels to fix it right which ain't gonna be easy on the Sunday before Christmas.
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