Just got back from taking down a 4' Silver Maple, house and deck on 1 side. Lot's of big free falls threading the needle and making it rain. The guy took his clothes line down so I angled 3 long leads in between the steel T posts. He say's it's OK if you hit a post, I said I won't. A couple of those leads were the old cut and swing out at the last second, as I was only 10' off the ground and needed the hinge wood to hit the mark. That always makes for an intense slam when the butt finally comes off. Only rigged down 2 leads the rest either got bombed or set a pull rope and bombed em'.
Felt good swinging from a rope today (although I would rather not on a Sunday), wife was at work too so I went for it. Have 2 saws to sharpen now, all those old Silvers have dirt in the middle.