Things went well!
As promised, the tree in question came down yesterday. I am just getting back tonight to update this thread.
Depite a rainy night and part of the morning, Saturday presented Southerly winds and a good opportunity to knock this thing down. I climbed the tree about 35' and rigged a 5/8" rope to it, across to a tree that was in the right direction, through a pulley and then back into a safe zone where a friend of mine could pull if needed.
I notched the tree in the direction I wanted and then proceeded with the backcut, keeping a close eye on my hingewood thickness as to coax the tree away from my shed when it started to fall. I then had my disappointment of the day when I tried my plastic felling wedge (which I assumed were Stihl b/c of the orange color, I was wrong) and on the second smack it cracked clean off :censored:
I continued to cut anyway and the tree I was cutting started to fall towards the tree that is behind it and quite alive (about the same size). I continued to cut and got a greater pull from the line I had rigged and it rolled right off and onto the ground, successfully.
Upon measuring the height of the tree, it was 76' including the stump, +/- 1ft.
Here are some pics of the festivities. I am saving a 12' log that I will tow home in the Winter and mill some komatik runners from it.