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That's quite true. If you were going to have some pulling equipment around, the best thing to use it for would be to skid that downed stuff away rather than working with your head down for a couple hours.
We have snow.OP, where is this tree located? I assume eastern MI due to lack of snow?
Interesting data.
Red do you have a saw with a 30 or 36" bar?
Have a 40 and 60 that is why I want this tree to fall.
It is a cottonwood?
The bark of that tree looks a bit like cottonwood with the deep furrows. Also, the wood doesn't really look like oak. I'm not saying it isn't an oak, just saying it doesn't look like an oak to me from what pics you've posted.It is a hard wood. Some type of oak I believe. Very straight grain splits easy.
Doesn't look like cottonwood, if it was I wouldn't take the time to piss on it!!!
Not sure what the best way for you to drop it is, but be careful and walk away if you aren't sure what to do.
Walk away and live another day.
What is biggest, fastest saw you have available???
Could be chestnut oak.
Got any leaves?
There are some reasonable suggestions here. A deep face cut will get you in trouble fast there. Really that tree can be dropped safely in that field even without any face cut with the inside powdery like that. Only one thing from the picture concerns me that would take further assessment is that the tree looks like an elm. A stringy old elm will react differently than most trees and you want to see some dutchman effect in real life, there you go. But I'd drop it with no more than a slight kerf for a notch if any. Work a little on the left then finish on the right with a short bar and light saw. Elm can chair worse than anything I know of, though. You could even take the left side backcut almost thru and bore and pull the right side with a 16" bar. At least I could do it.
Kerf face on any tree is how people get killed, especially a hard leaner, and anything over 4"
Any way I'd dump it, shallow open face (birds mouth, or super steep humboldt) then bore and leave a strap on both sides with off side being extra thin, so when the near side gets cut it should tear loose the other side, if it don't take the long way around then nip and run, as far as the down stuff pull out of the way or just remove enough for and escape path, no sense putzing around under it.
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