Glad you are having a good day but maybe you shouldn't tackle that by your self. What would Glenda want you to do ? Be careful and enjoy your good day.

I have a giant maple tree that's slowly dying. Last Fall it had some large dead branches that were so close to falling on the sidewalk that I referred to them as Widow Makers. A local company removed them for less than $400.
My advice is that you try calling your local company again. If you can't get them to do and have exhausted all other professional options check the internet for tree removal instructions. Read them while sipping your coffee and then decide if you want to take the job on yourself. If you do, please get another person to spot you. Any task requiring climbing or ladders needs a spotter. And climbing with a chainsaw? Maybe two spotters. One ready to catch you and one for the chainsaw if calamity strikes.

I thank you all for caring, but your really no fun at all. A little danger will serve as a challenge, and distraction at the same time. I'll let you how it turns out.

if you do opt for a dangerous, challenging distraction please let us know how it went. We'll all be worrying about you.

The Poplar is no more. My son decided to help after seeing me 25 ft, up the tree with a hand saw. Between hand saws, pole saw, and chain saw the Poplar pretty much gave up, and I'll probably feel the same in the morning.

Bye, bye Poplar. A somewhat reckless but ultimately successful undertaking. Good job, Rick!

respect, rick

Congratulations! Hope you feel a bit of accomplishment!

Nice work Rick.

awesome job Rick, but I was glad to read the risk-taking was behind you here. I get nervous about men climbing around in trees using chain saws!

Rick, I'll bet you have things aching that you forgot you had!

There was this city slicker that bought a house in the country with a fire place. He decided it would be nice to have a fire but had no firewood, but lots of trees. So he went into the local chainsaw store and asked for the best they had. The clerk recommended a model, and told him he could easily cut a cord a wood a day. A few days later, the man returns, chainsaw in hand. The clerk asks, Something wrong? The man says, We'll I'm not sure. This saw must be broken. I spent 2 solid days cutting wood and all this saw would do was only a couple wheelbarrows full of firewood. The clerk said, Well, that's odd. That is our best saw. Let me take a look at it. So he took the saw in hand, pulled the cord, and the engine roared (wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr). The city slicker said, What's that noise?

Good job Rick. In our grief it it all too easy to just let things go. You are an inspiration! Scott

Good job Rick! Scott, you are funny. I remembered your pig joke from almost 3 years ago...

Funny scottito! Thanks all. Other than a sore tail bone from sitting in the branches, and sore right hand from sawing the upper branches, I seemed to have survived okay.