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OK...my pitiful viewpoint. As an old, very much less mobile fat man who has cut down a few trees, and cut up a whole lot more after storms here...GET SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THIS!!

I know, seeing me now, that statement is hard to believe; but I've tackled some really large trees. That was 10 years, and 50 pounds ago. On 2 good legs then. Don't risk it Greg. It's not worth it.

AND...that poison ivy. A brief touch and I'm in misery with it. Same with poison oak. I can walk near Poison Sumac and get covered with it. Really don't even have to touch it.聽

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I am with the hire it done crowd now. But in my younger/dumber/poorer/cheaper days I would start at the end on the ground and start trimming limbs to lighten up the load at the hinged parts. If I got enough off to where it was hanging free and the hinge still didn't break loose at least you have less hanging out there that could cause a strange twist when it let loose. I would tie off with my聽tractor and put a little tension on it to be sure it went in the right direction when cut loose.聽The hope is it would continue to fold to the ground till you had little left to cut off at the hinge. As for the poison ivy no聽suggestion. I am lucky not to be very allergic聽but try not to push my luck.

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8 hours ago, alleycat72 said:

Looks like聽virginia creeper.聽

Could well be. Last time I 聽it up a tree with a similar vine on it, I wound up miserable, with both eyes swelled shut. Not only did the cortizone shot eventually cure it, it also cured my sciatica. That was a miserable vacation for both me and those who had to endure me. I honestly don鈥檛 know the difference and give both respect.

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I did not read the previous posts , but I cut wood all my life until I got married. We heated our hopuse with a wood stove. When we encountered stuff like that , we sprayed it with diesel and let it die. After around 2聽weeks we would go back and cut it. But we'd wear long sleeves and long pants.聽

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On 8/16/2021 at 4:18 PM, Grunt67 said:

Greg, as an old guy who has cut my share of trees,聽 some with a hinged limb such as yours. Poison ivy aside, it's a dangerous situation.

Hire a bucket truck & crew.

This!

What's your life worth? Or getting paralyzed?聽

Trees don't care who you are, how nice you are, how many kids you have or where you go to church. They hate everyone equally. Hire a pro for this one, IMO.聽

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