I had a large lamyai tree in front of my house, it needed to come down. Because of where it was at it had to come down in pieces, there was no just falling the tree. It hung over the house and over the power lines. The Thai family said this tree was almost 50 years old. What I was most worried about was a big storm and this giant tree falling over and crushing my little house, besides that it was messy and full of red ants. When I first started out I was just going to trim it way back, then I'm thinking if I just trim it, five years from not I will be 5 years older and up there trimming it again, better just to take it out. Down low I would have used a chain saw, but the thing is I don't own a chain saw, I own this Milwaukee Sawsall Plus 75th anniversary limited edition, made in the USA. I found these blades at Thai Watsadu? They are high quality made in Switzerland. They call it a 10" blade but you get about 8" of cut, so if you sink in clear in you can cut a 16" log.