Safety first!
I can get one buck a year and that's it!
Your flue system and burn habits will play a big role. For example, I have an uninsulated liner in an exterior chimney, and I restart my stove...
I do it every year with half a dozen cedars behind my house that are 10-18" diameter. The stacks are no more than 6ft long and usually waist high.
That's what I've done with my saws. My last name is very uncommon and I put it where someone would have to search to find it.
The tree was there first. It was just a lot smaller in 1990 when the house was built.
Count me as a vote for cleaning from the bottom if possible.
No need for 3 cords of campfire wood.
This one was by my septic system. Getting rid of it now probably saved me big problems later.
