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Butch, in the first picture where it shows the limb cut off, I can see freshly planted crops within a couple feet. It doesn't look like he had enough room to drop the entire side in that direction without tearing up crops.

Many ways to skin a cat. :thumbup:

If you're going to tie the leads together then the higher you can do that the better. Chaining just above the fork won't help as much because there is so much leverage above the chain. Think about putting a 50' pry bar on it and pulling. A tensioned rope tying the stems together at canopy level...

I may have misread, do both sides favor the lay? I thought the heavy side leaned away from the lay. That would be the only reason in my mind for taking it in one cut.

Just don't diddle dally around on the back cut if there's a head lean. If you stop and start your back cut, whittling away a fraction of an inch at a time and stopping to watch and listen for cracking then you might eventually force it to fail and barberchair. But if you start your back cut and...

I'd prefer to cut the two sides separately. The separation between the leads goes down almost to the ground. If you try to flop them together then they have a good chance of separating before they hit the ground. If you do want to flop them together then I'd tie them together as high as possible...