I took down a smaller Birch yesterday. It was a pretty straight forward cut and drop job, with the exception of the customer's large flower pot, which was too fragile and far too heavy to move. So, I built a bridge over it, using some very large logs that I had in the truck from another tree job.
I dropped the Birch onto the bridge I built. Worked perfectly. The flower pot was safe and sound. However, I ended up loading those same logs twice in one day. Oh well, that's how it goes. Seems we often work harder than we have to. It may have been cheaper for me to just buy the lady a new planter pot, but she was impressed with the fact that I didn't destroy any of her goodies. That's worth something too, I guess.
Joel