I worked the Lahaina Fire clean up and did this a lot for crownless palms. Accuracy was key but it was good skill to pull out.
The other thing I tried was taking both legs and tying a vt and around the stem. One leg down to a basal and the other as the pull side
I have a feeling DM will put out a lite version. An add said something like “newest member to the the kinisi family”…. One layer of conveyor belt taken off like the old one and another $100?