Has anyone done this before?

Pretty dang gutsy move!
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He laid that spruce right in between the corner of the roof and the first stump. Impressive!
 
From what I see I would have easily done it. Of course I've got years of experience doing selective logging where you are doing exactly that kind of thing all day. I would have cut the first stump down a first and drop it right on top of the first one which didn't hit anything it looked like. He did hit the first stump risking a fishtail. His cut failed because of too little hinge and maybe mis-aimed as well.
Don't try it unless you have done it hundreds of times not near a house!
 
Holly that IS a fish tail but not what I was talking about.
What I'm calling a fish tail is when the log hits something (the stump in this case) or a hump in the land or edge of a hill and kind of does a teeter totter pivoting on that point and either flipping up and or to the side. You really notice it alot on tall single trunk trees like this. Sometimes with the lay of the land it is inevitable. Just know what it will do and stay out of the kill zone. Its pretty cool to watch a tree fall down and then the but flip up 20 ft in the air. The flex of the tree magnifies the energy of the flip.
In this case it was close enough to the butt to not be a big problem but not smart.
 
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From what I see I would have easily done it. Of course I've got years of experience doing selective logging where you are doing exactly that kind of thing all day. I would have cut the first stump down a first and drop it right on top of the first one which didn't hit anything it looked like. He did hit the first stump risking a fishtail. His cut failed because of too little hinge and maybe mis-aimed as well.
Don't try it unless you have done it hundreds of times not near a house!

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I agree on the stump lowering.
After a thorough tree risk assessment, I might do it. Depends on wind, lean, structural integrity and soundness.
 

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