Unfortunately, you probably made that limb more of a hazard by leaving it in the condition you did. Maybe reassess your abilities before taking on favors.
Yea, there isn't a really delicate way to say it, but one should never hesitate to pass on a job that is beyond their capacity.
If you have indeed decided to stop I totally support that. I'm convinced our "gut" feelings have more accuracy about what is wise for us than our "thinking" or second guessing ourselves.
Sometimes homeowners have bad ideas, this was not such a great idea. An arborist cares for trees… we have to advocate for them daily while still making sales... homeowners don’t know trees, so explain to them in a sweet way. Removing low limbs from trees increases their overall likelihood of failure due to increasing the center of gravity on the whole tree. Looks like a little light reduction could have been made on the very tip, but yeah, now it’s buggered.
I would never bid a job or make final working plan from a picture but, it appears I could do my tie in point well above the top of picture frame in your post number #12. I would install top of a speed line rope below my tie in point anchoring one leg to base of the tree. Then go out to area you had dot to place a remote tie in and do a remote speed line anchor. Send reasonable pieces down the line to a place in yard or ideally to base of tree moving remote speed line tie in back toward tree trunk as I crash limb wood on to brush pile. (Using speed line slings for remote SL anchor).
