How would you rig this tree?

[kierangurney]

Step cut n chuck

 

Spot on, exactly what I would do.

[Dan Earp]

No rigging just handball it bud

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I clicked expecting some nightmare hungup scenario!

 

although, I would also say that the cut and chuck can be arisky game to the uninitiated, rigging can be and often is more efficient, and certainly safer for the operator

[evo0001]

if you cant handle them by hand free line them out, steel carabiners and strops girth hitch to the branch you are cutting static line attached below the cut controlled at the other end by ground man 10 strops and carabiners you can soon have that tree down to the chipper

[coleman]

cut and drop the side thats not over the tunnel, then middle weight attach the back side branches and rig it round

seconded, if the cut n chuck method seems a bit dicey. Just leave a good, stripped scaffold limb over your drop zone for a nice high rigging anchor to swing it all round.

[mistahbenn]

I'd probably get a helicopter.

[arniecardigan]

Get a really big crane and do it in one!!!

[Pete Mctree]

If in doubt, rig small & take your time. No fancy kit or magic, just throw a rope over a crotch & work away steadily & methodically

[mistahbenn]

I've done a few silver maples over here. They get very big and very fat.

[timtree81]

I know this site is for info and what not but if your asking questions like this , does it mean that you should not be taking on such a job ????