Knocked out a sidejob today for a regular client. Madrone fairy-ring split out during our last big-major wind storms a couple months back. This one got postponed because it wasn't in the road. Each stem was ~24-30" dia.
The lower fork was no problem. Better footing, 372 with a 28". Between this stem being partially uprooted and showing some signs of rot, coupled with how the second fork was hung up in the neighboring madrone, it was tough to choose between a face cut or cutting the fork.
After deciding that the westerly face-cut wouldn't keep it from hanging up more, I put a shallow nip in the fork and proceeded with a conservative back-cut.
We tried to pull it with the truck, but the stem wouldn't budge. Took some winching and polesawing (Silky, for the win!) of the backcut to slide it out of the crotch it was hung in. Then we repositioned the line and pulled it to the East, uphill. Came crashing down, but all was well.
I did take a lot of the stump from the last photos, just didn't snap anymore showing the cleanup. My helper was trading his time for the wood, as he's close friends with the landowner. He's 71 and still doing pretty good. I do most of his tree work, as well.