I'm no pro but that notch doesn't look deep enough to me.
If I was in your shoes, I'd tie a rock or some such heavy item to a rope and then round and round and round with it, letting her fly up and over the highest limb I could get. I've done this many times, ya kinda gotta watch the dang rock don't come right on down and slam ya on the head, PLUS, I've had to try several times before I get the rock/rope to go where I want 'em to. Then whip that rope around trying to get that rock to fall to the ground, then wrap that rope around that tree, so when you make the next step the thing pulls taught around the trunk of the tree, then tie a loop in the end that had the rock on it, thread the other end through it, pull it tight as I could get it, then start yankin' with a come a long.
haha, that whole paragraph sounds about half dangerous in and of itself, but I've done it before several times and I'm still livin
If I was in your shoes, I'd tie a rock or some such heavy item to a rope and then round and round and round with it, letting her fly up and over the highest limb I could get. I've done this many times, ya kinda gotta watch the dang rock don't come right on down and slam ya on the head, PLUS, I've had to try several times before I get the rock/rope to go where I want 'em to. Then whip that rope around trying to get that rock to fall to the ground, then wrap that rope around that tree, so when you make the next step the thing pulls taught around the trunk of the tree, then tie a loop in the end that had the rock on it, thread the other end through it, pull it tight as I could get it, then start yankin' with a come a long.
haha, that whole paragraph sounds about half dangerous in and of itself, but I've done it before several times and I'm still livin