I have a a yellow birch (pic to follow) about 12" across on a steep hill leaning toward (naturally) down the hill toward the lake. The tree is dead & all the limbs are past the "to the hospital I go" point. I would like to make a notch so it falls on the beach (not the water) what is about 45* to the side ( I thing I can manage that) I have approached the bugger several times now to make the cut... but something spooks me about it....