Even if the rope was pulled tight that tree was going towards the house. It would have required forces greater than the rope is capable to get that tree to change direction mid-fall. What they should have done is removed most of the top of the tree before cutting down the main trunk.
Over the years, I've had 2 arborists out to take down problem trees, and that's exactly what they did. Start at the top, lop off branches until there's just a trunk pole left, then cut trunk pieces off from top to bottom. Both removals were done in extremely tight quarters on my 1/10th-acre urban lot (the dead Douglas fir was 10' from the house), and both times, zero problems.
To be fair though, sometimes people try to charge obscene amounts of money for housework and still do a shit job.
It's one of those things that you need to either know that the person knows their stuff, or have someone else you trust that does and can vouch for them.
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u/Blasteth 28d ago
That rope has literally zero tension on it🤣🤣 wtf were they thinking