I noticed a gas can near the house. That's a fire hazard! Other than that looks good, tree companies are expensive, sometimes you gotta get 'er done all by yourself.
He must be using spikes to hold the #2 ladder. That or the ladder itself has some sort of spikes on it. I'm bout haif loco when it comes to some stuff like that but ya wouldn't catch me up there. Yikes
One summer I looked out my windo to see the guy next door 40 foot ladder in back of his pickup him on top with 20 inch chainsaw, the say God protects drunks and fools, he lived