We fell a tree at my parents yard a few years ago, we hooked up a rope about halfway up the tree, hooked the other end to the hitch on a pickup, and just kept the rope tight - plus just a bit of gas pedal, and chain sawed the trunk. Pulled the tree exactly where we wanted it to go - away from the house, and away from the neighbors hedge/yard.
The taller poplar we had taken down by professionals though, it was too tall for that method.
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