Don't cut above shoulder height with a chainsaw.

No. Your chainsaw is a tool for waist-level work. Above your shoulders, you lose control, kickback risk spikes, and one slip puts the chain in your neck. Not worth it.

Use a pole saw or a pruning saw for high branches. If you absolutely have to use a chainsaw up there, you need a proper harness, a climbing rope, and two hands on the saw — which means you better not be on a ladder, either. Realistically, call a pro.

Don’t be the guy the paramedics find with a chainsaw wound in his shoulder.