My tree man took down my ash tree, limb by limb. Then, he had a 25' stump left. Now this is between 2 fences approximately 10' apart, within 20' of a 50' oak. The oak is centered between the fences with about 2 1/2' on each side. There is my garage 6' from my fence and the neighbors house behind me is 25' foot from the stump. He laid this thing down between the oak and my fence with absolutely no damage to anything. I have used him for a few years and sadly he retired this year. He never used machinery, just climbed.