I'm not looking forward to a lot of digging.
Neither am I!
We had a lumberjack friend (what a weird friend to have) come and look at taking down some old birch trees that are in bad condition. It is going to be a bit of a job... but definitely one for a pro.
Definitely! I've seen a lot of videos where they tried cutting backyard trees down on their own and they ended up hitting their house or car.