Did you check with the people you bought it from yet? Game Stop use to have people they shipped equipment to be fixed they would give you an estimate before they did the work.

There is a Game Stop in the Gallery and at most malls outside the city

Try Craigslist.

Chain saws are really dangerous. There's a few basic things to make sure of:
1. They get blunt pretty quickly s make sure it's sharp.
2. The chain can get loose, make sure it's tight.
3. They kick back so never have any part of your body lined up with the chain saw. Keep you head and body to the side so that if it kicks back it misses you.
4. Keep your legs to the side as well because it can slip.

That said, to cut the tree you want to put a wedge in the side where you want it to fall. A nice big deep wedge ideally. It doesn't really matter how thick the tree is because you can wedge into as deep as you need to.

When the wedge is cut you cut straight into the other side and the tree will naturally tip in the direction of the wedge. Make sure you're thinking about this when you shape the wedge.

If you've never done it before, frankly I'd hire someone to finish the job for you. But if it's well out of the way of your house or anything else then you have only your limbs to lose.

Good luck. Come back and tell is how it went in the comments!

Boy, that's a toughie...

Without any experience in the art of 24 inch trunk dismantling, I would recommend that you tie the trunk off to several other objects so that it can't get away from you or fall where you don't want it.

Second, I wouldn't try to cut all the way through the trunk, but take pie shaped wedges out from various sides, and make the biggest wedge the second cut... so that you can control where it's going to lean. Then, adjust the rope that keeps it from falling that way, and lower it slowly to the ground.

It goes without saying that you do NOT allow any children around as you do this, and you certainly don't want a crowd.
Only those adults who are familiar with what you're trying to do should be present, so they don't get in the way, and so that they can follow your directions clearly at the right time.

how's that?

I like Gus, Pennsylvania's second most famous groundhog.

I do now! Look at all the snow we are getting on Friday and Saturday 2-5 thru 2-6.

People are in running to the market for bread and milk like they have gasoline drawers on !

Its a holiday based on ancient tradition. The fact that it really isn't a "important" holiday doesn't mean it is worthless. If anyone makes money off of Groundhog Day, they are probably paying taxes. If someone is spending money on Groundhog Day, they are feeding the economy. As far as legend, I believe that winter will end eventually, spring will come, turn to summer, then to fall, and then it all starts over again. If a Groundhog says that winter ends early, maybe it will. Can anyone say for sure? Nature has its own way of signaling. Maybe she gave a special gift to Groundhogs. Maybe Phil is just better at it than others. Or, maybe his PR people are just better at their jobs. Regardless, ask the people of Punxsutawney if they believe! They will probably say they believe they have a lot of fun and make some money.

Well, I'm willing to say that if a groundhog can text people, he can also predict the weather.

I have the home set up, same as the first poster. Sometimes it's great, and sometimes it's super unreliable. I can usually download files at around 150 k/sec and don't have problems streaming video. I did, however, have problems with it recently, and the tech guy told me that the tower was experiencing problems, which it had seemed to be doing for about a week. Still, it's easier to deal with than Verizon and more affordable than Comcast.

I haven't tried it but they do have a 7 day money back guarantee.

http://www.clear.com/legal/returnandcancelation