My flowering almond bush has gotten out of control.............and I pruned it pretty severely last summer after blooming. What I am wondering is can I get the Spousal Unit to "chainsaw" prune it, like, to about 12 or 18 inches or will it kill it? It has suckers coming up all around it, and it does have some dead wood in the middle that needs to come out anyway. It's flopped over the sidewalk...........I feel like I should say "excuse me" when I have to move the branches to walk past it. LOL