Johnny,
I hear you on the better look with that limb completely gone. That was my first thought. Just don’t want to take the chance on decay with shed and pool targets.
Heading cut, yes. I’d use the “come along” tool to keep the limb secure to the trunk. I don’t want it to break away with me attached.
Friend is intelligent and had the pool for the summer. He said that limb is blocking the light as well as another maple (which I already removed) so I’m just...
Helping my friend and neighbor get some light on his pool. I need to take out the right most limb/leader. Silver maple - mature. I don’t want to cut it close to the trunk because of the species known weakness to compartmentalization. Fear it would introduce rot to the trunk and we’d loose the...
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