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Does the power company charge for the drop and rehang?

That’s what they look like over here as well Rajan. Big old solitary octopus like things. How do you deal with the power line running through the center? Currently (pun) I leave them alone when power lines are within striking distance.

I’ve had good success with the 10% hinge wood holding on and using a tag line for directional control. It breaks early but some direction is established. I’ve never cut one down (just trimmed) but curious to see it’s behavior on the stump.

From the little I’ve worked with them, they are poor hingers and have weak wood. So is tulip poplar though as well as dead ash and tree of Heaven. I still like them as a native tree. Saw a grove of them in the woods by a stream for the first time yesterday. Usually they are single specimens in...

Any of Richard Thomas’s work available in print or video, Jerry?

Kyle, I agree with John. This is a great opportunity to practice some techniques and see what happens . The species, indeed, does not compartmentalize well but still takes years and years to rot usually.

Kyle, yeah the tree will definitely help clean the water. In your situation, the pollarding sounds like a good way to keep the tree going.

I definitely haven’t given up hope and not wanting/thinking about removal. I just wish they were never topped. I’ll be doing weight reduction cuts and monitor the previous cuts for decay. The first topping was done maybe 7 yrs ago (a guess) and the last one was around a year ago (for sure)...

Went to parents house and got a good look at their silver maples (I know they are frequently despised) and the jobs a licensed company had been doing. They look like they were topped at least twice. Last topping was done just before my tree interest. I used to climb the one in backyard as a...