...until it rains, the ground is soft, and the wind blows?If it's always been leaning like that, then the tree has already compensated with reaction wood. Leave it alone. It will be fine. Don't turn it into a hedge.
True but it’s not touching the tree unless it’s overloaded. The tree that is.Cradles partially-girdle trees.
Agreed, I would suggest a protective rubber, or other material, pad. Hard to know with how much force it may bang into the cradle in the wind.True but it’s not touching the tree unless it’s overloaded. The tree that is.
There are several, some redundant, one quite low. I figured a combination of removing ones too close to one another, the low one, and shortening the rest. Would be nice to keep some shade but let the grass get some sun under the tree.You’d need a look from underneath to see if there are major long laterals.
Eventually the rear of the tree will fill out now it’s getting light, that’ll balance the weight a bit.
To finish, if the client is very keen on retention then sure, lop off some weight off the ends of some branches to give the rear a chance to flush out and provide some counterweight.