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I like it Willie. Brian if you don't tie them down real good, they'll escape.

Species and size, make me say leave it alone but those trees may behave differently in Oregon. I don't think subordinating would hurt it or make it look bad for very long. Guy, I was sold on subordinating by one of the city arborists. He took pictures of trees that he subordinated over...

Guy has more book learning than me, but my gut says leave it alone like Teresa says.

Guy's just being coy, he regularly climbs in studded leather chaps and a ball gag.

After further thought, I would also add that the age of the tree is very important in whether I subordinate competing tops of trees. If the tree is young, I have no problem doing it. If it is a mature tree, I am far less likely to do it.

I think tree species is pretty important when considering if a bad union will fail. Siberian elms and willows seem to fail at a much higher rate than other trees around here. I have only seen cedars fail around here from root failure and not bad unions. Multiple topped cedars here seem to do...