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Thanks gents!

Well, I got pretty much all of the broken limbs cut back to some green or all the way back to the trunk. Tried to lighten the long limbs on the right a little bit. Looks like a fairly light touch from the pics and I guess it was considering the volume of the tree. Yielded half a cord of firewood...

Just that the rubbing branches can damage one another and won't compartmentalize due to continued rubbing. I've seen them fuse together too which could make them more prone to breaking in storm events. It would also be a secondary reason to prune them in addition to their "over-extended" nature...

Awesome to hear the different perspectives! Regarding reduction pruning on the west side of the tree where the branches look they're heading for the coast, I think I will leave them alone unless they are damaged. All of the trees up on the hill here are similarly structured due to that east...

Thanks for the species specific comment. This was my initial thought. I have a fir on my property that is about the same size. I pruned a good number of storm damaged branches back to the trunk and they've done very well. Almost exclusively on the east side. I think most of the damage on the...

You should see the bottom branch of the one at our place. It’s probably 16” at the trunk and at least 30’ long. These guys grew up with that east wind and no protection so they’re all lopsided.

Cool, thanks for the replies everyone. I’m leaning towards just trimming the danglers back to live growth. Of course it’s all kinda up to the homeowner but it’s good to have a starting point to discuss.

Right, the idea is to remove only dead or broken limbs. I have no intention of removing any healthy branches. The question is where to cut the damaged limbs back to. Typically a heading cut would not be recommended nor would removing a large limb from a mature tree. Better to leave a 3’-4’ stub...

My neighbor has a big (4’ DBH) Doug fir in his field that I’ve been thinking about offering to prune. We have strong east winds in the winter here so the tree is heavily flagged to the west and has a lot of broken limbs on the east side. I’d like to prune the dead wood and broken limbs but I’ve...