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A lift means not having to reclimb it again and again, until it looks like HE wants it. "Well, that part sticks out now." "Well, could you just go back over there and make that a little shorter, because if I stand here..." Give him and hourly rate, and climb it. I'm happy to shake branches for...

A lift means not having to reclimb it again and again, until it looks like HE wants it. "Well, that part sticks out now." "Well, could you just go back over there and make that a little shorter, because if I stand here..." Give him and hourly rate, and climb it. I'm happy to shake branches for...

Make very specific specs on the work "Just so that we are clear, I propose to work to these specs, for X dollars, or we can work hourly if you want it to be just so." Consider a tow-behind man-lift, or self-propelled (heavier and spendier, plus needs to be delivered by semi). Easier to make...

now I get the Stevie Wonder bit.:lol:

2 and 4...previously topped? All 4... Building clearance prune, utility wire clearance pruning, deadwood for hazard and will increase light penetration slightly. Prune for bad crotches. Pruning for walkway/ delivery truck/ emergency vehicle clearance. Consider underplanting other trees...

I see the one by the farm equipment looks bigger, but not over any significant infrastructure that I can see. What are the HOs goals? Why do anything?

Stem-girdling roots will circle the root collar when buried. Every gargantuan redwood root started out one cell wide. Filling over the roots is no bueno. If they are supposed to be starting at 0" depth, and down, and you put 2' of soil on them by putting in raised beds, the roots area also...

Check your root collar depth, particularly in the raised bed.

End-weight reduction and maybe some thinning on the lead, keeping the cuts small and far away from the main junction. Guy has a spec 15% reduction can add 50% to stability. Cutting that whole lead would be like cutting a healthy tree down so it doesn't break in a storm. The lead is healthy...

Is that last tree 60' tall? Consider reduction of that trunk on the right with the bad inclusion.

What is the objective/ goal of the reduction? Does the HO just want less leaves?

Those are small trees. Why do they NEED to be reduced. Is the customer driving the pruning specs? A pollard is different than a reduction, different that topping. As I explain to customers, topping, like a lot of removal cuts can be done with your eyes closed, paying no attention to the...