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I've seen plenty of hollow silver maples around here as described above and others ( up to 48" DBH)that didn't have a bit of decay. THE DIFFEENCE was only one thing... the way they had been pruned in the past. When the collar is violated on a silver maple, the entire existing stem will rot out...

I often run into clients that ask for large limbs to be removed as well, and it takes some educating to get them to understand the irreparable damage that those large wounds are going to do. You can usually find a way to meet their needs, while doing far lass damage to the tree... even leaving a...

Butch, If you think in tree time, out maybe 50-100 years.. there is no "might".. that tree will become a hazard from that cut in time... so the cut has reduced the potential life span of that tree significantly. If the tree has no chance of making it that long for other reasons, and will be...

I try not to leave large wounds on the main stems. That silver maple will never be able to compartmentalize such the big cut. Did you inform the customer that taking off such a large limb would be condeming the tree to an early demise? There were other options.