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I agree, the team they sent out to do the assessment was very good, the workers that show up weeks later are destructive. The new PG&E rules are for a 24' clearance instead of 12'. I'll be losing 2 Live Oaks, a Gold Cap, and a beautiful hybrid Oak; I understand the necessity, but it's still sad...

Thank you, that gives me some hope. Good to know the tree has a chance of surviving.

Thank you so much for the info.

I live @ 3000ft. in the California Sierras, because of the drought, I've lost all my cedars, Ponderosa pines, and all but 1 of 6 Douglas firs. PG & E took 20 ft. off the top of the remaining fir, the remaining 30 feet looks healthy albeit odd. Will it resprout? I'm loathed to cut down a...

Jason, There are mushrooms growing near the tree, I shot samples of the dirt under them, samples of dirt at the base of the Juniper that doesn't have mushrooms and a shot of the cavity of the Juniper where it broke off, not much there but shattered wood. The whitish soil directly beneath the...

Jason, Thank you for your reply, it's supposed to stop raining tomorrow, I'll take close up pics. I'm afraid to start replanting until I can figure this out. I really appreciate any insights you might have.

I've lost live oaks to root rot, but now I have a mature (and seemingly healthy) Juniper that toppled. I know what to do with Oak but, is Juniper wood good for anything; firewood? Woodworking? Approx. how long does it take to season. Any insights would be appreciated.

California drought has killed all of the Ponderosa Pines, Cedars, & Douglas firs. Now I'm losing Live Oaks and the Juniper to root rot. These are mature trees that are just falling over, the Juniper looked very healthy just before it toppled. The soil is full of white hairy threads. Afghan Pine...

I took a measuring tape down the hill, so that 65" is accurate, the trunk measures 142"on tape. There are 2 more dead limbs on this Oak that are almost as big. Both overhang the fence, I'm out of my depth here, I'll have to have a professional do those.

It was considerable more than 25 minutes; but that's because of the size of my chainsaw and inexperience. I was touched by your offer of help; if you're from Mariposa I'm sure you have your own plate full of drought downed trees, yet you still offered. Thank you.

It did flip to the right, thanks to your suggestion I was ready for it.

I thank you all for your advice, I'll try all suggestions. If I can reduce the weight I'll flip it with the quad. Again, thank you, I'm a 64 year old woman living alone on 5 acres and dealing with the fall out from the California drought, this won't be the last time I ask for advice.

Thank you for you're suggestions. The limb @ it's widest (where it cracked off the trunk) is 65" around, the thinnest is 38". I only have a 20" chainsaw, so I'll have to back & forth. So cut from the ground side up?

I had an Oak drop a huge limb. I bucked most of it, what I'm left with is a "tripod", I don't know where to start cutting that isn't going to destabilize the whole thing. I'd appreciate any advice on how to do this without having it roll over on me. Thank you in advance.