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The wood underneat IS more or less dead. Its also rotting and there is a good amount of weight hanging on that branch. I'd probably get concerned when it becomes soft to the touch. If that branch is hanging over your nice home there I'd be quicker. From here on my cell I think I see a boorer...

For a couple years I've been using an imidicloroprid soil drench to treat or pre-treat my two Fraxinus americana for EAB. From what I read the tree-age or arbor jet system of trunk injections is better. I've seen some videos and it seems like something I can do myself. However I'm not finding...

Plant a metasequoia in its place is my vote.

I might give it a year as I look for a replacement.

behind the crack for sure. I might go back to that main trunk, or 1/4 to 1/2 inch from it to be more exact. Depends how fast those grow.

Slightly concerned is my vote. Maybe more if the concrete company or your neighbors seem like fools. Sounds like the power company left the weight hanging away from your house? Which way do the winds usually blow? I am not sure on how to properly hire an arborist to check trees on another...

There is nowhere near as much money in saving trees as ppl so science has not figured out how to stop rot of the dead structural wood w/o damaging rhe live outer layers. If it were a deck (with no live parts) we'd all run out and seal it so it did not rot. Would anyone care about the moisture...

What is the advantage of having it back in the hole? Around here ppl pay to have stumps removed.

1. Can they fall on anything you value more like a kid's bedroom or the car you need to keep your job? If yes, remove. 2. How much oatience do you have? IF this works it is going to take time as in a decade or more. If no, remove 3. Nylon straps don't like the sun and elements here. Use...

Metasequoia is another even more unique choice with a similar look. Metasequoia Ogon for an accent.

Mike, you have a no win situation there. CODIT is not working and I believe it is wrong to even try to applying it your situation. Sure it could be filled and sealed but keeping that water tight is a thing you can't even verify without cutting into the tree. If this tree is out in the middle.of...

We are going to need a picture of it to hazard a guess at the safety issue the tree poses. From the updated description I say CODIT has failed. If the tree is out in the middle of a field where it will not kill anyone when it fails go ahead experiment and see what you can do. If it is in a...

Can you post a picture of the whole tree and this rotting base?

A 20 foot tree is a pretty decent sized transplant. Some level of shock is to be expected.

Not sure I'm seeing everything correctly. But for a long lived potentially large tree I'd be awful tempted to: -research sudden oak death and see if it is in your area -recut that rotting top lower down whenever is the right time -seal the wound with whatever the local boys use for sudden oak...

Let us know what the arborist says. I'd let it go longer if the tree is far away from structures than if it overhung my kid's bedroom or my garage.

If you do build under the tree I would guess fall to winter as the least bad time.

Plant it at a slight angle leaning towards more upright. Then after a year come back and start pruning with a minimalistic hand. The tree may guide you by then.

I have a different tolerance for trees out "on the back 40" than hanging over the garage I park my Mustang in or my kid's bedrooms. Out on the back 40 I'd let that go forever. At worst it will end up neat and hollow. Did we decide on black walnut? Those have pretty darned good structural...

You know, some people prize that stuff: https://www.google.com/search?q=Red+Box+Elder+Wood+art&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiujOe794bSAhXkylQKHbCvAV0Q_AUICCgB&biw=1024&bih=639 Of course some people prize almost anything but I admit the red streaks are kinda neat.