Can this tree be saved? If not..

[tbk125]

Can this tree be saved? If not, how would you suggest it be taken down.
https://imgur.com/a/v3Ia7D2

 

[Jed1124]

What happened to it?

 

[tbk125]

What happened to it?

pretty sure just wind.

 

[Capitalist]

You could cut it back some in late winter but it will always be ugly and weak.

Personally I would remove it and start over but I do that for a living.

If I were to take it down I would use a rope, saw, and pole saw. Notch and swing the limbs that are over something and if nothing was directly under it I would pole saw it most of the way down. Only looks about 30' tall but pics can be decieving.

 

[Capitalist]

Cant see it clear enough to name it... Cleavland select pear?

 

[tbk125]

Thanks for the response! It's a pear but not sure what type.

 

[ATH]

Of course it is a pear! That is their natural form.

It will live...then fall apart a little more. The cycle will repeat.

The bigger question is whether it is serving its function. If it is supposed to make the house look nicer...it doesn't. A stump would look better (but that is a personal decision).

Don't plant another pear when you replace it. They are not good trees.

 

[Capitalist]

Of course it is a pear! That is their natural form.

It will live...then fall apart a little more. The cycle will repeat.

The bigger question is whether it is serving its function. If it is supposed to make the house look nicer...it doesn't. A stump would look better (but that is a personal decision).

Don't plant another pear when you replace it. They are not good trees.

I like them when they are young but holy cow they require more tending than any tree on earth

 

[Canyon Angler]

Bradford Pear...the cockroach of the tree world...the French call them "German cockroaches" and the Germans call them "French cockroaches."

Whatever its exact name/species, why would one WANT to save it? "But it's just an innocent cockroach!"