trimming

Hello, we've got an old crab apple tree in our backyard. I trimmed off some dead branches but am wondering if some of the longer horizontally growing limbs should be pruned back as well (or at all??). I've attached two pics and marked where I was thinking to makes the cuts. Any suggestions are...

Hello! I'm new to the forum, and hope Im not repeat posting by asking this. I work on a summer trail and fire crew. We have our wildland fire red cards as well as an S212 wildland fire chainsaw certification. We drop large dead Doug firs and other large pines trees during the summer as well as...

When the client would ask you when is the best to do pruning and trimming towards trees and shrubs, is it really winter? or spring?

I'm not exactly certain what kind of tree I'm talking about, but I think it might be a Live Oak. It is a wonderful shade tree, with main branches coming off the trunk with diameters of about 10". Three of the main branches go straight up and gently extend out to provide a perfectly symmetrical...

Hey gents, thought I would see what you guys think. I have been in tree work for a few years now, running mostly on my own. I'm not a hack, don't worry, insured, licensed etc. I do mainly stump removal, but do about 15 tree removals and 15 trim jobs a year. I enjoy all aspects of what I do...

Any suggestions when they need a few dead branches off a pine that is otherwise healthy and you don't want to spike it up... maybe on top of that your tip isn't ideal or maybe you cant get an overhead tie in at all?