Topped Out Tree Pics

[Freakingstang]

Nothing like paying for a custom scab job....

 

[woodchux]

This oak was topped about 3 yrs ago.

 

[woodchux]

I'd be surprised if this one makes it.

 

[OTG BOSTON]

I'am not sure I would consider it outside the box thinking, but I would agree with what you did. I have performed some very heavy crown reductions in hopes of acheiving a better balance for the tree. To compare your pictures of a preservation project with pictures of trees that have been hacked due to a bad sense of asthetics or even worse a poor arborculture standard is unfair at best.:notrolls2:

Thanks for realizing there is a difference (most don't).