"Scott" wrote in message
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I just bought a house and among the great trees there is a large pecan
tree with one large dead branch. I have posted a pictu
http://scottmartin.net/temp/2005.07.08-10:52:34.jpg

The limb on the left is completely dead. There are no live branches
coming from it, and fungus is growing on it. It has to come down,
because if it falls, it might take out the fence and my neighbor's
storage shed. My question is, is this tree salvagable without that
limb? It seems to me that without that branch, most of the weight
(two other live branches) will be on the right side of the tree. Will
that be a problem? Will the tree immediately fall over in the other
direction?

Reminds me. Last week I was talking to the guy that delivers firewood and
has done tree work for us.
Mentioned one of my neighbors killed a few years ago cutting down a storm
damaged tree.
He said he knew about it because he finished the job for the widow.