PS - I have tried to upload a photo, but can't seem to do it.

Really would need a pic. Did you use the Photo icon? If so, it may be too many pixels. Failing a picture, removing the entire branch may be best for now, but long term you would need to know why it is leaning. Since a 30 year old tree just started leaning in the past few years, I fear the roots are "hinged" from early in its development and as the tree grows and becomes more of a sail in the wind it will only lean more.

tj

Don't worry about it, leaning is the norm for this cultivar!

See e.g. this one:

http://kurowski.pl/images/katalog/1100_900/Sequoidendron_gig_Pendula1_big.jpg

Or this one:

http://trachy.eu/picsNew/E343FE4800000000.jpg

Or this one:

http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/07/23/growin/46d2f1.jpg

Or here:

http://www.pepinierehameau.com/fr/gallery/image/2286.jpg

Or yet more grotesque!

http://arbre-et-fleur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2301_2.jpg

https://www.theimagefile.com/v/tp/272/112/9668815250_4_botanical-flora-arboreal.jpg

http://arbre-et-fleur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2301_1.jpg

Getting the pic!!?! :-)

Resin

As a rule well established redwoods don't blow over.

use the button under where you type ... to upload from your hard drive ...

the first question .... what does it threaten .. anything ...

or is this an issue of you think you have better ideas than ma nature.. on how a tree can grow itself ... i always think about fixing things.. that might not be broken ... and when i do, creating bigger problems than i started with ... one might argue.. it has grown taking account of the prevailing winds, etc ..... and if you remove such.. you will change its whole dynamic ...

i suppose the soil is also an issue ...

but even if we get a pic.. an onsite opinion from a certified tree specialist would be worth the money spent ... and not just any monkey with a chainsaw . ...

https://www.google.com/search?q=isa+aborists&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=isa+arborists

we all would love to see a pic...

ken

I don't think many arborists are familiar with weeping giant Sequoiadendrons to make an accurate diagnosis of the hazards of them leaning as some do. Some of those that Resin listed shouldn't be standing by normal standards.

I have one left out of three. Sapsuckers love em' here, ...at least in my garden. Here's the one that's left that I planted first in 1979. The top is dying out because the circulation is being cut off by the Sapsuckers. They don't bother the species at all, and I have about 15 of them. Weird!

@Miketann - 'Pendulum' has thinner bark than the normal species; I'd guess the bark on normal ones is thick enough to put them off.

Resin

I have upload problems from my phone. Think the default Android browser is the one GW works with.

getting the pic? getting the chainsaw more like.

That makes sense, Resin.

Thank you.

Mike

Wow! Finally figured out how to upload the photo. This is the tree. Thank you all for your help and ideas. We have two concerns. The tree has grown to the side quite a bit in the past 5 years, and we are worried that it could be blown over in a strong wind, like those we have been getting this winter. The other concern is that it scrapes the top of the car as we come in and out of the driveway. We have trimmed the wispy branches a bit to allow for the car already, but there is no question that it is getting lower and lower. (Please excuse my late reply; we've been out of the country.) Again, thanks to all for your advice. It is reassuring to see the other leaning trees that haven't fallen. Now that I have succeeded in posting a photo, any other suggestions would be really welcome.

I have 2 six year old Weeping Sequoias, about 12 and 16 ft tall. I didn't realize that they would grow to about 40 ft. Can I top them to keep them at about 12 ft. I understand that could ruin them.

You can cut off any offending branches, but cutting off the top?!! That would ruin them for sure.