You gotta wonder what's holding up those other two 50 foot trunks...

Consult an arborist.

Ken -- not that I am an arborist, but it is a shame about that big tree. It certainly does not look healthy! If not for what looks like major rot, I would have suggested cables to be installed -- had this done 10 years ago to a very large oak and it has been fine and healthy. I have the feeling that your tree is likely a goner... so sorry! Keep us posted as to what happens, please.

You should trim that peeling piece of bark so it doesn't pull off any more. The root flare is nicely visible, though a tree that close to the road could damage the road, so you should consider moving it. Have you tried fertilizing it? Sprinkling it with antifungal powder and giving it a bandaid? Maybe some duct tape?

Yes Ken that would be a hard no!

Some of you may not be aware that Ken is quite knowledgeable on trees. I am pretty sure this is one he spotted.

Cable it, but few can do that anymore.

That would have been gone yesterday.

peeps??? it was a joke ...

as far as im concerned.. its hanging firewood ...

common silver maple... thank god its out by the street..and didnt fall on someones house ..

there is no need to waste money on an arborist.. just pay the dude with the bucket truck to cut it down ... and truck it away ...

you cant tell from the pic.. but those remaining trunks are swept back 20 or 30 degrees ...

be rid of it.. and plant a new oak for the next hundred years ...

ken

Yes. BlueberryBundtcake got it. I was going to suggest cinammon, neem, dish soap, landscape fabric and red dyed mulch. Did I forget anything, Ken?

Pruning paint.

tj

You could use pea stone mulch instead of the red-dyed bark if you prefer ...

I almost said, 'a couple 5 gal buckets of black wound sealer and it'll be fine'. (Jokingly of course).

Silver maples have a lot of issues. This one is a goner.

i think you nailed it flora.. along with junkie's pruning paint ...

no sidewalk there.. but i wonder of the city will pay for removal... there should be an easement there ... probly never know ...

ken

ps: maybe stake it???.... lol

The power company may be willing to drop it if there are lines nearby.

Where I live, that would be considered a city tree. That means the city would come and have it removed---eventually. It would also mean that there would have to be a replacement tree planted in its place. If the property owner didn't speak up, the city would plant a large tree of their choice. If the owner gets in touch with the city and asks about the replacement tree, then the owner would be given a list of replacement trees to choose from.

A friend of mine had her tree cabled. She told me that insurance would not cover house damage caused by the tree because of the cable. The theory is that if the tree needed cabling, then you knew the limbs were weak in the first place. Not sure if this is true, but I would check it out with my insurance if I were considering getting my tree cabled.

Oh well, Ken. You tried.....

Now that I know it's silver maple, I'd say cut the tops off and leave the trunks for wildlife habitat.

it has since rotted away... wish i had a better pic ... ken

"maybe stake it???"

Oh! Like a sistered telephone pole ... it's an idea.

I have no reference for what insurance companies think of cabled trees, but all three of our pines are cabled; they can't hit any houses, so not really an insurance matter. They were just cabled/recabled this year, since existing cables were lower on the trees. I think they added two cables to two of them, and six cables to the third, which had had some creaking, which has been resolved.

This is the old, lower cable ...

And see if you can spot the new cabling ... there are six trunks being cabled together ... (it's 80' in the air, so it's actually easier to see in a picture than in person ...)

Let's see if I can make this work....

If it had only been planted 15 feet from the house.....or the house built that far away.... Little damage

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Sorry not my title...lol

That is impressive! Somehow our pines don't really get hit by lightning ... though the (shorter) eastern red cedar (juniper) has been hit twice ... had to get its top reshaped.

Wow is that for real?

the yelling crack me up... lol ...

probly some hippie location.. that wont let you remove trees that are a danger to your house ...

ken

Try again?

Big storms rolled thru Tecumseh and southern MI.... A few days back.,.

Many without power for a couple days...

Thought about our tree friend today...and look what I found...

I have no clue if they took it down prior...or if the storm did it...

I do see some power line issues I didn't notice before.

Ken

It's the stump...not the also damaged tree...

My neighbor across the street just had an enormous tree taken down by the city, which was out by the curb. It had a few large dead branches. Can't remember what kind of tree it was (some sort of deciduous one), but the trunk left behind is giNORmous. He could use it for a picnic table for 6 people, easily.