the pic doenst show.. unless you click on it.. thats weird ...

i dont understand which tree in the pic it is.. the one near the fence.. or the other .

none of us favor TOPPING trees ...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=topping+trees+bad&t=ffcm&ia=web

and with the dark dappled shade.. i wonder how ugly the canopy would grow back.. if at all ...

tell the owner .. its not an option ... leave it or love it.. but dont murder it.. as they do with those CM shrubs ...

all that said.. if they insist.. well. its their tree.. on their lot.. so do whatever they want .. and take their money for doing it ... they can always pay you again.. to come back and remove it later. ...

ken

Thanks for the response Ken. It is a relative‘s property, so I’m not making any money. It is such a messy tree pretty much the whole growing season so I figured if I could reduce the tree’s volume I would at least be reducing the cleanup. Maybe limbing it way up…