oaks

I'm about to prune a lot of mature oaks that have never been pruned before. My objective is mostly limited to removing dead limbs in an effort to improve tree health. I'm sure rot from some of these limbs will have moved past the branch collar into the trunk. My question has to do with what to...

One of the problems I have pruning dead branches from oaks is that, by the time the optimal season for pruning arrives, leaves have fallen and it is not necessarily as easy to discern branches that should be trimmed. Of course, one could mark these while the leaves are up for pruning later in...

Fellas, I have some gargantuan Oaks to fell eventually (5'+ above the flare) and will be needing to slab them where they fall. I'm thinking with Huztl 660's being so nicely priced that a two powerhead 5'-6' cutting capacity bar might be the way to go vs an 880 or equivalent. That would be 14+...