They all will make large cuts, or head back on a cyclical basis to reduce cost of maintinance. Especially with large willow, cottonwood, box elder and silver maple. Huge cuts, regularly stripping sprouts, large pockets of decay and leaving it stand.
We had one 2 years agow where the contractor employee told the homeowner that the willow with basal decay on the tension side, leaning towards her house, would probably last several years. Lasted a couple months. Landed on two homes and made one of my clients a health percentage of his annual net income.
I regularly see trees hit by line clearance that I wish would have come down.
Hmm, guy must have deleted this just as I read it...
Being the ethical person you are, you would already be doing that as you look at the tree. Is a tre by tree inventory, or street by street?
If the latter then just add a paragraph referancing A300 5.5.3 requirment stating that removal was concidered for each tree inspected. Pruning impacts and longterm health were taken into concideration based on an X year cycle, normal weather conditions and current condition. All you are doing is documenting your descision making process.
