Silver Maple with split (?) and damage from ants

[marinegrunt]

I appreciate all of the help. I wasn't 100% sure I wanted it gone at first. All of the knowledge I received here made me feel better about taking it down.

Now I have a couple of huge Hickory trees I need to take down sometime. I raised the ground level in back by 3' so the the trunk is cover. Plus, they're leaning awfully bad over the house. It will be atleast a few months before tackling them.

Thanks again!