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whats the deal with pin oak and silver maple? silver maple is great IMO

now, that being said, Pine, and Fir trees are junk, sappy ugly smelly weak trees, cedar is fine tho, smells good lol
Spend some time in Pin Oaks pruning and you will think differently for sure.
Silver Maples can be sketchy brittle bastards, with bad inclusions, but aesthetically, I think they are nicer than Pin Oaks.
 
Spend some time in Pin Oaks pruning and you will think differently for sure.
Silver Maples can be sketchy brittle bastards, with bad inclusions, but aesthetically, I think they are nicer than Pin Oaks.
I think young Zin bases his taste in trees on smell. "Silver maples smell better than Pin oaks and Pin oaks smell better than Pines and Firs...". But if his mom made him beans the night before work...he gets a bit confused.
 
I think young Zin bases his taste in trees on smell. "Silver maples smell better than Pin oaks and Pin oaks smell better than Pines and Firs...". But if his mom made him beans the night before work...he gets a bit confused.
Kid's 15, I give him credit for hanging around. Like most kids his age, he needs to learn to listen and talk less.
 
I think young Zin bases his taste in trees on smell. "Silver maples smell better than Pin oaks and Pin oaks smell better than Pines and Firs...". But if his mom made him beans the night before work...he gets a bit confused.
some of my tree- o- pinion is based on smell

most is how they look, taste, and how nice the lumber is
 
some of my tree- o- pinion is based on smell

most is how they look, taste, and how nice the lumber is
If you are a residential tree guy/woman your first responsibility is how trees act. In other words number one is safety. Silver maples and Pin oaks over grow quickly, get huge, break easily and threaten people and property. This is hard for a tree person to deal with after the fact and it can make the tree person look bad even if they try to correct the problem with pruning and/or bracing. Little can be done to change this situation permanently or even temporarily outside of just don't plant them in the first place or discourage it or intervene early and get rid of them in favor of another species.
 

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