A client has two humongous ash trees in her backyard. They’re nice trees and still pretty healthy, but suffered extensive breakage during the snow and wind storms over the past year. Broken branches were hanging directly over the residential power lines, over the alley, and also over the neighbor’s yard.

Before:

After:

So, this job took a lot of climbing. One day I was in the tree for five hours, chasing down every “widow maker” I could find. It was worth it, though, as it was almost certain that one or more of these hangers was going to come loose and crush something or knock out the power.