For sizing, compare the thickness or diameter of the big branch to my footprints. I have been trying to preemptively prune dead branches so I wouldn’t have to pick them up after heavy wind, rain, or snow, but this is what heavy snow can do to live branches.
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...