Is this too much pruning?

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Poindexter

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Hi all, quick question if I may, we have had the tree surgeons round and they have pruned this sycamore. It was healthy before.

Have they gone too far with the pruning? Will this harm the tree?
 

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Brocky said:
All of the naked branches are probably going to die. It is extremely off balanced now. It looks like a total removal job that didn’t get completed.
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Not true. We may not like what was done, I certainly don't, but that is not a reason to propagate a misconception. Doing so just causes confusion for the homeowner/tree owner. It looks like it was not the first time that tree was cut like that.
 
DSMc said:
Not true. We may not like what was done, I certainly don't, but that is not a reason to propagate a misconception. Doing so just causes confusion for the homeowner/tree owner. It looks like it was not the first time that tree was cut like that.
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I will also add that it’s unlikely that it will kill a sycamore, king of pollards
 
Poindexter said:
This is a bad job right? They killed the other tree a couple of years back by doing the same thing to it.
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At this point it is kind of your fault for hiring them again (assuming you hired them). If they killed a tree before, you could have expected that they'd do it again. Why would you keep paying them? Good luck to you and the tree, and I'd go complain about the job.
 
Yes, it is not done to current standards or ways of thinking about what’s best for the tree. But what do I know, let’s wait for a Pro for a correct response.
 
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Poindexter said:
Im the resident its the property management company who hired them. I complained to them about the job that they did on the other tree but they didn't listen to me. Seriously this is a terrible job right? Im not just complaining out of place right?
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Okay, now I can accept your position. When I thought you hired them, there was no love.

Nothing about that pruning follows best practices.
All cuts are injuries that the tree must compartmentalize.
The tree hasn't been killed until it is dead.
If it does die directly from this, it could be/probably will be years before it stops producing leaves.
Even if it survives the initial decade after that hack job, it will always have structural issues that can be directly traced to this mutilation. What I mean to say is that it will die because of this if it doesn't die from something else first.
 
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