Pruning Overgrown Arborvitae

These Arborvitae had grown too tall to maintain. I brought in a 16' Orchard Ladder & leveled off the tops to create an even height line.

Drawing a line

We're half way there! Chop n Drop the tips, some of which were 12 feet tall. The challenge was to make clean (hidden) cut points while controlling the drop to protect the fragile foliage below.

Here is the finished first row of Arborvitae.

Finish on the Level

The second row of Arborvitae was a bit more evenly grown overall and still mostly 6 to 8 feet out of reach for maintenance. After dropping the tops, a hedge trimmer was used to sheer the sides for a nice clean finish.

This 'finish' photo was taken with a marker left behind to show a visual benchmark for how much was removed. No maples were harmed in the dropping of the toppings.

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