Canker ID on Horse chestnut?

[treeseer]

"The location of the canker on the trunk and branch unions would rule out the effectiveness of any pruning to remove infected bark."

 

Why? Cleaning the infections is effective.

 

Second thoughts looking at the pics again. It looks battered, really disfigured. I would fell and replace. Not exactly a great loss.

 

The longer one looks for problems, the more one finds.

 

The same can be said for assets, though.

 

2 points to consider: 1: both P diseases are in the sapwood not the xylem, hence are non-structural issues, unless they are far advanced, which may or may not happen. 2: Rating targets MUST factor in occupancy. How many folks are under the tree in the sort of weather likely to cause failure? Risk entrepreneurs often overlook this.