As promised Ekka heres some pics from here in my area of live oak.I'll have some more.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...7/IMG_0027.jpg
The tree above was pollarded as well as every other tree in the parking lot.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...7/IMG_0038.jpg
this one had 3 leaders.One broke off from rot and decay then in march line clearance trimmed it and a second section failed in a wind storm in april.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...7/IMG_0041.jpg
This one has rot in it and line clearance butchered it in march.
did I mention asplunduh does the line clearance in my area?