Eric, The real question here is What is it about working on a euc tree from a bucket truck that causes you to make these kinds of cuts?
Seriously, I know what you mean by it looking weak and actually, I think it is. Not because the attachment wood has been removed but the loading response wave length would be severely altered at the union.
I could go into the Latin on this, but I don't know any.
D Mc
Also want to say that we are still delving through the google material. And other than the information on tension wood from angiosperms being comprised of mostly cellulose and conifers' reaction wood being rich in lignen we still want to research more to see how this relates to hazard assessment. (Is an injury on a conifer much worse if it is on the compression side of the tree?)
S Mc