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Overhead line clearance
- Line voltage and species of tree determine the amount of space required for overhead electric line clearance.
- When tree branches grow in and around overhead electric lines, they can create a safety or reliability hazard.
- Disease and insect infestation can also render a tree hazardous. In these cases, pruning is necessary to achieve proper clearance. Sometimes it is better to remove a tree than to prune it severely.
- When tree pruning is needed, Westar hires professional, qualified crews to prune or remove trees at no cost to our customers.
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Pruning methods
- Each tree is evaluated on an individual basis.
- Directional pruning methods are most commonly used by these professional crews, whereby only those branches that may conflict with overhead lines are removed.
- This is the accepted industry pruning standard appoved by the Tree Care Industry. It allows for the tree to attain the normal regrowth for the species and is better than other pruning methods for safety and your tree's health.
- Your tree may look different after pruning, but in the long run it will be less susceptible to pest problems and decay.
- Some trees with a single main trunk are not good candidates for directional pruning. These trees may be pruned below the lines in order to obtain required clearance.
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Tree Pruning Variations
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