Do It Yourself vs. Hiring a Tree Care Professional Part Two
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First and foremost: Never use ladders near electric wires and don't try to climb a tree without proper training and tree climbing equipment. Each year, a number of amateur tree pruners are seriously injured or killed when they come into contact with an energized line, directly or indirectly, through tools or tree limbs.
Even when power wires, ladders, tree climbing and lack of training are taken out of the equation, there are still plenty of dangerous tree care scenarios. Not to mention, amateur tree care can unknowingly harm a tree. So what you can do?