Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Should it stay or should it go?, 4 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
Here are some photos of the 2 huge silver maples I had cut down today. It turned out that each had cracks and some rot from the V-crotch to the base, so I'm glad I decided to cut my losses and free up space for more viable trees.

The first 2 photos show the (former) tree in the front yard. It essentially had 2 trunks - the V-crotch was just 2 feet above the ground - and that crack ran right between them.

The last three are all from the SM in the back.