Reply #2: I didn't comment in the earlier threads but I must say...

[mike_c]

...that I'm shocked any arborist would do what was done to your tree. It was obviously ruined. Was the crew completely unskilled labor or something? It's hard to imagine that anyone with even a shred of arborist skill would "trim" a tree like yours was trimmed-- what they did to your tree was cut it down, messily, and nothing less.

Glad it all worked out to your satisfaction in the end!