I vote your concerns are legitimate. It is worth having an arborist look at.

i would suggest.. that is the direction the cold air comes from ... or there is pavement on the other side.. that retains heat late into the night.. etc...

one might call it a micro climate issue ...

that said.. it has nothing to do with potential damage to your shed ...

if you cant sleep at night about it.. get rid of that branch .... life's too short to worry about gravity ... dont you think ...

i really noticed this kind of thing when i moved to the country .... from suburbia .... less pavement out here.. but it never fails to amaze me.. that i have full tree color.. and go 3 miles into small town.. and they are still green .... it just takes them a week longer to cool off ... and the same in the spring.. their forsythia are going nuts.. and mine are the week behind or so ...

and all of this is a very long way of saying.. that if you decide it has to go... you dont really need an arborist.. you just need a tree trimmer... if the tree doc says its good.. will you still leave it hanging there????

ken

This post was edited by ken_adrian on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 15:42