Advice needed, dubious about arborist who visited yesterday

I'm sure that someone will tell me if I'm talking out the back of my..err..neck, but judging by the photo, you have a branch that could become a perfectly acceptable leader. I'd send your 'arborist' up there with a sturdy cane and some bio-degradable straps, to re-orient the branch and within a couple of years, only you will know that anything happened Well, and us, of course, but we won't tell

 

Agree basically! Trees DO have a mind-of-their-own. Have a Scots Pine about 20ft high, grown from seed from back home. Now a massive tree. Over the years had many so called 'arborists' knock on the door. Most were folk who'd just bought their first chain saw and wanted some logs to sell. Fairly easy to spot - no qualifications and or don't know difference between conifers and deciduous! Experts have good history, equipment and these days, a website! Also you hang on to the good ones! Last young bloke did a fantastic job. The pine resembles a GIANT bonsai!! Recently some contractors felling and replanting on the grass verges outside wanted to know who had done such a wonderful job! My 'firm' arrived again last week to do some more Pollardelling gave me a quote (followed by copy on email) but said he'd contact me in Autumn as a bird in bird box on one tree!!! Obviously aware of his lawful demands! Last time he took out a fence panel and 'sprayed' chippings back into garden for later composting!!
Opinion regarding the Damaged Cedar?: it'll come good! Lovely tree!!

 

Thank you Glynne. After much research I got the right person for the job. He has pruned back the tallest remaining branches of The Cedar in the hope they will branch out so to speak and got the hung up large Eucalyptus branch down without damaging any of my Trillium Grandiflorumwhich were right underneath the offending branch. I did tell him I had been selling 3 Trillums for £20 at my latest charity sale ( they went like hot cakes as that is cheap! ). I think that concentrated the mind as there was about £300 + worth in the firing line.

The Cedar looks decidedly better, not great but better, now it is just a wait and see job and hope the tree decides to cooperate and fill out at the top.

 

Good stuff! A wonderful tree! My pine obviously has grown a lot but as 6' tree had one of my bee swarms land in it. I was away but my daughter, doing A level exams, put on my beesuit and took the swarm! Unfortunately snapped the main apical growing tip! Obviously very upset as knew it to be my favourite tree! Within two years it had chosen a new apical bud! 30 years on you can still see the original pig-tail shoot growing out of the trunk! Trees are great!