Take it? Or leave it?

[4HAND]

27 years ago when we cleared our property this Maple was just a little feller. My cousin backed into it with a tractor & I tied it off to a big pine (no longer there) until it straightened out.

As you can see in the 2nd pic, Hurricane Idalia twisted 2 big branches out of it. It's a bit lop sided now.

Not sure what to do with it.......

 

[Lilly001]

Fire wood. It will always be weak from now on.

 

[sinclair1]

I am obsessed enough to keep it, I would probably graft it where it’s been snapped off.
When I was a kid we had a magnolia snap off at the trunk. My dad grafted it back together and it’s still there 50 years later

 

[The Original Rooster]

It's a grown tree that's otherwise healthy. Do a little pruning to get it back into shape and it will likely be fine and you'd never know the difference in a few years.

 

[JustUs4All]

I'd leave it. If I took down every tree that a wind or ice storm broke limbs out of there would only be shrubbery on the farm. LOL

 

[Buck70]

Leave it.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Leave it. It'll fix itself up.

 

[4HAND]

Thanks for the input. Gonna leave it for now.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I'd leave it, but I'd at least take that upper broken branch off back to the trunk. Maybe the lower one too. The upper one looks like a tight branch angle that probably has included bark, anyway. Maples grow and heal fast.

 

[ucfireman]

tap it for syrup.
I say keep it if you like it where it is. Maples are pretty when they change in the fall and leaves are easy to clean up.
Plus 27 years and memories.

 

[antharper]

I like trees , so I’d leave it . I’d bet in a couple years you won’t even notice the damage