Should I have this red maple taken out?

We had the early snow storm yesterday and our Red Maple got some damage from the ice and snow. Should I remove it? Im not sure if its worth saving.

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I can't tell from your picture--is that limb split or broken off? I've seen trees out in the woods heal themselves from some pretty bad damage. It appears to me that part of a limb broke off and, if so, the tree may scab over during the winter and put out new limbs in that area come spring. We had to prune out a rather large limb that had been damaged on one of our maple trees late last winter. The cut healed over and it put out two new limbs that replaced the one we had to remove and now you'd never know a limb was removed.

I wouldn't make any decision right now. Much of the tree looking awful is because the snow is weighting it down. I think with some pruning it will be alright. One of the factors in figuring out to keep it or not is how long is it going to take to grow another in its place.

I agree with Doug, leave such drastic decisions till you have had time to look again at the space it takes up and how that area will look without the tree, remember a tree that size must have taken several years to reach the hight and spread it shows now.
I would only ever remove any tree IF the tree was dangerous, the roots were causing or about to cause damage to property OR it attracted some dreadful man eating birds etc, ha, ha, ha, but seriously, trees are good for cleaning our air, they give shade, they are homes for wildlife and they give added hight to a garden design, the whole world would look flat without our trees and mountains.
Once you get over the shock of your heavy snow fall this time of year, go out with a broom and gently knock/ tap as many branches as you can to knock off the snow that is heavy on the bows and this will help take some of the strain off the limbs, then it will allow you time to decide what way you want to go, remember this might be a case of freak weather conditions and you might never have it again, normally the snow comes when the trees are leafless and therefore having no leaves helps the weight problem you have experienced right now so it would be a shame to chop a perfectly healthy tree down without giving it some real thoughts.
A dangerous tree is a different matter, so that should really be your deciding factor for now.
Good luck. WeeNel.

The split limb looks a bit thin, it might break of during this winter in the next storm. I wouldn't remove the whole tree. If it's an easy task, remove the split limb/s and the tree will replace them within the next two years. Our neighbors had their mango tree top broke off during a hurricane. The whole top was off and now 3 years later you wouldn't know that it ever happened. The tree is back to its old shape and size, without any help.

First impulse is to try to save it. But if that split goes down into the main trunk, then it's serious. My husband used a come-along on a tree that had a big split like that. He pulled it together and we tied the 2 halves together. It actually healed and survived.

For an amateur to remove a limb from a tree, you need to ask, is this something I can saw off myself or is the limb too large.
If you decide to go on your own there are some things you need to follow, don't go do the work on your own, get help to hold the ladder, hold the saw, hold a rope IF require and they keep anyone else out the way.
Once your up the ladder, don't OVER reach, best go up a few more rungs on the ladder than stretch.
Never sit on any of the branches unless you are strapped on and stable ABOVE the branch you want to cut or beside it, NOT on it.
You have to make the cut close to the trunk IF your taking out the whole branch.
You start to cut from UNDER the branch first, about half way through the branch. this takes the strain from the branch, next you cut from the top of the branch, this will let the branch / limb fall cleanly away and wont rip into other parts of the limb you are cutting.
Don't have anyone stand under the branch you are working on.
IF the job is not one you feel you can do yourself, then don't even try, there are professional tree surgeons who will cost the job for you first, they will also remove other limbs they see as unsafe after a storm.
Good luck WeeNel.

Had a tree arborist out and he said he would cut it back by 1/3 (assuming the whole tree) and remove the broken branches. $150 so we may go that direction as see what it looks like.

seems reasonable.