Well, it wasn't something I really wanted to do. 2 were very old silver maples and I'm glad I did. The centers were hollow so at some point in time, they were coming down. There were 4 other silver maple planted in horrible locations that were going to give me sewer and fence issues later down the road and a dwarf bartlett pear that was just nasty in the fall.
I planted a red bud this year and will plant more next year when I figure out what and where.