Update: My storm damage call yesterday made me question the always no-spikes approach. It was safer and faster for that tree. | Arborists - Guest Forum
It's funny how @val281's story shows we often stick to our opinions until life hands us a new view... I see this all the time with small things, like folks who swear they hate a food until they try it made a different way. Real experience has a way of shifting what we think we know.