Cut if off about 4' up and move your mailbox to it
I hate seeing old trees go, especially around here. We've got lots of old live oaks, big granddaddy things. Local mall is named after them - Oaks Mall. Funny thing is, about 5 years ago, they cut down *all* of the big 200+ year old trees around the mall to plant freakin Palm Trees. Sure, we're in Florida, but palms aren't native this far north... arg!