remove ball moss from my trees
 

I live in Central Texas and we have a ton of ball moss on our trees. What is the best way to remove this? It is killing my trees.

I paid a contractor to remove the moss about 5 years ago and now it is back in full and I'd like to not have to spend the money to pay a contractor to do it and if possible handle it myself.

Thanks for any advice.

What would be the best tool to use to prune my trees (oak and cedar) to remove the ball moss before using the potassium bicarbonate spray?

I tried using the corona 14' manual pruning saw, but that didn't work very well at all, so I returned it.

Any recommended tools to use?