Help with removing excess piping above main valve

[uppie]

Hello everyone, I am new to DIY plumbing but confident enough I know what to do, but I need some advice. Just bought my house and the laundry room setup is a nightmare. The previous owners had a water softener that they took with them. And left a ton of extra pipes hooked up here in the pic. The main shutoff is at the bottom of the pic and I'm wanting to cut out the extra piping and make it a straight to an elbow that connects between the hot and cold for the washer. Is there any reason I wouldn't be able to do this? I have done plumbing work before but not on a main line. Any specivic valve or connectors i should look for?

Thanks

 

[GReynolds929]

That would be fine.

 

[MicEd69]

Is there any reason I wouldn't be able to do this?

It depends on how you are going to approach this. The main shutoff valve is a ProPress valve. So, if you try to solder a fitting to the stub after you cut off that excess piping, you will very likely melt the rubber seal in the valve to pipe connection. The fitting to the left of your picture where the water softener went, I'm guessing, is a SharkBite fitting. I personally don't like those, but that is what you will have to use unless you have, or can rent, or can borrow a ProPress press.