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Redbud could be but I've never seen it other than a yard tree ."Native " could change within twenty or so miles . For example big tooth aspen,which is native is not found here until you go about 20 miles westward . Pines or firs of any variety are not native until you get to about the Pa side...

You are probabley right T . I'm more of a woodsman and really don't know chit from shinola on what's planted in urban landscaping .It could be any number of varities not native to these parts . For all I know I could have stumbled into a Douglas fir a time or two but wouldn't know it from a pine...

I wouldn't know a gum tree if I saw one . Nary a one in these parts that I know of .

Why then did you do a report or submit same[copy /paste ] about a gum tree of all things ? This thing is stranger than fiction :? By all means bolt that thing together ,cable ,fiberglass ,pine tar whatever it takes . Don't however be parking that prized model A of uncle Charleys under it .:D

Now just where is your mind at young lady .:P However if you let your mind wander a tad bit I do tend to agree with you .;)

Oh I'm not saying there isn't some merit in prolonging the useful life of a tree . In highly urbanized areas it's a much bigger deal than here in the cornfield . Fact is I've done a little of this stuff myself .It's just I've seen many many maples fail in short order once they split and spill...

Treelooker,dude ,the subject was not a gum tree.I thought the whole kit and caboodle was over a cracked maple and by the picture it certainly looks rotten to me . That gum tree thing was nothing but a side bar .

Well ,that's nice but what does that have to do with a rotten maple with a big crack in it .:?

Well ,unless I'm confused on the pictures it appears that when he stuck his hand in the crack he pulled out rot .Unless I'm getting the pics confused .

Hold the phone now .You guys are talking about a maple tree here .A rotten one to boot . How in the world can you save a rotten maple pray tell ? I think the only thing that rots faster than maple is hickory once it gets exposed to the weather . Most of the removals done in this neck of the...

Oh I'm not saying that on some trees you can save with a cable or a bolt .Fact Is I bolted one of my dads favorite apple trees together with a 24 "DA bolt and pine tarred the crack in the crotch .It held about 10 years before it fell victum to an ice storm .But that tree was in an orchard ,not...

Just a fact of life with a maple tree .If the things are grown in an urban environment with no competiton for sunlight they spread out like a hens ass . A big old fat canopy puts a tremendous stain on the crotch .Nearly every maple will crotch out in it's growth at some point .The soft ones...

Say folks we are compairing onions to sardines here . The first tree was a soft maple ,cracked in the crotch and rotten inside .The second tree shows signs of splitting but hasn't blown it's guts yet but will in time if something isn't done to prevent it .

I suppose it's a noble thought to try and cable that thing ,bolt it togther ,what ever . Once a maple or any tree gets rotten inside like that it's only a matter of time before it falls .It could be on somebodys noggin . It have maple a tad smaller than that which is split open in a crotch...