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Ah there's the thing, using either system to support a flawed branch/union whatever...the point it its flawed and you have made a choice to use a system to support it or mitgate a total failure in favour of drastic pruning or removal. So you are not using your static cables in a healthy branch...

Well done Nick, stay strong !!!

So what you are saying is that people are selling and putting cobra systems into 'unflawed/healthy tree branches'...surely that is the fault of the operator, not the product. It is our responsibility to as accurately as possible risk assess a tree and determine its potential to fail and the...

And there you have it. I admit to never having installed any, just some 'make do' inventions of my own, but I'm seeing some situations where I thought it could be of use. Sounds like it is misused to quite an extent to make Jomo so...annoyed about it.

So when would you use it? I see its use as a last option almost a 'failsafe', if someone really wants a tree or parts of it retained and I think there is a fairly significant risk due to defects and surrounding targets, but that it can be mitigated or reduced by a system that will at least...

It has occurred to me upon occasion...when doing a fairly large end weight reduction, what the equal and opposite reaction will be in relieving that weight. Yes the limb was over stressed with weight, viz bark wrinkles, cracks, fresh reaction growth, but in relieving it, what possible other...