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Would you draw a picture, including what you guys is happening below ground? What are the soil type, rain and wind patterns? How long has the other tree been gone? What has this tree survived in the meantime?

Multiple overload systems. Cutting off a leader so a potential partially-girdling scenario can't happen is like cutting off a growing kid's toe so they don't get ingrown toenails from too small of shoes. (sorta).

I would not stub it for a prop. Can you draw the branch structure? @Tree09 can help, or at least lend you his crayons. 😀

Agreed, I would suggest a protective rubber, or other material, pad. Hard to know with how much force it may bang into the cradle in the wind. If/ When it gets neglected over time, it may contact it. Design for neglect.

Cradles partially-girdle trees.

A HD cushion on a cradle, if you know someone to fabricate it...

Where was the other tree? Was the stump area dug out? Is the tree subject to new wind loading? New torsion? Same gravity. FWIW, the BCMA under Mellow's name is for ISA's Board Certified Master Arborist, their highest credential. Humans often want to intervene. An "overload" prop...