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Is your alignment device for through-bolting/ Rigguy, too? Or just a tangential rant on J-lags? Just asking?

Its all risk-acceptance, in my book. Customer: Should I do this or that? Well, I'm hear to inform you and educate you. I could tell you what I would do, but that doesn't really apply, as I am not the one at risk. I do have included elms that should get static cables. I just need to get...

You make a good point about sensitive species. I haven't seen any such warning. I don't get the 'strangulation' thing. Aren't many cables meant to be replaced as the tree grows? What is the big deal about a limited life span from exposure for a piece of equipment that will become obsolete...

Is guying a transplanted sapling indicative of what is appropriate for cabling a union?

stretch, abrasion resistance, longevity, etc are factors. Jon, I don't understand you're concern about something that is only supposed to limit peak forces (dynamic) will weaken a tree. The idea (when reasonably applied, in a holistic sense) is that it keep the tree strengthening without...