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I know nothing about that tree in particular, Guy, or honestly much about veteran tree preservation beyond the basics. Was the tree banded or circle-cabled for lack of better technology, or is it necessary to hold a tree together sometimes in that way with compression all around?

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That's sorta what I meant. If it needs compression to keep it from blowing out somewhere, the support needs to connect differently. If there is more solid wood, the foot print would be smaller, if it needs to spread the pressure due to weak wood, some larger foot print would be needed. Are those...

That's not a Branch Saver Rep, its Casey Selner, a working arb. He said he tensions the tree to make the locking brummel splice with no tension on the rope. Around 4.50. All he said was not to loose or too tight.

Looks like it needs some banding with stand-offs to give it a chance at a longer life. Some sections will suffer for the greater good, rather than the whole tree above the bands.

You don't tension a dynamic system. It hangs with a slight belly, dependent on the cable length and tree situation.

Loose, establishment staking is not for bad structure, its for root development without windthrow. Apples to oranges, sorta.

Are 30 year old cables in the right place any more? Haven't ones had to be added above? Dynamic systems get replaced more often, so there is a system at a better height. Tree continues to strengthen through movement. Prune and cable, or just prune. Tree to tree. I don't cable much, by the way.

Your logic eludes me. Static systems prevent movement, and subsequent strengthening due to strain, more than dynamic systems. Steel has its place, dynamic has its place.

Really? I've had a Cobra in a paperbark birch for 5 plus years. Regular inspections. Can't get your car brakes worked on once, and expect it to be fine, ever after, nor the siding on your house. Everything has its own maintenance interval, no?

In case you don't know, Cobra slings are about 2" wide. A Cobra system is likely less/ slightly more than the weight of your tarp.

Thanks.

Willie, what is your take on the tree being "very included"? 802, can you be a bit more specific than "not huge"? Pictures ALWAYS help.

Inclusion=Steel