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Haha, don't hate the cable hate the game my friend. jp:D

Those beautiful old oaks on the JC campus are a sad situation indeed. Poor old things got all their interior growth stripped out and new cables added when I was a student there three years ago. Rather than reduce end weight they reduced beginning weight! One tree, ten different arborists and...

Your leaping logic can be tricky to follow, Frans. Sure, trees live on their own without arborists, but isn't it our job in this situation to manage a potential risk to an acceptable level so that the tree environment can blend well with the human environment? Who mentioned anything about...

Great learning opportunity, thanks for posting. Would the fact that the two codominate leaders are of similar size in diameter be something to consider as well? It has been stated that laterals of close to equal size of the parent trunk form weaker attachments, maybe a factor here as well...

It's hard to tell from your pictures. Check out the bark at the area where the two co-dom's separate. When there are 'pushed out' furrows it is usually a sign of a sound attachment. Thump the area to listen for decay and pull away any debris and inspect deep into the union area. At first...