treevet
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Seems like the addition of a second cable on your eyebolt would negate all this technical alignment effort you are putting forth?
Seems like the addition of a second cable on your eyebolt would negate all this technical alignment effort you are putting forth?
Not in the least Treevet, once you consider the primary support leader is three times the diameter of the much smaller leaders it's supporting.
The eyebolt hole of the primary leader is in perfect alignment to the midpoint between the two smaller leaders, and the lateral angle is true to the almost horizontal cable lay.
Drilling two holes in the primary leader to accomodate such small leaders is unnecessary and unprofessional in my opinion. However if the leaders being supported were of equal or greater size than the support leader, your point would be valid Treevet. Note how close the eyebolt ring is to the primary support leader to ensure lateral leveraging is easily absorbed and negated.
I'll be doing alot of this single trunk anchor support of 2-3 separate lower laterals on one of the upcoming torrey pines in the next few weeks.
jomoco
I thought the reason from the pict was because of a small leader but just checking Jon. I agree completely. Do it myself sometimes.
Rather than continue, I took the rest of the day off to solve this exact alignment problem.
The title of my thread is"professional" cabling in large trees guys, not expedient crooked amateur cabling in unlucky trees.
jomoco
This morning upon inspecting the lay of my first installed cable I noticed it was slightly out of true alignment by a degree or two. After pondering this in the tree a few minutes I realised the culprit was the pilot drill bit itself. It was not designed to initiate true cuts at acute angles from 90 degrees.
Rather than continue, I took the rest of the day off to solve this exact alignment problem.
This modified flat 5/8ths wood drill bit can initiate an exactly true bore from even the most acute angles now.
Problem solved!
jomoco
Hey you can take 3 weeks per tree-it's your time, and there's nothing wrong with doing it right.
Oooh... Aaah... Ohhh... My!
Money like that... I'm moving to California. I could almost pay for my private airplane for the weekly commute back home.
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