save a splitting tree
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oldirty
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put a big bolt in it.
Cabling/bracing well above the fork works well. Above the fork is better, because the cable has more leverage to hold the tree together. If you go too high, the branch is not strong enough to hold the tree together under a strong load.
A split will often heal very well. given enough years to close the gap and begin to form new layers of healthy tissue binding the tree together. It may be possible someday to say that the tree is healed.
If you are lucky, and do everything right.
A split will often heal very well. given enough years to close the gap and begin to form new layers of healthy tissue binding the tree together. It may be possible someday to say that the tree is healed.
If you are lucky, and do everything right.
rbtree
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Correct....but trees don't "heal"..., they do "seal", however.
Oh, come on! There is no need to dwell on semantics.
Technically, people don't heal, either. We seal up with scars. But that's not what we call it.
Technically, people don't heal, either. We seal up with scars. But that's not what we call it.
read the post again guys, the tree is split up from the ground 4 feet to where it "y"s apart. How do you fix that with cables and bolts?
Not being wise here but how do you "pull trunks together"?
ASD
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straps and coma-longs (spelling??) or if it's a removal and you are trying to make it a little safer to climb chains and binders
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pbtree
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1. pull trunks together.
2. drill holes for brace rods.
3. Install brace rods.
Don't forget the washers!
