Bolting or bracing a cracked tree - advice please

[Andy Collins]

IIRC the tree was a cedar in open parkland, with no immediate targets, a very large tree. It had split massively vertically. Client was willing to try and see it whatever it took as it was quite a feature in the parks vista. This was when I first started out in tree work, and I didn't really understand a lot of the thinking behind such work back then. But it died anyway, and was subsequently removed.

Back to this tree, felling is the common sense approach, a roadway in the target area, so I assume public access? This tree is always going to have a inherent weakness, so get rid. For the cost of the bracing and reduction of the crown, you could plant a couple of decent sized replacements, and would no longer have to keep popping over to inspect the tree periodically.