Bracing beech with included bark

[detritus21]

I'd agree most definitely with thinning to reduce sail area.

[Loz]

Ok, point taken about minimal tipping and weight removal, thanks. Not sure the cost will be viable along with thinning and material for bracing, basically I am trying to keep the cost reasonable to encourage retention of tree.

 

Any thoughts on doubling up of braces to increase tonnage?

 

Cheers, loz

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

that beech has a catastrophic faultline! complete separation.

 

and looking very thin and weak gently bentley is the order of the day on this old girl, she is fragile.

[treeseer]

I'm one who thinks that tip or minimal reductions make a difference.

X2.

 

15% off can gain 50% more stability.

 

"Either that or spend a whole day nibbling the tips, which IMO would be pointless / costly."

 

Well which is it?

 

Compare the price of a (short) day's pruning to those whopping cables, installed, that you are looking at, factor in the value of the tree, and see what you'll see!

[colemanjessenz]

heres a few pics of one we did about five months ago , there was a cable installed further up in the crown prior(not in pics) which had be very tight for the last few years so we replaced it with a studier cable. but we also installed a failsafe right down where the co dom was. we managed to set two 40 tonne strops with a massive d shackle.

It was a mission to get it on but now it just sits in there nicely.