TL;DR
Tree cabling is the installation of high-strength steel or synthetic cable between major limbs high in a tree's crown to limit how far a structurally weak union can flex in wind and under load. It is used on codominant stems with included bark and on heavy horizontal limbs over targets, supplementing rather than replacing reduction pruning.
What it means
Tree cabling is the installation of high-strength steel or synthetic cable between major limbs high in a tree's crown to limit how far a structurally weak union can flex in wind and under load. It is used on codominant stems with included bark and on heavy horizontal limbs over targets, supplementing rather than replacing reduction pruning. ANSI A300 Part 3 governs hardware and placement, typically at about two-thirds of the distance from the defect to the branch ends, and installed systems need periodic inspection as the tree grows.
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