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Braced, so it
stays standing.
Structural support for the tree you would rather not lose.
Structural support for the tree you would rather not lose.
Not every structurally weak tree has to come out. Cabling and bracing is the answer for a tree worth keeping that has a fault in it: a co-dominant stem slowly splitting at a tight union, a heavy limb reaching a long way out over a driveway, an old maple with a crack you can put a finger into.
Flexible steel cable goes high in the canopy to share load between limbs and limit how far they move in wind. Braces are rigid rods threaded through the union itself, where a split needs physically holding together. Done right it takes the strain off the weak point and the tree carries on.
It is not permanent and it is not a substitute for judgement. Some trees are too far gone and the honest answer is removal. But plenty of trees people are told to take out can be supported instead.
Working out of Madison County and covering Central New York. Cazenovia, Manlius, Fayetteville, Chittenango, DeWitt, Syracuse, Hamilton, Morrisville, Erieville, Oneida, Canastota and Bouckville, out to Utica and as far south as Norwich. Houses, farms, camps and building lots. If you are just outside that, call and ask.
Tell us what the tree is doing. Leaning, dead, too close to the house, dropping limbs, or already down across the driveway. Estimates are free, honest and fair, and they come with a real timeline. For storm and emergency work call rather than write: the phone is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.