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Bending an oak tree
Do not use a sling , it will girdle the tree.
Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Arborist http://home.ccil.org/~treeman and www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. "Tom" wrote in message oups.com... On Jul 29, 10:25 pm, Treedweller wrote: On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:37:38 -0400, "symplastless" wrote: If the tree is large I might, I would have to see the tree, drill and place a bolt rod in. I would scribe just so round washers would sit flat on the wood. The a nut on one and the end to pull would have an amon nut. If interested I could make some drawings. Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Arborist I'm surprised at this, John. Even one of the Trade Advertising Journals just ran an article explaining that scribing around washers has been discredited, as it tends to lead to extensive decay. Simply pulling the washer against the bark does the job better; the comressed bark makes something like a cork washer to buffer the hardware and reduce the long-term decay in the heartwood. Keith Babberney ISA Certified Arborist #TX-0236AT I am confused as to what everyone is saying about the tree being pruned too high. The tree always had a single narrow trunk. Only after it was bent, did little shoots start coming out of the trunk all along the curved surface. All of these little twigs were removed, but I think only two other existing branches were removed. It has always really looked like that. I am not too concerned about it falling on my house, the tree is really not that big of a threat, not even to my neighbors (Their tree was the start of all this, Oh and hurricane Charley). What I find baffling is that a few people have said to remove it. This seems like the "We need to burn this Village to save it" mentality. Well if that is the case, then what harm can come trying to winch it straight. I guess my original post was more concerned with the engineering aspects, such as: Will the tree even move if I was cranking it? and Lbs of force to use? and what would be a good spot on the tree to attach a sling like thing to (High Middle Low??) Tom Kuhn |
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