Tree Cabling and Bracing in Montclair, NJ
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When a tree needs support
A support system is for a specific weakness, usually where a tree divides into two trunks of similar size, or where bark has grown into the union instead of wood. From the ground those unions often look solid. The question is never only the crack: it is whether the wood that has to hold the hardware is sound, and whether the rest of the tree is worth keeping. Our guide explains what cabling and bracing do, and what they can’t fix.
What the work involves
Cabling is the flexible half, installed high in the crown to limit how far two leaders or heavy limbs can move apart. Bracing is the rigid half, rods through the union or the split itself. Many trees need both. We install to the ANSI A300 standards that cover this work, and the hardware stays in the tree, so it is inspected rather than forgotten. There is more on caring for a cabled tree afterwards.
When support is the wrong answer
Where decay has taken the wood that would anchor the hardware, support moves the failure rather than preventing it, and removal is the honest answer. A leaning tree is its own question, and cabling can sometimes prevent that removal.
Not sure whether your tree needs it
Worth a look: two or more trunks of similar size, a visible crack or seam at a union, a limb that has dropped over a season, or a tree that has already lost one. There is a Montclair guide to telling whether a tree needs cabling or bracing.
American Tree Experts is a Rombough family business that has cared for trees in North Jersey for over 80 years. Brian J. Rombough is an ISA Certified Arborist and NJ Licensed Tree Expert #494. Call (973) 744-6091 for a free estimate, or use the form below.