Save your beloved trees by Cabling, Bracing or Propping!
Tree support systems—including Cabling, bracing, propping, and guying — are structural interventions designed to stabilize trees, disperse heavy loads, and have the least impact on a trees overall health.
Tree Support Systems generally cost LESS than tree removals, Reduce Risk, and adds longevity to your tree!
Save Money while Saving your Tree!
- Cabling: Involves installing steel cables high in the canopy to connect limbs reducing the risk of splitting, especially in co-dominant trunks.
- Bracing: Rigid threaded rods are installed directly through co-dominant trunks to provide mechanical support, often used in conjunction with cables
- Guying: Used for newly planted or transplanted trees. These systems usually involve stakes, and ropes to hold trees upright while they establish roots. Typically removed after one or two growing seasons.
- Propping: Tree propping involves using rigid supports—such as wooden beams—placed underneath heavy, long, or weak tree limbs to prevent breakage, drooping or falling.
Annual Inspections: Cable and bracing should be installed and maintained by ISA Certified Arborists. Inspections should be done annually or every 2–3 years. IT is crucial to ensure structural support for weak branches or unions and verify that cables are taut but not over-tightened, hardware is not damaged, and the tree is growing properly around the hardware without signs of decay. We will include the first year ground inspection with our Cable and Bracing service!
Interested in learning more or concerned about trees on your property? Contact us!
Shamus Nugent – 570-856-1808
E-mail – nugentsarboriculture@gmail.com