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Old timer changed my mind about cabling big oaks
Used to think cabling was just a bandaid. Then last fall I was working a big red oak in Austin, this guy in his 70s came over from the next job. He pointed at a big limb union that looked fine to me and said "that crack will split in 6 months with a good storm." I brushed it off but he insisted I put a cable in. Sure enough 5 months later a storm came through and that cable held it together. That guy saved that tree and the house under it. Now I cable way more than I used to. Anyone else had a moment where some old school arborist proved you wrong?
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