Safety Bracing & Cabling

In instances of unbalanced tree growth or structural defect, The Tree Company employs the techniques of cabling and bracing. These tree support systems are used to provide supplemental support to leaders and individual branches that pose a high risk of failure.

Cables are typically installed across a weak crotch to restrict the distance that branches can move in relation to each other. Similarly, braces are used to reduce the risk of two or more leaders spreading farther apart or moving sideways in relation to each other.

Cable Bracing of multi-stemmed Cypress at Johnson Park (for Darebin City Council)

Cable and dynamic bracing on fire-damaged English Elm at Mt Macedon

The use of these techniques to support potentially hazardous limbs greatly reduces the risk of snap outs, thus minimising the risk of damage to property and to the tree itself.