Well, what fun this tree has been.
The issue with the pull test is that people think the tree will break when the test is done. Also, personally I dont feel it's that good anyway.
They dont pull a tree to failure, they put a certain amount of tension and measure the response with fine censors. But is where and how they pull on it how nature works the canopy in storms? I doubt it.
However that together with picus, resistograph and VTA all forms an opinion. The issue is knowing at what numbers the tree will fail ... like oh yeah, when it gets to 19% wall thickness then it falls over.
So, what they have had to do is think outside the box from when will it fail to how will it fail and how do we prevent that.
Failure of limbs has been dealt with, and likely no-one allowed under the canopy. That leaves the trunk and roots to fail. Before you know it you can say that ...
most trunk failures are within 4m of the ground and most blowovers take a soil radius of no more than 2.5m
That said the new safety structure is engineered for that scenario and that takes pressure of the when it will fail problem.
Of course then there's the cost, some-ones going to have to pay the $100K+ to make it happen and then the removal anyway on top.
Maybe they can ask if our BCC will donate, afterall they shelled out $260K on moving a fig tree on a private golf course that no-one knew existed.
So tell me, do you think the tree will die before it fails, like be sitting there as some dead tree or do you think it will fail whilst alive?