quercus

I'm fairly sure when I say that this one's gonna fail while still alive, if nothing is done. At least it will when the crown stays in the same way it is in now. I don't really know how the tree was assessed at height, and therefore I cannot say wether it will or won't fail above the structure and at what height. But I do know that if the structure completely takes away dynamics, and therefore keeps the trunk in place whilst the rest (all above the steel structure) is still allowed to move freely, in accordance to the trunks condition right above the steel construction, it could fail right above the structure. This would be the same as a failure at the base, but due to the ridgidity of the structure, it's evident that the tree can now simply be seen as much shorter. So what situation do we have now? The full crown has the same resistance during a storm, but the leverage is shorter and diameter decreases when going higher. By placing this structure, we're only changing the breaking point of the tree. That is ofcourse if readings have shown that the tree is severely decayed right a bove the tructure so it's either bending or breaking at that point. The dynamics of this, when it fails right above the structure will far exceed damage if it were to break at the base or simply fall over.Do you understand what I'm trying to say?

The steel structure costs about 15.000 USD.