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Old 28th February 2008, 06:34 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Default Re: YOU rate this hazard - tree - fork

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Originally Posted by treeseer View Post
Before the defect can be judged, it must be measured. How bad is that decay? Is the tree compartmentalizing it? If so and that is the only defect, then cable it. You all have heard of cabling, right?

C A B L E for those Chicken Little devotees who haven't, and still think that every hazard should be removed.

cable it to what? the other lead? so you either have it sever on the line side shift all the weight to other lead and have that bust off and hit the house or you have the opposite occur and take out the electrical line {hope no one is anywhere near when that catastrophe happens. if they are i hope they get it on video.
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