Lamb Brothers · 07 / 07
Tree Cabling & Bracing in Murray, KY
Support for trees worth keeping: split-prone trunks, weak unions and heavy limbs held together before they fail.
Cabling & Bracing
Some trees are worth holding together.
Cabling and bracing is how you keep a valuable tree that has a structural weak spot.
Cables are installed high between major limbs or stems so they can’t spread apart in the wind.
Bracing uses threaded rods through a weak union or an old split, lower in the tree, to keep it from opening further.
Neither one cures a tree.
What they do is take stress off the weak spot and lower the odds of a big limb or a whole stem coming down.
What we look for
Trees that may need support
Two trunks from one base
Co-dominant stems with a tight V where they meet.
Bark pinched in the union
Included bark means the stems never truly fused.
Long, heavy limbs
Big horizontal limbs over a roof or a drive.
An old split
A crack in a union that hasn’t failed yet.
How we do it
Lighten the load, then support it.
Cabling usually goes hand in hand with pruning.
Taking weight off the ends of heavy limbs first means the cable has less to hold.
Cable and bracing systems are worth checking now and then, especially after big storms, as the tree keeps growing.
Not every tree is a good candidate.
If a split is too far gone or the wood is decayed, we will tell you, and removal may be the safer call.
Where we do it
Cabling & Bracing near you.
The same crew and equipment in every town we serve. Pick yours for local details and drive times.
Will cabling save a split tree?
Sometimes. Cabling and bracing can hold a sound tree with a weak union.
A badly split or decayed tree is usually safer removed.
Does cabling hurt the tree?
Done properly, it supports the tree without girdling it. Hardware is installed through the wood, not wrapped around it.
How do I know if my tree needs it?
Call for a free estimate and we will look at the unions and the weight on them.
More from the crew
Other tree services.
- Tree RemovalDead, leaning or too close to the house, taken down in pieces and hauled off.
- Tree Trimming & PruningLimbs off the roof and lines, crowns shaped to stand up to wind.
- Stump GrindingGround below the surface so you can mow, plant or build over it.
- Storm & Emergency Tree ServiceOpen 24 hours for trees on houses, cars and drives after a storm.
- Land Clearing & Forestry MulchingBrush and saplings ground to mulch in one pass; lots cleared to build.
- DeadwoodingDead limbs out of the crown before the wind drops them.
Free estimates
Tell us about the tree.
Send a few details and we will call you back to set a time to look at it.
In a hurry, or is it on the house? Call (270) 873-9717. We answer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Family-owned since 1992Small-company service, big-company equipment.
- Licensed & insuredYour property is covered while we work.
- Open 24 hoursStorm calls answered day or night.