1. SUPPORT

2. Cabling
Cables limit movement of limbs with weak connections or support heavy limbs
7-strand common-grade cable and extra- high-strength cable (EHS)

3. Eye Bolts Anchor hardware passes through limb with eye bolt
Or amon eye nuts

4. Thimble
Thimbles increase cable’s bend radius

5. Lag Screws When bolts can’t be used Lag screws No washer and nut
Holding with threads only

6. Come-Along
Come-along to winch branches closer together during installation
Cable grip pulls cable for tensioning

7. Cabling
Install cable 2/3s the distance from the weak connection

10. Cabling Cable pull in direct line with the bolt or lag
Do not install in areas where sound wood is less than 30% of branch

11. Dynamic Cable System
Dynamic cable systems allow trees to move with synthetic cables

12. Bracing Bracing is the use of steel rods in limbs
Reinforce weak crotch
Strengthen decayed area

13. Bracing
Bracing used in combination with cabling, not a substitute

15. Guying
Guying is the installation of cable between a tree and an external anchor to provide supplemental support
Serious root defects but cannot be removed

23. Riverbanks Zip Line

24. Riverbanks Zip Line

27. Cabling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwD2QYtpK7Q
Synthetic cabling
Tree house