Running a cable between two major limbs relieves the strain on a union that's starting to give way, before it fails outright - frequently the difference between a mature tree surviving a bad storm and losing it entirely.
When everything else about the tree is structurally fine and the problem sits at a single fork or union. Once decay has spread more widely through an older tree, cabling no longer addresses the underlying issue, and removal becomes the more honest call.
Not usually - if anything, the opposite. A tree that's held its shape for sixty or seventy years has already demonstrated sound overall structure, so reinforcing one specific weak point can add real years rather than just delaying an eventual failure.
Expect somewhere between ten and fifteen years out of a properly installed system before it needs a look. If we happen to be back on the property for something else in the meantime, we'll glance at it without adding to the bill.
No - growth continues around it as normal. Today's hardware doesn't call for drilling into the trunk; it just limits how much movement the weakened section is allowed under load.
Call (647) 370-2198 and tell us what's worrying you about the tree. Different job in mind? Our complete service list is on the home page.
A short list of additional jobs comes up often enough here to be worth mentioning.
Good trimming clears out what's dead or in the way and leaves the tree's shape intact - straightforward on a young tree still finding its form, considerably less so on one that's spent close to seven decades settling into its final structure.
View Tree Trimming and Pruning
A dead branch has one direction left to go, and the only real question is timing. Getting to it before gravity does is the whole job here, especially on trees this far along that have already built up plenty of deadwood.
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A downed limb or a split trunk after a storm calls for a fast response no matter the circumstances - and on a neighbourhood where so many trees share a similar age, one storm can leave more damage spread across more yards than it would somewhere with a younger, more varied canopy.
View Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup
We recommend removal last, not first - but once a tree's decline has moved past the point where saving it makes sense, the job covers cutting, hauling and cleanup together in one visit.
View Tree Removal
Size alone rarely justifies removing a tree that's simply gotten bigger than its original spot allows for. Thinning and reduction exist for exactly this situation - scaling a canopy back down without sacrificing the decades it took to grow.
View Crown Thinning and Canopy Reduction
Grinding is the fast way to close out a removal: the wheel works the stump down below the surrounding grade in one pass, and by the time we're packing up, the space is already usable again. Root systems built over six or seven decades still come down to size in that same single visit.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalGive (647) 370-2198 a call and lay out the situation - we'll put a written number together once we've seen it for ourselves.
We'll reply within one business day of hearing the species, the size, and your best guess at the tree's age. Prefer to explain it by phone? Call (647) 370-2198.
