cabling, bracing & tree support 

Don’t remove the tree you love, repair it!

Occasionally trees have a fundamental weakness. Often homeowners do not see the weakness until it partially or even completely fails. At Climb, we custom fabricate steel supports, install bolts to support large and small branch connections, install bolts to repair failures, and install specialized steel or synthetic cables to mitigate hazards in the canopy. We also monitor, repair, and/or replace cables that may have been installed by homeowners or previous arborists that may have failed or have begun to damage the tree. 

CABLING

When it comes to cabling, we often find ourselves working with cottonwoods, elms, and willows. Due to the fast growth rates, higher tendencies of failures, and increased sensitivity to decay, we tend to use non-invasive dynamic cables that are specially designed to allow the tree to move naturally in the breeze (important for putting on reaction wood and increasing tree strength!), while reducing hazards of failure from snow loads and strong wind events. Click here to watch a short video about the Cobra Dynamic Tree Cabling System. Give us a call if you would like a hazard assessment to see if cabling is appropriate for you.

Bolting for Protection

From large splitting globe willows to small ornamental maples, bolting trees can be a relatively small investment to help reduce hazards of failing limbs, and to maintain the structural integrity of your tree for years to come.

Bolting for tree repair

Bolting for Tree Repair:  Sometimes trees have seemingly catastrophic partial failures. This does not necessarily spell the end of the tree. If we catch it quickly, trees are quite capable of mending with a little help. Much like a surgeon might pin a broken bone, we can often pin trees back together (in fact the old name for a certified arborist was a tree surgeon!) Here are some before and after pics from an ash that failed in the May 17thsnowstorm in 2017 in Montrose, CO. We repaired it (and many other trees that week) by lifting the failed half of the tree carefully back in place and zippering it up with bolts. Check out the pictures below to see the “before” and “after” shots!