In my apartment complex.What do you think the chances are that they cable/brace this? Debating if I should tell the office about this or if I should just leave a note on the car to not park there.
In my apartment complex.What do you think the chances are that they cable/brace this? Debating if I should tell the office about this or if I should just leave a note on the car to not park there.
I wouldn’t park under that. Not sure where you’re located, but the way storms have been rolling through, there’s definitely an increased risk for failure of that included bark.
Cabling *might* help support that union, but the trunk is definitely compromised with an internal decay pocket affecting the structure.
Bracing is a technique designed for this very situation, but it’s incredibly invasive to the tree. With the internal decay in that union, it would most likely hasten its decline, *but* if the goal is to hold it together until it can be removed, then it might work.
Honestly, I would just push the property owners/management to just remove it. The cost of bracing would be added to the eventual cost of removal down the line rather than spending the money on the removal alone.
whisskid
Do both. Tell the car owner first and then tell the office. If it is a reserved spot, let that person pester the office until something is done. Don’t try to micromanage the solution.
Incognito409
Both!
ironicmirror
Whoever is in your apartment complex’s office, does probably does not know about trees as much as you do. You need to send him the picture and let him know that they need to have an arborist take a look at that tree.
Let them know that the tree may fall down and damage a car, and you want to know if property insurance will cover that. That will get them moving.
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I wouldn’t park under that. Not sure where you’re located, but the way storms have been rolling through, there’s definitely an increased risk for failure of that included bark.
Cabling *might* help support that union, but the trunk is definitely compromised with an internal decay pocket affecting the structure.
Bracing is a technique designed for this very situation, but it’s incredibly invasive to the tree. With the internal decay in that union, it would most likely hasten its decline, *but* if the goal is to hold it together until it can be removed, then it might work.
Honestly, I would just push the property owners/management to just remove it. The cost of bracing would be added to the eventual cost of removal down the line rather than spending the money on the removal alone.
Do both. Tell the car owner first and then tell the office. If it is a reserved spot, let that person pester the office until something is done. Don’t try to micromanage the solution.
Both!
Whoever is in your apartment complex’s office, does probably does not know about trees as much as you do. You need to send him the picture and let him know that they need to have an arborist take a look at that tree.
Let them know that the tree may fall down and damage a car, and you want to know if property insurance will cover that. That will get them moving.