The recent failure of a cable system in a huge coast live oak prompts me to revisit this topic. I touched on it last year, (Feb. 20, 2021: Tree Cables Need Professional Installation and Maintenance) ...

Almost six years ago I got a call from a property owner, concerned about the big trees on their property. One had fallen, which raised concern about the risk of others falling. When I visited to ...

When extruded dielectric cables were first introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, the industry experts expected the cables to operate reliably for a minimum of 20 years. However, field records and ...