210 PRACTICAL TREE REPAIR 



the limbs are drawn together a bit beforehand. 

 It is not practicable to lay down rules as to the 

 sizes of bolts and wire rope to use in particular 

 cases. About all that can be said is that heavier 

 material than seven-eighths iron and half-inch wire 



Eyebolts and turnbuckle are used to pull together two weak 

 limbs when the strain is great 



rope is not likely to be needed very often. Yet the 

 strain produced by a long and heavy limb is very 

 great and it is better to have the braces too heavy 

 than too light. 



If it is necessary to brace a large limb up stiff 

 to the trunk in order to close up a crack or to take 

 strain off a cement filling, an iron rod must be used. 

 The rod must have hooks at each end, to hook over 

 the eyes of the eyebolts. The measurements for 



