Old Monkey
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A friend of mine works for Point Reyes National Seashore and they have a very large California Live Oak that was cabled many years ago with a steel/static cabling system. Some of the cables have since snapped and failed. They have had the tree looked at by a fellow from the University of California at Davis(I'm forgetting his credentials) and he has suggested reducing some tip weight and switching to a dynamic cableing system like Cobra. Now here is where my question comes in... He has suggested that they cut the other old static system out of it. What is the best management practice for the old system? Part of me thinks it should stay in place, especially if it has been in for decades. If you were switching to a new static system, cutting the old one out doesn't seem that risky but switching to a new dynamic one where you aren't directly supporting limb weight? I am going to send my friend a link to this thread and hopefully this next week we can get some pictures of the tree on here.