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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Rent the drill and the long bit at your local tool rental place.  Put a  
washer at both ends of the nut/bolt.

Tom

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:00:03 -0800 (PST), rob hamilton  
<lostman_amiga@yahoo.com> wrote:

> If I had a working drill and a big long bit, I like
> the bolting idea, but would wraping a big steal cable
> just girdle the tree.
>
> rob
>
> --- Jim Fruth <jfruth@uslink.net> wrote:
>
> >     Responding to Rob Hamilton's request about
> > saving his loquat tree, I had
> > a similar thing happen to one of my best maple sap
> > producing maple trees.
> > It had three main top branches.  A storm broke one
> > off and the remaining two
> > were split apart 6' down the trunk.  I winched the
> > two together as tight as
> > possible to close the gap between them.  Then I
> > wrapped a 3/8" steel cable
> > around the two securing the ends with (two) cable
> > clamps.  Wherever there
> > was a still open gap, I sprayed it full using spray
> > foam.  It worked.
> >
> > Jim Fruth
> > Pequot Lakes, MN
> >
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