The tree business isn’t just a job for Steve Cable, it’s a way of life. For over 30 years, Beaver’s Cable’s Tree Service has been clearing out greenery in the valley area. Steve’s wife, Trish, who ...

My current example involves a 60-inch trunk diameter coast live oak. Half of the tree fell when one component failed in the cable system. Fortunately, there was no “occupancy” under or near the tree — ...

The catastrophic failure of a cable system in a huge coast live oak prompts me to revisit this topic. The failure resulted in the collapse of a large oak and caused severe property damage. With the ...