On May 6, 8:45Â*am, dpb wrote:
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On May 6, 9:14�am, nick hull wrote:
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�KD wrote:
Then things got stupid. �I pulled the truck around front, tied a loop in
the cable, and dropped it over the trailer hitch. �Carefully I inched
forward, but as soon as the cable pulled taut, the ground rod bent, and
the cable slipped off of it. �(this is better than what I expected,
which was the cable snapping and whipping around. �So SWMBO was standing
well away from all this mess.) �It had a good bite in the ground, but
bent right where the clay under-soil gave way to actual topsoil, maybe
9" to a foot below the surface.
Screw in a ground anchor at an angle so the cable pulls STRAIGHT in line
with the anchor. �Look at how the phone co puts guy wires on their poles.

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overall putting tension on the tree is a bad idea.

imagine people walking by, tension device perhaps messed with earlier
by kids snaps, or just breaks for unknown reasons.

major lawsuit

Yeah, just imagine! Â*Sheesh!!!

It isn't that good of an idea simply because it probably won't work with
very satisfactory results and will take a lot of time by which he could
have a new planting reach nearly the same size. Â*But worry over
liability would be _way_ down the list.

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perhaps liability would be down your list.

but your homeowners insurance might not cover intential creation of
such a hazard.

people sue for anything.

would you want a 5 or 10 year case dragging thru the courts?