On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:55:31 -0800, Oren wrote:


That should weaken the tree so it is sure to fail.

You should get a less weak grip of the facts.

A one inch hole drilled through the center meat of a Redwood? Hardly.
The stainless bar finishes the task. The tree would have no problem
growing around the bar, and even if it did not, it would not weaken the
tree ANY significant amount.

If the tree could take a 30 ton tornado force before, now it can only
take a 29.8 ton force.

Pretty much negligible, is the point.

You'd break the gear you hang on the pins before you'd break the pins or
the tree.