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Posted by dpb on May 6, 2008, 5:53 pm
hallerb@aol.com wrote:
>> hall...@aol.com wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>>>> 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.
>>>> Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/
>>> 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! 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. 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?
The problem is you're again making mountains out of nothing but
conjecture... :(
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