TY - JOUR T1 - Dead-end Stop Terminated Tree Support Cable Systems JF - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) SP - 67 LP - 73 DO - 10.48044/jauf.2011.010 VL - 37 IS - 2 AU - E. Thomas Smiley Y1 - 2011/03/01 UR - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/37/2/67.abstract N2 - Supplemental support systems are used to reduce the risk of failure of codominant stems. The goal of this study was to evaluate dead-end stop terminated cables used in trees and to compare the strength of small tree cable systems. Field evaluations comparing eyebolt and Wire StopĀ® anchored cables found an enlargement of the hole through the branch in 39% of the Wire Stop terminations with a mean size of 6 mm. Static break tests found that the strength of cable system varied with the strength of the wood and system configuration. From a system strength perspective in oak: bent eye screw lags < welded eye screw lag = single swage stop = single swage stop with washer < double swage stop with washer = eyebolt. In pine, bent eye screw lags = welded eye screw lag = single swage stop < single swage stop with washer < double swage stop with washer = double swage stop with fender washer < eyebolt. ER -