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Supporting loaded limbs?

Boll Weevil

5 year old buck +
My pear trees are loaded and my fear is that as the fruit further matures/ripens they'll cause limbs to break. Can anyone offer any suggestions for supporting or will they be ok?

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Limbs overloaded and/or at bad crotch angles can break.
Here's what I have done:
 
Many thanks ya'll!
 
I knocked a good bit of fruit off of a younger kieffer pear tree just a couple days ago. It was just too young and weak to support that much fruit much like yours looks
 
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