Straightening things out in the woods

We have several victims of storm Arwen still prominent in the woods. We have trees almost horizontal yet still living so I thought I would try to see if I could do something about it.

So using some old vehicle straps, a reel of seatbelt material and my 4×4 buggy I had a go.

Sad looking oak tree

So using other trees as a pivot we set things up as below:-

The set up

Then I gave it a tug with the buggy:-

The tug

I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked and I now have an upright oak, hopefully, it will re root properly over time. I was pretty impressed how strong the seatbelt material was.

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