On 21 Sep 2004 18:28:16 -0700, (Patrick) wrote:

===Hello folks. I've been lurking in this NG for a while, but tonight is
===the first time I've posted. I need your help. Here's my dilemma:
===
===Hurricane Ivan put a serious lean on a large Water Oak of mine. The
===Oak probably stands about 30 feet tall and has a trunk diameter of
===about 13 inches/circumference of 46-47 inches. It's leaning at about
===a 10-degree angle. A smaller Water Oak (about half the size/diameter)
===stands on my property line about 10-12 feet behind it. Would it be
===feasible to some how use the smaller Oak to right the larger one? I
===hate to lose this nice shade tree, but I can't leave it the way it is.
=== It's now an eyesore and if it were to get blown over it would catch a
===portion of my home's roof.
===
===- So, should I break out the chain saw?
===
===- Or should I, and is it possible to, straighten this tree back up?
===
===Thanks in advance for your help,
===
===Patrick


Tryiing to restraighten or hold a leaner tree is hard to do. Its
unknown if the root system on one side or the other may have suffered
damages, and you always have to worry about another good wind coming
along for quite some time to establish the fact that the tree is
firmly back in the ground. I have seen various attemps at saving
leaners, some work some did not. I also have a heap of trees leaning
from Ivan and noticeable loose soils around roots, and just to be on
the safe side any of them that if they fell could cause harm or damage
is getting removed........The few that are off to the one side that if
they fell would not pose a problem I intend to experiment with, but it
certainly gonna be a long time until I can truthfully trust them as to
being secured in place.

If you right the larger tree using the smaller tree, how are you gonna
hold it in place, or do you intend to use the small tree as a sort of
anchor? You really need more than one anchor point to secure a tree
back up vertically, as odds are it also has loose roots to the sides
as well.
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