Making use of some tow straps, paracord and an electric UTV we go about pulling the beds back into shape and then staking them. The place these beds were build is on a slight incline, so they were naturally leaning to one side. Using t-posts we drive them deep into the earth and the beds can rest on them using them as support.
Some were easier than others, we could get close and pull them just from a few feet away.
Others were further away... The way it went was we ran the tow strap through the deer fence, as we could not get up close to some of them.
We had to be careful where the tow straps rested, as once we applied pressure it could push down on other beds.
My foreman uses a knot that can be slowly released. So once we pulled the tow strap tight we could undo it easily when the post was driven in.
Ah much better, maybe I can get another year or two out of them now.
We made use of the tow attachment on the UTV. Amazing how powerful it is.
Its good we had a really long series of tow straps.
No matter the UTV pulled them back into place. I would operate it and my foreman would let me know when it was level. I would put it in park and we would stake it.. And then release the tow strap.
Sure is nice to have paracord.. This 550 has been wrapped many times over giving it thousands of pounds of strength.
Sometimes the tow strap was just too long, and we had to put a loop in it. I hate doing that as its a pain in the ass getting the knot back out.
But I am really glad I was able to get these beds pulled back up, it really bothered me all that work was slowly falling apart. Now they are stabilized I can consider re-enforcing them more. Using metal plating on the corners or adding wooden support inside of the bed.
