How much do concrete piers weigh? Like from OSH or Home Depot?

Question

I need to know if I can move concrete piers out of the trunk and onto the hand truck.

I need a quick solution to brace up a young cherry tree. It's wobbly for some reason but also close to a fence, my house and my neighbor's house. Windy conditions predicted.

I'm thinking of buying piers and attaching supports to them. I can get them loaded for me at the store & move them at home with a handtruck. Don't think I'm strong enough to sink posts or rebar and my husband is too busy this week to do it.

Any other ideas for tree support welcome, too. Planning to use
old bike tires around the tree itself. I think this will need to be a long-term deal & using piers will let me move them further from the tree as it gets older.

Answer 1

Last time I lifted one it seemed to be about 50 lbs. not too many in a car trunk I hope.

I probably wouldn't bother however. Obviously aesthetics can't be an issue. Road dept's and Mall contractors often just use 2 x 4's at angles against a tree; with a plate at the trunk to minimize damage, then strap the plates together.
You can toe in wooden "spikes" 2 x 2 etc. to FOOT the 2 x 4's in place. It seems re-adjusting will have to be included in the process no matter.

Without knowing the current size of the tree; or the reason for the lean; you might want to consult an Arborist; even to dig and re-plant the tree??? If the lean is significant it might not strictly be the fault of the tree; and over a long term I can't strictly see any support mechanism doing more than just that;;;supporting what might be an ever increasing lean.

Steven Wolf

Ah wait... Pier blocks/ old tires/ why not get pier blocks with embedded anchors and clad cable and turnbuckles?