Big Transplanting Job

[KentuckySawyer]

You can check out a video of a large transplanting job that Limbwalker started this winter.

 

[Leroy]

Very cool. Nice vid.

 

[willie]

Neat

 

[ROYCE]

I gotta ask. What was so highly valuable about these trees? Seamed like a lot of work and labour to move trees that didn't really seam to be that big anyways. Why not just buy new ones and plant them?

 

[brendonv]

Wish we could dig like that here. Wheres the rocks?

Any issue with the heat generated from the wood chips?

 

[KentuckySawyer]

Royce,
We would all agree with you. They could have easily planted twice as many new trees. But when a client in ready to spend 40-50K on a transplanting project in the winter....

Brendon,
Luckily it was easy digging. No rocks. One surprise gas line that wasn't marked! With the winter we had, I don't anticipate any issue from the biological heat from the chips.

 

[matdand]

Nice job! How did you dig/cut under the root ball? Also, how come they didn't plant them right away? Doesn't seem like that would be too long of a process at that point, especially that you have all the gear on site.

 

[KentuckySawyer]

The crew used a wire rope like a cheese slicer. A track hoe did the pulling.

The trees were in the path of a big renovation project. The white house you see in some shops is being lifted off the old foundation, so a new concrete basement can be installed. They're also putting a large addition onto the place. And building a timber frame guest house. Off the chain...

Once the renovation/construction is finished we will be replanting the trees and shrubs.

 

[classictruckman]

Great video, but I hope all the crane guys on here noticed the A2B system on that boom.

 

[KentuckySawyer]

Yeah, sometimes Larry has that hooked up, but most of the time not...

He says tree limbs are always ripping the wires off.

 

[treehumper]

Nice job! Interesting to do something that's not the usual. It will be interesting to hear and see the rest of the story.

 

[arborer]

Super job. The fencing was a nice touch to keep the ball tight. I actually just went to a talk given by a guy who does big tree moving. I mean big tree moving. Don't quote me on this but i think one of the trees was white oak: 50", 75' x 100'. That ball was some 30' diameter. The work was done very similar to what you've shown aside from pipes being driven under the tree. F'ing unbelievable. Keep us posted on the install.