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Winch

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Looking for a re in the Atlanta, GA area to move one of these:

http://goo.gl/cVNb6

It's the first set of pictures at the top of the page.

My customer's tree is 6-8" diameter, and there are several challenges such as little dogwood trees around it.

He is looking for someone with a rather large tree spade, who has experience moving big trees carefully.

Let me know via posting or PM.

Thanks!
 
Given the potential for collateral damage, and the relatively small size of the tree, perhaps it could be bare rooted with an air-spade, and relocated with much more of its roots intact.

How far is the tree traveling before it is reinstalled?
 
There would be no way a tree spade could get around one of those to dig it up-the tying would be a week long job.In my experience they are not an extremely long-lived shrub, so I'd think very hard before I went through the expense to move one. They grow pretty fast, just plant one!

Tim
 
Thanks for the replies, guys!

I don't know how far it's travelling, but will get get back to you on that once I have more info.

I am not sure about the tree spade idea, I have been party to trying that on another tree of this size and it didn't work out so well. Actually, it didn't work. There were just SOOO many more roots than could be spaded, and after 2 hours of spading, we weren't even close to half-way done.

So we gave up on that idea.

Every species is different, however, so maybe it could work?
 
Several years ago I transplanted a very large mature Jap Maple, in High Vista. It took a day and a half with an air spade a hand saw cutting roots. After we got under it the best we could, we ran a cable under the root plate and tensioned it with a tractor. That cut the roots underneath and left us with something we could move. We were only moving it 50' or so, so no major transporting involved. I do remember it still being extremely heavy for the tractor to move. All in all 2 guys spent 2 days on the transplant. The tree survived nicely for 3 years, and then we got that late freeze that just crushed it.
 
I agree with airspading/bare root transplanting it but you are running out of time. With the warm winter we have had, things are popping now. It might be too late to move this season.
 
Any plant can be moved as long as the client is willing to spend the $ to do it right. Moving the plant is half the battle. The aftercare program is just as crucial. Can the plant sit for a year and you root prune it know before moving? I would agree you might be loosing your window to transplant now. Good luck.
 
If air dries out roots, and you don't want roots to dry out, wouldn't an air spade be one of the worst possible things to use on a root system?

I could see washing the roots of soil with water. But drying out root hairs seems destructive.

I just did a Weeping Japanese Maple bare root about a month ago, but we washed the soil from the roots and moved it in a damp rainy day so no roots dried.

So far, I've got a 100% success rate in transplanting since 1980, by digging and balling, and washing soil free for bare root.

What's the success rate with air spade?
 
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If air dries out roots, and you don't want roots to dry out, wouldn't an air spade be one of the worst possible things to use on a root system?

I could see washing the roots of soil with water. But drying out root hairs seems destructive.

I just did a Weeping Japanese Maple bare root about a month ago, but we washed the soil from the roots and moved it in a damp rainy day so no roots dried.

So far, I've got a 100% success rate in transplanting since 1980, by digging and balling, and washing soil free for bare root.

What's the success rate with air spade?



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Ask Matt Foti, he could tell you. By the frequency he does these transfers, the research he has, and the size of the trees he does, I would have to think he has a pretty good success rate? But I am not him, have sat in lectures and seminars of his and his research and work that he has put in to this type of work is awe inspiring!
 
i have wondered the same thing, glad you asked it now hopefully some one will post that has some info about this i have been thinking about buying an air kinfe to help with transplants but been worried about success rate with the roots drying out.
 
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