Posted: 5/24/2009 5:27:33 AM EDT
I want to put a large pine tree in my front yard and can not find anyone who has a tree spade truck. I am in Kingwood, Humble, Porter area. Here is a pic of the type of truck I am talking about, some have never seen one before. Anyone know who has a truck and big pine trees?
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Tree Truckers is a company I have used before , based out of the s/w side of houston
I would just start calling around to tree companies, like Davey tree etc etc see what they would charge to install a tree ? Ps usually its 200ish just for the tree install then you pay for the tree |
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That's not a cheap piece of equipment. I see them at the big nursery trade shows all the time, but I don't have any personal contacts with anyone who has one. Pretty much going to need to hit the yellow pages or do an internet search for someone in the business.
Do you already have a tree somewhere you want moved? Is it a variety/size that can be moved? When I was 13, my dad moved a live oak tree with about a 6ft root ball. Didn't use a spade, we hired a couple of guys to dig out the ball with shovels, burlap it and wrap it with hog wire. Then we used a large construction grade front end loader to pick it up out of the ground and set it on the trailer. It weighed so much, the tractor could barely pick it up. Then we used the tractor to unload it and set it in the hole. Took the hog wire off and put the dirt back. 22 years later, it's a beautiful tree. That's how a lot of that was done before they came up with these trucks. Trimmed like 50% of the foliage off to help alleviate water stress. There's a lot more to it too, but it's best to find someone who does it all the time and knows. Also, summer is the worst time to move a tree because of heat and water stress. Wait till fall, but if the tree needs root pruning, that needs to be done over time to help the tree adapt to transplanting. It may take a large tree several years to "take hold" and start growing normally. In some cases, unless you're saving a tree that would be otherwise cut down, you would be better off to buy a smaller container grown tree (the term is container grown verses transplanting/ball & burlap). It will establish faster with less work. When I was at A&M, they told us about a guy named Yaupon John who could supposedly move any tree if you gave him enough time and money, but that's the key isn't it? You might also contact Neil Sperry (he does a gardening radio Q&A show) he can probably recommend the best guy in your area to do it. |