Built a Shrub Bucket

[crbr]

Champy, thanks for sharing this entire thread. The most I have enjoyed is seeing you and that boy have fun together.

 

[Champy]

Champy, thanks for sharing this entire thread. The most I have enjoyed is seeing you and that boy have fun together.

Daniel really likes driving the tractor; rototiller; cycles; my truck; etc.... He also took out a Locust tree in one pass and has been riding me about "taking me to school" on how to use the FEL............ it is really does make work more of a good time when he is with me....making memories.

FYI - thats him in the bucket on my avatar.....

 

[mjncad]

Excellent fabrication! It looks like it works well.

 

[USMC2531]

Hello,

I realize this thread is over two years old, but what a great a design !

I was curious for those of you that have built your own if there were any changes/improvements you may have made, not that it needs any. I was thinking about making one for a John Deere 4120.

Also I was curious if anyone has used this design to dig up Christmas trees (4/6 feet high, 4/6 inch diameter)

Again great design and really nice that there are people willing to share their work with others especially given the COST of tree spades !

Thanks,
Steve

 

[J_J]

Here is the tree spade that Mr. Jimi built. This one is built out of 3/8 steel, and is 48 in long. I have used it and it works quite well. On building one of these, just cut down the size to fit your needs. The steel mill can cut it out for you, or use torch or plasma.

 

[USMC2531]

Thanks for the additional pics and Inofrmation JJ I appreciate it.

Others opinions/experience welcome.

Here is the tree spade that Mr. Jimi built. This one is built out of 3/8 steel, and is 48 in long. I have used it and it works quite well. On building one of these, just cut down the size to fit your needs. The steel mill can cut it out for you, or use torch or plasma.

 

[J_J]

On the first tree digger, the peple says it cuts roots better, the roots gets traped in the center rather than being pushed out of the way.

 

[USMC2531]

Thanks for the additional pics/info. J.J. I appreciate it !

On the first tree digger, the peple says it cuts roots better, the roots gets traped in the center rather than being pushed out of the way.

 

[thats_right2]

That's really nice! How big of a tree can you move with one of them. I have a maple tree about 15' tall and 5-6" dia. trunk. Could I build a scoop large enough to transplant it with my JCB backhoe? Better question... would a larger scoop work?

 

[J_J]

That's really nice! How big of a tree can you move with one of them. I have a maple tree about 15' tall and 5-6" dia. trunk. Could I build a scoop large enough to transplant it with my JCB backhoe? Better question... would a larger scoop work?

You can probably transplant just about any size you tractor/BH can lift. The trick is to know something about the root system, as to where to cut the roots, and how to transplant, and how deep. Below is a link to some good info.

http://hort.ufl.edu/woody/powerpoints/rootsinplanting.ppt