Moving an oak tree using a FEL? Tap root?

beenthere · Mar 22, 2005

Thanks for that tip. Good site to keep in 'my favorites' under Forestry

Fungus · Mar 22, 2005

“Call and get a price on what a replacement tree would cost. I'l bet they would charge you $800+ for a tree that size.”

ROTFLOL!!!

In our neck of the woods you can hardly spit without hitting an oak tree. Maybe I should start exporting them somewhere besides my fireplace /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks for the link and laugh…

Oh yeah, I can hardly resist wasting any opportunity to post another picture. Here were clearing a little space for our garden – see attachment.

TBAR · Mar 22, 2005

I got several big ones taken down and hauled away for $300.00. I didn't want to tear up my equipment so I rented a backhoe for the weekend.

Taking it down.

Hauling it off.

Tbar

KiotiJohn · Mar 22, 2005

( Oh yeah, I can hardly resist wasting any opportunity to post another picture. Here were clearing a little space for our garden – see attachment. )
so what brand of tree is that? I see it has no tap. One of the oaks like we have here in NE FL? John

johan3400 · Mar 22, 2005

John,
Was talking with the man doing some dozing at our farm today. He told me the same the you are saying. NO tap roots on oaks. He then qualified it. Somewhere near the 10 inch area they loose the central tap root. Stumps in my woods for larger oak trees have no tap root underneath. but the 2 inch caliper trees have a large tap root. So I must admit. In many cases you are right. I have never moved really large oak trees. Maybe 6 inch would be the largest and tap roots have always been a pain, but from what I can learn from other experts, you are right about larger trees

Fungus · Mar 23, 2005

so what brand of tree is that? I see it has no tap.


That’s a red oak. We have mainly red with a few post and white. We also have pine, hickory, walnut and ash.

Attached is what a white oak looks like.

millsnhills · Mar 23, 2005

Just curious TBAR how much was the rental fee for the backhoe?

TBAR · Mar 23, 2005

( Just curious TBAR how much was the rental fee for the backhoe? )

$300.00 for the weekend. Actually it is $300.00 for one day or 8hrs. I rent it on Saturday morning and since the store closes at noon on Saturday and is not open on Sunday I get two days rental or 8hrs. They come pick it up Monday morning.

It sure made hauling them off easier.

Tbar

KiotiJohn · Mar 24, 2005

Cool. I know the water oaks and live oaks we have around here have no tap, but I could see that others may. From the white oak pic that Fungus posted, I see they look very similar to the stumps I've done here. The water oaks tend to rot from the inside, and then a wind comes along, like the recent hurricanes we had, and what looks like a healthy tree is lying on top or your house!
I've removed Oaks that were 5 feet across, and didn't have as much trouble as a two foot pine stump! Love no taps! John