Moving cedars with small backhoe--photos

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sixdogs

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Here is how I move small trees iwth my JD #7 backhoe. The tree is aNorthern white cedar or American Arbovitae and is aprox 10 ft tall.

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Beginnign to dig around base. Shovel is for comparison.

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I also dug the backside because of tree size

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Ripped tree out of ground. It will be fine, just don't let wife watch. Rootball maybe 125-150 lbs.

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Dug new hole. Could be bigger but this works OK.

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Finished with support twine. This will do fine with a lot of water for first year and fertilizer placed 6" away from edge of roots.

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this is a new style shovel I got at Lowe's. Best shovel I ever owned.
 
   / Moving cedars with small backhoe--photos #2  
nice job-thanks for sharing as I need to do that with some spruce trees come spring time
 
 

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