greenrider1
Silver Member
I recently transplanted a fairly large spruce tree, probably around 16' height, 5-6" diameter base, by digging a trench around the tree with my backhoe and then lifting under the root ball with my quick attach pallet forks. I did this around a month ago when the ground was pretty wet still, and it was all my loader wanted just lifting the tree and root/dirt ball. The root ball was around 6' diameter and very heavy. I would have needed a huge spade to accomplish the same thing, and my loader wouldn't have been able to lift the spade and tree. The tree seems to be doing well with no browning, so I plan to do about a dozen more the same way this fall. My tractor is an L5740.
