Can somebody invent a .........

[Dean Lofthouse]

Did this job today, smallish tree planted in a raised bed. Took out the crown, dug round it severing what roots we could then attached winch 20ft up the stem and pulled it over.

 

We are going to spend probably two hours picking out the soil from the root ball to make it light enough to manouver by hand through a small gate. Access is terrible so it is the only way.

 

It would be good if someone could invent a small two stroke hydrovane compressor, that you could use as a mini air poker to clean out the root ball. Something that was hand portable. Would also come in handy to clean out soil around a root so you could cut with chainsaw without knackering a chain.

 

Come on you engineers, come up with something, there'd certainly be a market for them.

[Mr Ed]

Airspade?

Could you have got a mini excavator to it?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Couldn't get an excavator in, we are going to have trouble getting the root ball out and thats only going to be about 700mm high when we have done.

 

Airspade would be too big to carry about with you. It would need to be about the size of a small suitcase genny. it would, in effect, be a miniture airspade.

[Mr Ed]

pressure washer?

[Peter]

TCT chain? Plunge cut straight into the ground, round the rootball, and hey presto, tree falls over!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Pressure washer would be great, if it didn't involve water.

 

TCT blades are ok if there aren't any stones and if they were cheaper.

 

There have been loads of occasions where I have wished I had something petrol /small and portable with and airline and blow gun just to clean round a small root ball.

 

I've been looking round on google trying to find if they do a high volume high pressure miniature screw or hydrovane that you could link to a little two stroke engine .

[bob]

try a blower with a funnell taped to the end

could you not have turned it into a famous chair design

mog with hiab

flip it out and roll onto trailor

just a few ideas

[skyhuck]

mog with hiab

 

Thats the one!

[bob]

could have suggested lifting it out with mewp but not a good idea

[Dean Lofthouse]

could have suggested lifting it out with mewp but not a good idea

 

It is going to be a chair, but not the stump, the raised flower bed is going to have a seat put in.

 

That had crossed my mind believe it or not.

 

Ruled it out straight away though.

 

You could have got the mog backed right up to a wall and if the reach was like Skyhucks it would have got it.