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planting medium-large trees


Dean O
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we've ordered some trees that I have considered large - tho some on here would consider them medium perhaps

 

various girths between 18cm and 25, and with top heights up to 5 metres tall.

 

the question is how best to handle them.

 

we recently planted a tall (for its category) liquidamber 12-14 and we managed that from delivery van to arb trolley - then onto a plant trailer then to hole without taking off the arb trolley which worked fine but at these sizes I don't think this will work

 

I was hoping I could track down a small avant or similar locally (Swansea) but cant trace one.

 

I've questioned the supplier on delivery vehicle and are awaiting a response - curtain sider, tail lift or other.

 

I'll have a small excavator/mini digger on site so I may be able to sling the root ball for short movements but I may have to move them on site by upto 60 metres depending on how close we can get a vehicle

 

how do any on here approach this?

 

many thanks

Dean

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had a response from the supplier - sounds like they will be arriving on a curtain sider.

think a 2.5 digger might be able to off load by slinging the root ball, without damaging the stems.

 

they are pricey trees so don't want to skimp - I just cant find a little loader.

 

Dean

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We do 20/25 and upwards. soft slings are the way to go we usually wrap some hessian around the trunk first and then soft sling them, our supplier has a hiab so trees are easily unloaded and on street schemes they can drop them where we need, a 3 ton mini digger is fine to move them around. Just watch the bark as trees are easily damaged from now on.

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