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Today's the day. Ended up getting a mini ex for cheaper than I thought, RSC was sold out. Got the tractor and mulch loaded, heading to the site to drop then off and pick the ex up. Daniel is coming by here to get the welder and other stuff I'll need from here in his pickup.

I talked to a local landscraping friend of mine. He was talking about having trees this size shipped in from some place north of Nashville (6 hours away). I figured they would come from drastically different soil conditions and the price would be comparable or higher after shipping was...

The topar is the black weed paper. It'll be removed before the root ball is burried, but it should offer support to the root ball and it's available locally.

Price is $1400 +/- $200. I'm predicting expenses will be around $700 I figure, counting Daniels time, but not mine, and not counting the mulch (we already have from 3yo chips) we're installing around the plants. Gonna use an excavator to help expose the root ball. Expenses in theory: $260...

Estimate accepted, all engines at full, stand by for launch!

Estimate is in, should hear from him in the AM. Pauly learned me how to drum lace last night :).

Yep.

The diameter of the tree 4" above the stump.

We can't buy trees this size locally. My first job was at a tree nursery, biggest containers we had were 45 gallons, caliper wise you're looking at 4-5" tops and their condition typically isn't that great. If a decent tree could be found in a nursery, that'd be great. Here's an example of a...

Wow, I must be seriously overthinking things, I was planning on those two trees taking every bit of a day. 1.5 man hours=$100 + machine + materials= under $500 Does that include hauling the wad of excess dirt from the new site back to the hole where the tree was? I'm feelin the newbness.

The 1"=1' rule is roughly to the tips of the branches. Tie the limbs in, folding them up, gotcha, good idea. I can weld some hooks or a frame to the bucket, just gotta know what to do first. I thought about welding some forks on it, not sure yet though. Any theories on a $ figure, even in...

The Dr finally found some nice cedars to transplant on the property adjacent to his. In the first picture you can see his house in the background. The bigger of the two trees is roughly 7" in caliper, the smaller being around 5". Hand shaping the ball doesn't seem like it'd be that big of a...

But how do you sling it? I think I remember Nothern selling a sling made just for lifting smaller root balls. Cargo net could work, but getting it out from under the tree would be an immense pain I'd think.

Make a diaper sling to fit under and around the ball?

That's the same rule of thumb I've heard, 10"-12" per inch of caliper. I'd also agree that smaller trees can surpass bigger trees. Over about 10' of rootball and things will get interesting transportation wise.

Ha that sounds like it'll work, but I'm assuming the tree will be 6" or better at the base. I'd assume at some point the depth to width ratio would flatten out some? The tree is on a 300 acre "farm." If I find a better suited tree I'll try and sway him in that direction although I'll figure...

I seriously doubt we're talking about the same thing Paul as it's actually in the Juniper family and it aint called an Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana) for nothin. Common names suck eh? :) I was thinking of digging and burlaping or boxing the ball. How do I cut/shape the bottom of the...

The good thing is where it'll be planted is on the other side of the river where cedars are common (soil is better suited for them on that side, more pines on this side). I'm confused though, Nick says bare root it, but get as big of a root ball as possible (I'm guessing you mean get as many...

Tomorrow afternoon I have to look at a cedar tree a Dr want's to move to his yard. He said the tree is 30' tall... we'll see. Anywho, anyone have any experiance with cedars? If a tree spade isn't available, how about bare root transplanting using an air spade to excavate?