Tree Spade: A machine to fulfill our dreams

        A building surrounded with flowering trees always creates an identity for the whole building.  In this world, which is fighting against deforestation, Tree Spades gives  solution.

Tree spading is actually winning hearts over these years. These are specialized machines that mechanize the transplanting of large plants where hand powered transplanting would be prohibitively laborious.

Tree spades are used in various ways throughout the green industry. Commercial nurseries use Tree Spades to lift large, field-grown trees out of the soil, and wrap the root ball in burlap and twine (termed "ball and burlap" or B&B) for retail sale or compact storage. Landscape companies and arborists use spades to plant large trees that are nursery-grown or have been moved from elsewhere in the landscape. Landscape professionals use a Tree Spade to create an "instant landscape" by digging and transplanting large trees from one location to another.

Home owners can also use spades to locate trees on residential sites. Trailer-mounted spades that can hold a soil ball up to 44 inches in diameter are available at some rental centers. However, due to safety issues, and the complexity of the equipment and processes involved, it is strongly recommended that individuals hire an experienced contractor specializing in tree spading to transplant trees.

Tree spades are available in a variety of types and sizes. Some spades have the capacity to move a tree with a maximum trunk diameter of eight to 10 inches, or a soil ball up to 90 inches in diameter. The size of the spade is critical. It must be large enough to accommodate a root ball that will sufficiently sustain the tree after planting.  

If a spade is too small,  the root system will be too small to allow for long term establishment and the tree will die. When determining the spade size needed to move a tree, deciduous trees are measured by trunk diameter and evergreens are measured by tree height. A tree spade can be used to move one tree at a time or a pod trailer may be used to move as many as three trees at one       Many trees can be moved any time of the year using a tree spade, providing the ground is not frozen. Certain species such as firs, maples, and spruce are best transplanted during the cooler months of spring and early fall. Plants moved in the summer and fall should be dug with an oversized root ball with special attention paid to the species of the tree, its condition and how it is transported. Reducing water loss as much as possible is important during transportation. Trees should not be moved on hot, windy days. The foliage may also be sprayed with an anti-trans spirant prior to transplanting to reduce water loss. As a general rule, deciduous trees transplant well if moved early in the spring before they leaf out, or in the fall after the leaves have begun to turn color. Evergreen trees should not be moved during the flush of new growth in the spring or late in the fall when it is too late for the roots to become established before winter. There are exceptions. For example, birch trees should not be moved until buds break in the spring, and trees with tap roots are difficult to move successfully regardless of the season. Some trees, such as Mountain Ash, do not transplant well when they are large plants. In this case, it is best to purchase a new, juvenile plant from a reputable grower.

Tree Spades and almost all the environmental equipments are mostly used by the developed nations. It is because of the buying cost which is unaffordable for the developing nations.  Majority of manufacturers of this equipment are located in USA. This too proves that developed nations are the greatest buyers of these kinds of equipment.

Many developing nations are using Tree Spades. The conventional technique of tree transplantation in these developing nations relies on trained laborers digging out the root system. By making a trench of around one meter at its base, they pull out the tree with a crane, covering the root ball with a wet husk or resin cloth and transport it to its new home on a flatbed trailer. Tree spades perform the above-mentioned steps much faster. A tree spade can transplant around six trees a day. The tree spades also comprises of 

tree-planting spades, which helps to relocate full-grown trees from one location to another suitable location. These nations assure its service to any firms whether it is private or government to transplant trees.

But several factors have to be kept in mind while moving trees. The new location and the nature of soil have to match the previous address and the length of the root system has to be studied. There cannot be any lawns near the new area and the front of the tree must face the same direction as it did at its original place. 

The advantages of these machine incudes that it fits trees and shrubs into landscapes, it plants and transplants trees and shrubs, and also it protects trees and plants from winter damage.

Even though the cost is high with this tree spades it is much easier to cut down and relocate trees. This machine also assures that we don’t need to cut down our trees anymore; instead we can protect it by relocating it to some other places considering our conveniences. In an era which suffers from deforestation, this kind of machines worth a lot.

Urban living gives you brain fatigue. It flat out makes our brain tired of constantly being alert and aware. And a walk in the woods can go long way to clear up the resulting fuzziness. Anyone who is tired of this hectic life would love to relax in a place full of trees. For them tree spades are a boon, since, it converts a desert into a forest. 

We all have this lovely nostalgic feeling of sit back and relax in a place covered with trees. If we can create a place full of trees for our own, what else we need then?

In fact, Tree Spades cannot be the ultimate solution for deforestation. We should stop cutting down our trees. Now we have the option to relocate these trees. Robert Frost was right: the woods really are lovely, dark and deep.