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LOU from Wi. 11-13-2012 10:54:42 174.124.1.203 Report to Moderator	812 Farmer Bought the heavy steel blade from Northern Tool,use it to dig out trees and shrubs for transplanting. use it on the tractor , Bobcat, dozer. will use it again in the spring to dig trench for power line to tractor shed. Second picture of root cutter we made to fit Bobcat, works great also.Surface roots easily cut. Hope this helps LOU. [Reply]   [No Email]
812 Farmer 11-13-2012 16:11:33 184.9.208.39 Report to Moderator	Re: Need to remove several trees. How? in reply to LOU from Wi., 11-13-2012 10:54:42   Thanks for the pictures LOU. I had not seen a spade like the one you had but looks like it might work. [Reply]  [No Email]
LOU from Wi. 11-13-2012 19:47:50 174.124.1.203 Report to Moderator	Re: Need to remove several trees. How? in reply to 812 Farmer, 11-13-2012 16:11:33   Here's a link for you, the spade works good for us.They became cheaper (price)than when we bought ours. Hope it helps. LOU link [Reply]  [No Email]
812 Farmer 11-14-2012 06:27:34 184.9.208.39 Report to Moderator	Re: Need to remove several trees. How? in reply to LOU from Wi., 11-13-2012 19:47:50   LOU, was wondering what lifting capacity would be necessary for this quick spade to be effective? [Reply]  [No Email]
LOU from Wi. 11-14-2012 13:28:12 174.124.1.203 Report to Moderator	Re: Need to remove several trees. How? in reply to 812 Farmer, 11-14-2012 06:27:34   812 Farmer, I can't say what presure works best, I can only tell you what we use with our equipment. Our Bobcat 722 has a 1700# tip cap, a 1200# lift cap. The Oc 46 has around a 2000# cap lift. The 706 I can't say what either the lift or tip cap is on it,never took the time to find out. We found out with both Bobcat and dozer on bigger trees, if you go around it with the digger to loosen the soil and cut a root ball type base to the tree, it helps for transplanting of them. For getting rid of small stumps and trees, just break the soil out in front of the stump/tree and go to the back of the stump/tree sink the digger usually pops right out.Those trees were not for transplanting,just removal. We've done some Oak-alot of Popple and others up to 8-10 inch at the base. Like you could see, for us it is handy for ditch,trench digging, or in warmer climates, water line burial.Hope this helps. LOU [Reply]  [No Email]