Been wanting one of these a long time..

[SmilinSam]

Tree spade, a manual driver type. Originally was going to buy from Tree Toad, but while their website is up and running, the purchase links are dead, as are the e-mail links...and their phones go directly to voicemail, only to tell you that the message box is full. Been that way a while now.So, searched around the net and found the same very spade under the name of Timber Tuff being sold through Northern and Gemplers. Bought the Gempler one.

I found that picking it up with the forklift and driving it a couple hundred yards is better than walking it:D

The spade comes with a post driver seen hanging on the one driving rod..

Seems to work good, but I dislike the handyman jack incorporated into it. I always seem to have a hard time jacking things down with them.Have to see what the tree looks like in the morning. I have a hundred or more sapling maples to move around on the property. Figured this would be less stressful to the trees than a shovel. I have found trees moved with the shovel method only have a 30% survival rating. I'll do a few with this and see what happens.

[fishnwiz]

Pretty wild setup...next you will have a quick disconnect so you can mount it directly to the front of the tractor.

[farmtoybuilder]

fishnwiz has right idea. Mount it to front of loader and then you can have down pressure to hold base down and you won't need jack!

[Mike]

I could put one of those to good work, the saplings never seem to sprout in the right spot, I have a few oaks and some red pine to relocate

[huffy]

quote:Originally posted by fishnwiz

Pretty wild setup...next you will have a quick disconnect so you can mount it directly to the front of the tractor.

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id="quote">I was thinking that a rear hitch mount would be cool.

[SmilinSam]

It wouldn't be real difficult to set it up on a cat "0" 3 pt or set it up as a loader attachment. The front feet just bolt on and the wheels just pin on. Both could come off and a cradle bolted on to accommodate either idea without changing the basic original platform.

They also sell a drawbar kit so you can tip it and tow it behind your lawn tractor or atv.It bolts to the axle bar on drilled and tapped plates opposite of the green feet you see in the pictures.

For now, Im just going to leave it this way and simply carry it around on the forks. Later this summer I may see about setting it up on the 3 point on the Sunstar. Depends on how much lift travel there is on the tractor hitch.

[fishnwiz]

How come Ray hasn't fabricated one of these yet?

[Talntedmrgreen]

I bet Ray sees this while eating breakfast today, and has a new and improved model available by lunch! Im thinking his will have a 5hp Briggs or pto power and cupholder.

[RayS]

Definitely needs a cup holder. Could be mounted on the loader though:D

[huffy]

quote:Originally posted by Talntedmrgreen

and cupholder.

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id="quote">I've decided that I will never again purchase anything that does not have a cup holder. So I hope Ray's version does.

[PGL]

Do you put the forks on top to hold it down while driving in the shovels?

[SmilinSam]

That's not necessary, driving the shovels doesn't lift the thing up at all. All you have to do is lower the jack all the way to the bottom and get the shovel platform flat on the ground. Only problem I have had is with tall grass holding things up, and a string trimmer fixes that.

[yukon]

thats neat sam