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Learn Why You Should Hire A Professional Plant Relocation Company To Move A Tree In Your Yard

22 May 2015

Nevaeh Graves

When trees grow too closely to one another, they compete to try to get vital nutrients from the soil. This can lead to one tree thriving, while the other begins to slowly die or have stunted growth. If you notice that two trees are growing too closely to one another, you can hire a professional plant relocation company to move one of the trees to a new location so it can stop competing for the nutrients it needs. The following guide walks you through a few reasons why hiring a relocation company is the best option when you need to have a tree moved.

Equipment

In order to relocate a large tree, a huge hole must be dug. Digging the size of a hole necessary for a large tree can be very difficult to do by hand. A plant relocation company will have a backhoe that they can use to dig the hole within a matter of minutes. The backhoe can also be used to loosen the ground around the roots of the tree so that it can easily be pushed onto its side for when it is dragged to the new hole. A backhoe can be very difficult to buy and requires specific training for proper operation.

Knowledge

When relocating a tree, it will need to be positioned in an area that is nutrient rich and gets plenty of sunlight. The relocation company will test the soil in your yard to find another area where the tree will thrive. If you try to move the tree on your own without finding nutrient-rich soil, the tree could go into shock and die from the relocation.

Experience

When the tree needs to be laid on its side, it is important for it to fall away from any homes or property. If you have never laid a tree down, it will be very difficult to properly navigate where the tree falls. Guide lines are often set up by the relocation company to guide the tree to the ground so that it falls where they want it to fall. Guide lines are usually tied between surrounding trees. In order to get high enough in the trees, the contractors know how to use tree climbing equipment properly to ensure that they do not fall during the process of setting up the guide lines.

Before having the tree relocated, the company will send someone to tell you if the tree can be moved, what it will cost to do the move, and how long it will take to move the tree. This allows you to be sure that you can afford to have the tree relocated and that it can be done in a timely fashion.

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