Tractor Tree Planter
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When Phillip Bell decided to re-forest 50 acres of his farm, he was faced with the task of planting 23,000 mixed broad-leaf trees. At first he tried commercial planting spades but they only allowed two men to put in 200 to 300 trees a day. With just 3 weeks remaining the the tree-planting season, he decided he had to find a better way.
What he came up with is a double-ended hole digging device that bolts to one rear wheel on his Zetor tractor. Made in one day out of scrap steel he found around the farm, the device digs V-shaped slots as the tractor moves slowly forward. One man drives, and another walks alongside, drop-ping a tree into each slot and heeling it in with his foot. When mounted on a 38-in. wheel, the devivce digs holes on 98-in. centers, which is Bell says is the perfect distance to space the trees. With the tractor mounted tree spade, the men were able to plant 1,000 trees per day and the job was finished on time.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Phillip Bell, Shatcombe Farm, Beaminster, Dorset, England.
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Tractor Tree Planter MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 20-1-12 When Phillip Bell decided to re-forest 50 acres of his farm, he was faced with the task of planting 23,000 mixed broad-leaf trees. At first he tried commercial planting spades but they only allowed two men to put in 200 to 300 trees a day. With just 3 weeks remaining the the tree-planting season, he decided he had to find a better way.
What he came up with is a double-ended hole digging device that bolts to one rear wheel on his Zetor tractor. Made in one day out of scrap steel he found around the farm, the device digs V-shaped slots as the tractor moves slowly forward. One man drives, and another walks alongside, drop-ping a tree into each slot and heeling it in with his foot. When mounted on a 38-in. wheel, the devivce digs holes on 98-in. centers, which is Bell says is the perfect distance to space the trees. With the tractor mounted tree spade, the men were able to plant 1,000 trees per day and the job was finished on time.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Phillip Bell, Shatcombe Farm, Beaminster, Dorset, England.
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