60" spade will work "ok", 90" better. Ive had way better luck moving trees when the ground is moist, so survival should be good. Im around 90% survival rate over the last 13 years of moving trees. Of those 10% that died, I'd say 90% were from not watering properly. Keep em moist for a year, especially going into freeze and through the heat of summer. Staking them for year helps. If you do allot of trees, setup a water line that will water to them all at the same time slowly, leave it on over night, do it at least once a week. It can rain all it wants, but the roots are in the ball, and that ball can get dry fast. With a 90" spade, Id say you'd be close to 100% survival rate. Bit lower for the 60", but the bigger the spade, the bigger the bill. PS: 99% of my customers cannot judge how tall or wide the trunk is by looking at em......I tell em to go measure with "measuring device" and call me back.
Edited by Newguy 8/24/2010 22:22
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