Relocate - Tree Spades

This machinery is the most common way of lifting, transporting and replanting semi-mature trees – and the development of the equipment in the mid 1960’s was the greatest mechanisation in the industry, as it reduced the time needed to prepare and lift a tree from a nursery.

Civic Trees introduced the first Vermeer tree spade into Europe in 1968. Today, we have the largest and most comprehensive fleet of tractor mounted tree spades in the UK, and we can easily move trees with stem circumferences up to 60cm from one site to another.

This size range allows us to move almost all semi-mature trees. Hire arrangements with the manufacturers of larger machines allow us to have access to equipment up to 3m in diameter.