Newton Nursery lifting transplants 1981
Photographs courtesy of Alan Duncan, Newton Nursery.
Close up of Fobro plant slackener showing the blade with trailing bars with further lift the plant roots and help shake out the soil and stones.
Groups: Forest Nurseries, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Other Vehicles and Machines
Group: Forestry in Action - 1908 pictures
1 Comment
Much depended on the pitch put on the blade, too far and the plants landed upside down, too slow a forward speed and not enough earth was removed. On other makes of this machine the tines could be removed and used as an under cutter blade thus checking deep root growth.
Comment left on 27 May 2016 at 16:47 by Leslie Phillip
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