What Does It Actually Cost to Move a Tree?

What Does It Actually Cost to Move a Tree?

Most people call a tree service and just accept the number they’re given.

Show up, dig the tree, move it, collect the cheque. A single tree transplanted by a professional crew can run anywhere from $300 to $800 or more depending on size, access, and how far it needs to go. When you add it up, the cost to move a tree — even just a few of them — gets into real money fast.

But there’s a different way to look at it.

Run the Numbers

Say you’ve got 10 trees to move around your property. For instance, it could be a shelter belt you’re repositioning. Or a row of ornamentals going in along a new fence line. Maybe even a nursery bed that’s ready to be planted out.

At $400 a tree — which is a pretty modest estimate — that’s $4,000. You still have to schedule around someone else’s availability. You still have to hope the weather cooperates on their day, not yours. And those trees are only going to move once.

The Kompact Tree Spade starts at $8,495.

That’s it. Own it. Use it this season, next season, and the season after that. Move 10 trees or move 200. After that, the math shifts pretty quickly.

The Equipment You Already Have Does the Heavy Lifting

There’s no special hookup required. The Kompact Tree Spade runs off your existing hydraulics and mounts right onto your pallet forks.

The 26″ model handles trees up to 2.75″ in diameter and is built for compact tractors and mini skids in the 900 lb lift range. The 36″ model steps it up for trees to 3.75″ in diameter if you’ve got a bit more machine under you.

If you’ve already got the tractor — or the mini-skid — you’re most of the way there.

It Pays for Itself. Then It Keeps Going.

The first time you move a dozen trees on your own schedule, without a crew and without an invoice, you’ll feel the difference.

No waiting on someone else’s calendar. There’s no rescheduling around the weather. No bill showing up a week later.

Just the job done, on your time.

Call us at 519-871-7958 or visit swantechindustries.ca to find out which model fits your setup.