I stopped at the house of a lovely woman today and asked for cuttings from her fig tree...Long story short, she is moving and offered the entire tree to me. It's huge! It's got a 4' root ball and prob weighs a good 600lbs!

Would anyone be interested in helping me dig it out in exchange for half of it? I think with that many trunks it would divide easily.

It's in Old Bridge NJ and needs to come out while dormant. I would think in the next few weeks.

She did not know what kind it was only that it had 1 late main crop. A dark fig, prob a Brown Turkey. She received it as a gift and was never told what it was. Who knows what it really is.

If interested please PM me.

A labor of love. I am not near enough to help, but offer good luck in the endeavor!

Pulling a tree off the ground is a very extreme hard manual labor;
unless one has the right machinery to do that job easier.

Take cuttings as much as you wish to own and/or distribute ...

Looking at the pics., there may also be several self rooted shoots.

Then kill the stump with chemicals e.g., Roundup

I would just take cuttings and start some new trees.  In a few years you will have a better tree than that one.

I like gorgi's idea of digging out a couple rooted suckers.  They should get established quickly.

I took 75 cuttings today. That was before the picture was taken. I can't imagine that it will come out in one piece. I'm picturing a lot of 15 gal pots.

I could be game to help you Aaron. I have taken out many fig trees that were in the ground for 3-5 years ( to transplant) with some good success. However, that one looks like it's been in the ground for awhile. Let me see if I'm able to get over there. It is kind of far for me but I like that challenge and am inclined to agree that it should make a good number of mini trees.

I've got the help I need. Thanks for the helpful ideas.

Good Luck with the tree Aaron. Hope it is a winner for you

Nice!  Good choice on taking cuttings rather than the root ball!  ;)

I tried that last year, WAY too much work and heavy lifting. So I found a really strong rooted sucker that had made its own clump. That was easy to move and has done great. I got 2 dozen figs off that clump that same summer and am looking forward to a large crop this year.

Hope you share some photos in a month or two of the big one relocated.  I wonder what kind of crop you'll get of it this year. 

What will you be doing to amend the soil before you set it in?