Here is how to move a Tex Whopper Tree Texas Style!

I know a couple F4F members a couple months ago said "everything is bigger in Tx."

Now that they mention it!

Here is a link....it is interesting.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BFTj0hM3DHM 

KInda puts some of our "big projects" into perspective, doesn't it?

Thanks, Cecil.

The San Diego Zoo moved a large tropical ficus in a similar way. The boxed it up, built a railroad track under it, and rolled it down to its new home, about 400 feet away, Reportedly cost $250,000 to move it. They had misters in the canopy for more than a year to help balance out the water loss due to root loss.

Hi Viv,

I can't tell you about what a companion oak is?

Never heard of one until this video....I always called them plantation oaks!

A Compton Oak is a naturally occurring hybrid between a Live Oak and a Lyre Leaf or Overcup Oak. I remember reading that in some places they wait until winter then saw the trees out of frozen ground and then on railroad tracks like the San Diego Zoo tree. I hope we always love trees enough to do silly things like this. Or move the road...

Now that is one BIG move!

I particularly liked how the two front beasts 'ballet-crawled';
using both their front claws and rear wheels to drag that heavy load.